gnome-mplayer (1) Linux Manual Page
gnome-mplayer – a simple GUI for MPlayer
Synopsis
gnome-mplayer [options] files…gnome-mplayer [options] cdda://
gnome-mplayer [options] [dvd|dvdnav]://
gnome-mplayer [options] [http|mms|rtsp]://
gnome-mplayer [options] /dev/[sd*|dvd|cdrom]
Description
This manual page documents briefly the gnome-mplayer command. gnome-mplayer provides a simple and clean interface to MPlayer.
GNOME MPlayer has a rich API that is exposed via DBus.
Using DBus you can control a single or multiple instances of GNOME MPlayer from a single command.
GNOME MPlayer can be used to play media on websites when used in conjunction with Gecko Mediaplayer.
Homepage: http://kdekorte.googlepages.com/gnomemplayer
Interactive Control
Many of the keyboard shortcuts in gnome-mplayer are the same as those found in mplayer. Here is a list of more of the commonly used shortcuts.Keyboard Controls
- Media Position
Right Arrow – Fast Forward
Left Arrow – Fast Reverse
Page Up – Seek 10min forward
Page Down – Seek 10min backward
Up Arrow – Seek 1 min forward
Down Arrow – Seek 1 min backward
Space – Pause
p – Pause
- Video Adjustment
1 – Contrast down 5
2 – Contrast up 5
3 – Brightness down 5
4 – Brightness up 5
5 – Hue down 5
6 – Hue up 5
7 – Saturation down 5
8 – Saturation up 5
- Playback Adjustment
[ – Play 10% slower
] – Play 10% faster
{ – Half speed playback
} – Double speed playback
- Volume Adjustement
9 – Volume down 10
0 – Volume up 10
m – Mute
- Audio and Subtitle Track Adjustment
# – Switch Audio Track
j – Subtitle select
v – Subtitle visibility
+ – Increase Audio Delay
– – Decreate Audio Delay
z – Decrease Subtitle Delay
x – Increate Subtitle Delay
- Other Options
Ctrl-D – Show/Hide file details
Ctrl-P – Show/Hide playlist
Ctrl-F/F – Un/Fullscreen
q – Quit immediately - Video Adjustment
Options
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-‘). A summary of options is included below. Help Options:
- -?, –help
- Show summary of options
- –help-all
- Show all help options
- –help-gtk
- Show GTK+ Options
Application Options:
- –window=WID
- Window to embed in
- -w, –width=X
- Width of window to embed in
- -h, –height=Y
- Height of window to embed in
- –controlid=CID
- Unique DBUS controller id
- –playlist
- File Argument is a playlist
- -v, –verbose
- Show more output on the console
- –reallyverbose
- Show even more output on the console
- –fullscreen
- Start in fullscreen mode
- –softvol
- Use mplayer software volume control
- –mixer=MIXER
- Mixer to use
- –volume
- Set initial volume percentage
- –showcontrols=[0|1]
- Show the controls in window
- –showsubtitles=[0|1]
- Show the subtitles if available, defaults to 1 (yes)
- –autostart=[0|1]
- Autostart the media. Default is 1, set to 0 to load but don’t play
- –disablecontextmenu
- Disable popup menu on right click
- –disablefullscreen
- Disable fullscreen options in browser mode
- –loop
- Play all files on the playlist forever
- -q, –quit_on_complete
- Quit application when last file on playlist is played
- –random
- Play items on playlist in random order
- –cache
- Set cache size
- –forcecache
- Force cache usage on streaming sites
- –disabledeinterlace
- Disable the deinterlace filter
- –disableframedrop
- Don’t skip drawing frames to better keep sync
- –disableass
- Use the old subtitle rendering system
- –disableembeddedfonts
- Don’t use fonts embedded on matroska files
- –vertical
- Use Vertical Layout
- –showplaylist
- Start with playlist open
- –showdetails
- Start with details visible
- –rpname=NAME
- Real Player Name
- –rpconsole=CONSOLE
- Real Player Console ID
- –rpcontrols=Control Name,…
- Real Player Console Controls
- –subtitle=FILENAME
- Subtitle file for first media file
- –tvdevice=DEVICE
- TV device name
- –tvdriver=DRIVER
- TV driver name (v4l|v4l2)
- –tvinput=INPUT
- TV input name
- –tvwidth=WIDTH
- Width of TV input
- –tvheight=HEIGHT
- Height of TV input
- –tvfps=FPS
- Frames per second from TV input
- –single_instance
- Only allow one instance
- –replace_and_play
- Put single instance mode into replace and play mode
- –large_buttons
- show interface with bigger icons, useful for touchscreens
- –always_hide_after_timeout
- control bar will always slide away, useful for small screens
- –new_instance
- Ignore single instance preference for this instance
- –keep_on_top
- Keep window on top
- –disable_cover_art_fetch
- Don’t fetch new cover art images
- –display=DISPLAY
- X display to use