Name
mplayer — stdin stdout -file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
mplayer [options]video_files...
The mplayer command plays
video files in many formats: MPEG, AVI, MOV, and more:
$ mplayer myfile.avi
While the video is playing, press the space bar to pause and resume, the cursor keys to jump forward and backward in time, and Q to quit. The program has dozens of options on its manpage, and you can learn more at http://www.mplayerhq.hu.
Other popular video players for Linux include vlc (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/), kaffeine (http://kaffeine.kde.org/), and xine (http://sourceforge.net/projects/xine/).
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