> I have never understood why this player doesn't have a GUI where settings can be adjusted. I'm not into MPV, but as a MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu http:/

> I have never understood why this player doesn't have a GUI where settings can be adjusted. I'm not into MPV, but as a MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu http://www.mplayerhq.hu) user, I perfectly understand your point, however there's a reason some software still uses TUIs. Video players are different beasts compared to other apps; very often you end up changing one or more settings in a per video basis, which makes the text interface a lot more useable than having to look for that control to tweak among hundreds. Also, external interfaces can be added almost trivially; Mpv itself is embedded in a lot of GUI software without the user even noticing. When I first started using MPlayer (ages ago, had to compile it every time, codecs back then had to be "imported" from Windows, etc.) I also thought the text interface was clumsy and old looking, then I familiarized with it, used it on a daily basis to transcode videos using the MEncoder companion encoding software, and after some time MPlayer became, and still is, my favorite video player under Linux. > A video player is an interface for the human. Command-lines are better for things that need to interface with a computer. I have memories of assistants learning Wordstar key sequences faster than many current geeks learn vi ones. It's wonderful how sometimes humans can adapt. Just to clarify: I love well made GUIs; it's just that sometimes they're less necessary than we think.