Celluloid, free open-source GTK4 GUI front-end for MPV, released new 0.27 version hours ago.
Celluloid, formerly GNOME MPV, is a media player interacts with mpv via the client API, allowing access to mpv’s powerful playback capabilities, while providing a modern user interface that looks native in Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation, and other Linux with GNOME Desktop.
The new 0.27 release introduced floating header-bar in the windowed mode. It can be enabled, along with floating controls, either in “Preference” dialog or by running gsettings command. They only appear when moving mouse cursor over the video, so user can watch video without distraction.
Floating header-bar & controls only appear on mouse hover
Celluloid, formerly GNOME MPV, released version 0.26 yesterday.
Celluloid is a free open-source video player uses mpv as backend, and is default in Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon. Since v0.24, it’s been ported to GTK4 and Libadwaita that looks native in modern GNOME desktop environment.
In the new 0.26 release, the ‘About‘ and ‘Preferences‘ dialog are also ported to LibAdwaita to follow GNOME’s step. Which, is adaptive to fit different screen sizes.
The ‘Toggle Playlist‘ option has been removed from the ‘≡’ menu. Instead, it added a new button in bottom right to show/hide the playlist. Though, it has wrong tooltip shows ‘Toggle Fullscreen’.
Remove media keys support, since it already uses MPRIS.
Remove support for X11 window embedding, since it doesn’t work with GTK4.
Fix header bar auto-hiding even when a menu is open.
Mark “Extra mpv options” for translation
Remove --mpv-options
Remove ‘vo‘ from the list of default options.
Take screenshots in .PNG file format instead of the previous .jpg.
Remove the old GSettings schema file (io.github.GnomeMpv.gschema.xml).
Export the Position property
Sync translations from Weblate
How to install Celluloid 0.26 in Ubuntu
The video player has an official Ubuntu PPA. Due to updated LibAdwaita library requirement, the new 0.26 release is available in the PPA for Ubuntu 23.04 and Ubuntu 23.10. While 22.04 stuck at v0.24.
1. Firstly, press Ctrl + Alt + T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the command below to add the official PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xuzhen666/gnome-mpv
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue
2. Then either use “Software Updater” (or Update Manager) to update the player if stock version was installed.
Or, run the command below to install/upgrade the app:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install celluloid
For Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 users who want to try the latest 0.26 release, just search for and install the Snap package from Ubuntu Software. Though, it runs in sandbox.
Uninstall:
To uninstall the celluloid video player, just run the command below in terminal:
Celluloid, a GTK+ frontend for mpv formerly called Gnome MPV, released version 0.19 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and Ubuntu 20.04.
Celluloid 0.19 release highlights include:
Retain window maximization state across sessions.
Retain loop state across sessions.
Implement playlist search.
Update the list of shortcuts in Keyboard Shortcuts dialog.
Deprecate --mpv-options.
Add support for configuring dead zone
Make window sizing work correctly with HiDPI displays.
Translation updates and other changes.
How to Install Celluloid in Ubuntu via PPA:
Celluloid media player is available to install via Flatpak package in Flathub repository.
For those prefer native Ubuntu .deb package, the formerly Gnome MPV PPA now maintains the Celluloid packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and Ubuntu 20.04.
1.) Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xuzhen666/gnome-mpv
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2.) Then install the MPV frontend via command:
sudo apt install celluloid
For Ubuntu derivatives, you may need to run sudo apt update to refresh package cache first.
Uninstall Celluloid:
To remove the media player, open terminal and run command:
Celluloid 0.18, formerly known as Gnome MPV, was released today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10.
Celluloid is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv media player. It was called Gnome MPV until version 0.16. The latest version 0.18 features:
Ability to show / hide window decorations via mpv option --border
New menu item for opening Discs
Stability fixes for the latest MPV 0.30.
Block cursor autohide when volume popup opened in windowed mode
And new translations.
How to Install Celluloid in Ubuntu:
You can install the media player easily via the official Flatpak (runs in sandbox) package in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10
Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run following commands one by one.
1. Paste below command and run to install flatpak framework:
sudo apt-get install flatpak
2. Add flathub repository, which hosts a large list of flatpak applications:
Add dconf key for controlling cursor speed threshold for unhiding controls
Add option for suppressing playback errors
How to Install Celluloid in Ubuntu 18.04 and Higher:
At the moment you can install the media player easily via Flatpak package in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04.
Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run following commands one by one.
1. Paste below command and run to install flatpak framework:
sudo apt-get install flatpak
2. Add flathub repository, which hosts a large list of flatpak applications:
For those prefer .deb package to the containerized flatpak package, the latest Gnome MPV 0.16 now is available to install via PPA in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Linux Mint 19.x, and higher.
Gnome MPV 0.16 was released a few days ago with some changes on preferences dialog and app menu, improvements to MPRIS DBus connection, playlist, etc.
Xu Zhen, one of the software contributors, maintains a PPA repository with the latest packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, and the next Ubuntu 19.04.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or from software launcher. When it opens, paste below command and hit run to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xuzhen666/gnome-mpv
Type user password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2. If a previous version was installed, upgrade the media player via Software Updater:
or simply run command in terminal to install MPV 0.16:
sudo apt install gnome-mpv
For Linux Mint, you may first run sudo apt update to refresh system package cache.
Uninstall:
To remove the PPA, either go to Software & Updates -> Other Software, or run command in terminal:
