QMPlay2, the free open-source Qt media player, released version 24.03.16 few days ago.
QMPlay2 is a Qt based media player that uses FFmpeg as backend for most video and audio codecs support. It also supports Audio CD, raw files, Rayman 2 music and chiptunes, as well as ALSA, PulseAudio or PipeWire sound servers. And, it has built-in a browser to search & play YouTube videos.
The most recent 24.03.16 release added better support for FFmpeg 6.1, and experimental Vulkan Video decoder support. So, since this release, the media player now supports hardware accelerated video playback through following APIs:
- Vulkan Video (needs FFmpeg 6.1).
- CUVID (NVIDIA only)
- DXVA2 (Windows Vista and higher)
- D3D11VA (Vulkan, Windows 8 and higher)
- VDPAU/VA-API (X11 for VDPAU, Linux/BSD only)
- VideoToolBox (macOS only).
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