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Nice. Off topic, but does anyone know of any good IINA alternatives for Linux? I have not found anything that beats it in terms of polish. VLC is nice, but II

by 0az 7y ago

Nice. Off topic, but does anyone know of any good IINA alternatives for Linux? I have not found anything that beats it in terms of polish. VLC is nice, but IINA does one thing really well, and is based on MPV, with all of its powerful configuration options and nice keybinds.

1_player 7y ago
There's none. SMplayer is the one that I use on both Windows and Linux, though it's starting to show its age.
sunaurus 7y ago
I've never used IINA, but I'm wondering why you don't just use mpv on Linux? I've been using mpv for years and I've never had any issues with it.
- kinleyd 7y ago
  mpv is fantastic and continues to improve.
- 1_player 7y ago
  IINA is much more than mpv. Sure, it uses mpv underneath, but the selling point of IINA is a well thought out UI with just enough features but not too many (totally subjective, of course)
  - sunaurus 7y ago
    > ...the selling point of IINA is a well thought out UI with just enough features but not too many That's exactly how I would describe the default mpv UI :)
- 0az 7y ago
  I do use both — I actually used MPV before discovering IINA — but I like the UI of the latter, even if I still use MPV keybinds.
moondev 7y ago
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IINA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IINA it's a frontend for MPV? https://mpv.io/ https://mpv.io/ or plenty of other options here https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/Applications-using-mpv https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/Applications-using-mp...
mikorym 7y ago
One thing you can do is to look at the programs installed by default on Ubuntu Studio. It's a nice way of discovering Linux media apps without having to browse around on the web—most programs you would need are already installed, though limited a bit to save space on the .iso.
agucova 7y ago
I've had good experiences using gnome-mpv, (now called Celluloid) it's minimalistic, but I really like it. https://celluloid-player.github.io/ https://celluloid-player.github.io/
- 0az 7y ago
  Looks pretty nice: I'll give it a try over the weekend.

by 0az 7y ago

1_player 7y ago

There's none. SMplayer is the one that I use on both Windows and Linux, though it's starting to show its age.

sunaurus 7y ago

I've never used IINA, but I'm wondering why you don't just use mpv on Linux? I've been using mpv for years and I've never had any issues with it.

kinleyd 7y ago
mpv is fantastic and continues to improve.
1_player 7y ago
IINA is much more than mpv. Sure, it uses mpv underneath, but the selling point of IINA is a well thought out UI with just enough features but not too many (totally subjective, of course)
- sunaurus 7y ago
  > ...the selling point of IINA is a well thought out UI with just enough features but not too many That's exactly how I would describe the default mpv UI :)
0az 7y ago
I do use both — I actually used MPV before discovering IINA — but I like the UI of the latter, even if I still use MPV keybinds.

moondev 7y ago

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IINA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IINA it's a frontend for MPV? https://mpv.io/ https://mpv.io/ or plenty of other options here https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/Applications-using-mpv https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/Applications-using-mp...

mikorym 7y ago

One thing you can do is to look at the programs installed by default on Ubuntu Studio. It's a nice way of discovering Linux media apps without having to browse around on the web—most programs you would need are already installed, though limited a bit to save space on the .iso.

agucova 7y ago

I've had good experiences using gnome-mpv, (now called Celluloid) it's minimalistic, but I really like it. https://celluloid-player.github.io/ https://celluloid-player.github.io/

0az 7y ago
Looks pretty nice: I'll give it a try over the weekend.