How to install/update SMPlayer 15.09 on on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems
SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs.
One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don't worry, when you open that movie again it will be resumed at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume...
SMPlayer is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the award-winning MPlayer, which is capable of playing almost all known video and audio formats. But apart from providing access for the most common and useful options of MPlayer, SMPlayer adds other interesting features like the possibility to play Youtube videos or download subtitles.
SMPlayer has been around for a long time, and it's one of the most used applications of its kind. Despite its age, the application was still missing some features, but it looks like that has been taken care of now.
Among the new features that have been added is the support for the 3D stereo filter, support for mpv, which provides new features like the possibility to display two subtitles at once, support for MKV ordered chapters and precise seeking, and improved support for YouTube.
SMPlayer changes Version 15.9
Support for the 3D stereo filter.
We added support for mpv, which is a player based on mplayer with new features and bug fixes.
Now it's possible to select a secondary subtitle track which is displayed on top of the screen (mpv only).
New option to set a template for screenshots (mpv only).
Now it's possible to play videos from streaming sites (besides Youtube) like DailyMotion, Vimeo, Vevo and many more (mpv only).
Option to step back one frame (mpv only).
The Windows installer now allows to choose the playback engine to install: mplayer or mpv.
Better support for YouTube (VEVO videos).
Possibility to set a proxy.
New action (assigned by default to key "I") shows the current playback time, total time and percentage, for 2 seconds on the OSD.
Add the possibility to use the mouse buttons for "next chapter" and "previous chapter".
New option to delete a file in the playlist from the filesystem.
Support for MPRIS2.
Possibility to compile SMPlayer without MPlayer or mpv support.
The new H2O theme is now the default theme.
Install SMPlayer 15.09 on on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS via PPA :
to install/update SMPlayer 15.09 on on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplaye
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install smplayer
Optional, to remove smplayer, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove smplayer
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.