Baka MPlayer (previously known as AniPlayer and AniPlayer X) is a free and open source, cross-platform, libmpv based multimedia player. It’s built using Qt.
Its simple design reflects the idea for an uncluttered and enjoyable environment for watching TV shows.
Baka MPlayer is free and open source software. The word “baka” is a inoffensive way of saying stupid in Japanese.
Key Features
- Gesture seeking – there’s support for mouse and touch gestures..
- Smart playlist.
- Dim Desktop.
- Hardware accelerated playback (vdpau, vaapi, vda).
- YouTube playback support (and others).
- Ability to add external audio files.
- Shuffle, repeat.
- Show playback information.
- Configurable key bindings.
- Take screenshots in JPG, PNG and TGA formats.
- Multilingual support – translations are available in English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
- Cross-platform support – runs under many Linux distributions and Windows.
Website: u8sand.github.io/Baka-MPlayer
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: goldly-devotion, u8sand
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Baka MPlayer is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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