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mplayer — Cross-platform multimedia player. More information: <https://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/commandline.h

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Problem

How to use the mplayer command: Cross-platform multimedia player. More information: <https://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/commandline.html>.

Solution

mplayer — Cross-platform multimedia player. More information: <https://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/commandline.html>.

Play the specified file or URL:

mplayer {{path/to/file|url}}

Play multiple files:

mplayer {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Play a specific file repeatedly:

mplayer -loop {{0}} {{path/to/file}}

Pause playback:

<Space>

Quit mplayer:

<Esc>

Seek backward or forward 10 seconds:

{{<ArrowLeft>|<ArrowRight>}}

Code Snippets

Play the specified file or URL

mplayer {{path/to/file|url}}

Play multiple files

mplayer {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Play a specific file repeatedly

mplayer -loop {{0}} {{path/to/file}}

Pause playback

<Space>

Quit mplayer

<Esc>

Context

tldr-pages: common/mplayer

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