I have reviewed several video players in the past that use MPlayer as a core component. This includes my favorite video player SMPlayer but also KMPlayer (just received an update to version 3) or MPlayer WW. UMplayer is another MPlayer fork with some interesting new features that you won’t find in the other players. I [...]

Categories: Linux, Mac, Software, Windows

MPlayer is one of the most popular media players. Many media players are actually using MPlayer as their core. This is for instance the case for the two players KMPlayer and SMPlayer. Both offer an improved interface and better direct customizability. MPlayer WW is another variant for Windows users. It features a slick interface, great [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Software, Windows

This football Worldcup in South Africa is notorious for two things until now. Boring football games and the annoying sound of the vuvuzela, the blaring horn that drowns all other background noises out. Some football watchers helped themselves by turning off the sound of the TV while others played around with their TV’s equalizer to [...]

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If you want to send a video to computer users with limited technical knowledge you usually have to consider that they might not be able to play it if you send it in a video format that is not supported by default by their operating system. There are three possibilities for this situation. Number one [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

My favorite and default video player SMPlayer has been updated to version 0.6.7 today. SMPlayer is the complete video player solution for both the Windows and Linux operating system. It is basically a frontend for the much acclaimed MPlayer that is included in the distribution. SMPlayer comes both as a portable video player but also [...]

Categories: Linux, Music and Video, Software, Windows

Now look at that. Brad Linder over at the Download Squad discovered a portable version of my favorite media player SMPlayer. SMPlayer itself is a frontend for the highly popular MPlayer which can play most media formats right of the box. It’s a multi-plattform player available for Windows and Linux. The portable version of SMPlayer [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Software, Windows

SMPlayer is my video player of choice. It comes with the most commonly used video and audio codecs installed and it is quite uncommon that one runs into a video that cannot be played out of the box in SMPlayer. A great advantage of SMPlayer in my opinion is the way it stores the codecs. [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Software, Tools

Animated gif files are a great way to get your profile pic or avatar to really stand out from the rest of the crowd. I’ve seen software that will make gifs for you but Noah has figured out a method to create animated gifs from a video clip using two of the most popular open [...]

Categories: Cool, Entertainment, Linux, Windows

When it comes to media players, there’s no doubt in my mind that Mplayer is head and shoulders above the rest. In fact, I think it’s even better than VLC. The only drawback is that Mplayer is primarily a Linux player, which means it depends on command line instructions. Luckily, there are a whole lot [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Software, Tools