
Just install SMPlayer and youll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs. Once installed, start the SMPlayer from Ubuntu Dash or by running the following command in Terminal. SMPlayer NEW VERSION 22.7 SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows, Linux and MacOS with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. $ sudo apt-get install smplayer smplayer-themes smplayer-skins $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer
Open Terminal and run the following commands in Terminal to install SMPlayer on Ubuntu and Linux Mint systems:
New themes: Masalla, Papirus and PapirusDark. Settings are remembered for online streams too. Now it’s possible to use the media keys (play/pause, stop, volume+/-, etc.) as global shortcuts. It brings support for high DPI screens. Users can use new secondary screen with the new menu “send video to screen.”. SMPlayer includes now a ‘tablet mode’, available in the menu Options. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave… don’t worry, when you open that movie again it will be resumed at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume… One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. SMPlayer can also play YouTube videos and it’s also available an optional plugin to search for YouTube videos. You don’t need to find and install third party codecs. SMPlayer supports the most known formats and codecs: avi, mp4, mkv, mpeg, mov, divx, h.264… you can play all of them, thanks to its built-in codecs.