EasyPlayer is a lightweight multimedia player for Linux. It originated as a small spin-off component of the VideoCut project and provides simple playback capabilities for common media formats including video, audio, and images. The player is written in Python and uses Qt for its graphical interface together with mpv and ffmpeg libraries for multimedia playback.
The project focuses on simplicity and minimal dependencies, providing straightforward media viewing without the complexity of larger full-featured media players.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features:
- Lightweight multimedia player designed for simple playback tasks.
- Supports playback of video, audio, and image files.
- Uses the mpv media player backend for reliable media decoding and rendering.
- Leverages ffmpeg libraries for broad codec and container support.
- Supports wayland and orientation recognition
- Graphical interface built with PyQt6 and Qt6.
- Supports subtitles.
- Developed primarily for Linux environments.
Website: github.com/kanehekili/EasyPlayer
Support:
Developer: kanehekili
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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