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Celluloid, the GTK4 front-end of MPV media player, released new 0.28 version few days ago.
Celluloid is a free open-source media player uses MPV as backend. It features GTK4 and Libadwaita for its modern and adaptive GUI that’s well integrated in GNOME desktop.
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’.
Other changes in Celluloid 0.26 include:
--mpv-optionsvo‘ from the list of default options.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.
To uninstall the celluloid video player, just run the command below in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove celluloid
Also remove the Ubuntu PPA by running command:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:xuzhen666/gnome-mpv
For the snap package, uninstall it either via Ubuntu Software or by running command:
snap remove celluloid
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:
--mpv-options.
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.
To remove the media player, open terminal and run command:
sudo apt remove celluloid
And remove the PPA repository via command:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:xuzhen666/gnome-mpv
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:
--border
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:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
4. Finally install Celluloid via command:
flatpak install flathub io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid
NOTE if you’ve installed the flatpak package, simply update the media player via command:
flatpak update flathub io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid
Once installed, launch the software either from application menu or by right-clicking video files and choose open with Celluloid!
To remove the Celluloid flatpak package, run command in terminal:
flatpak uninstall io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid
By releasing version 0.17, the GTK+ frontend for mpv Gnome MPV is officially renamed to Celluloid.
Celluloid 0.17 release highlights:
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:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
4. Finally install Celluloid via command:
flatpak install flathub io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid
Once installed, launch the software either from application menu or by right-clicking video files and choose open with Celluloid!
To remove the Celluloid flatpak package, run command in terminal:
flatpak uninstall io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid
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.
To remove the PPA, either go to Software & Updates -> Other Software, or run command in terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:xuzhen666/gnome-mpv
To remove Gnome MPV, simply run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove gnome-mpv
Gnome MPV, GTK+ frontend for mpv video player, released version 0.16 a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.
Gnome MPV 0.16 release highlights:
--mpv-options for setting arbitrary mpv options from the command-line
You can install the latest Gnome MPV via the flatpak (containerised software package) which is available in Flathub repository.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or from software launcher. When it opens, run command to install flatpak daemon:
sudo apt-get install flatpak
2. Then add the flathub repository via command:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
3. Finally install Gnome MPV from the repository:
flatpak install flathub io.github.GnomeMpv
Once installed, launch Gnome MPV from application menu or video file’s context menu and enjoy!
To remove the flatpak package, simply run command:
flatpak uninstall io.github.GnomeMpv
