{"id":5959,"date":"2016-06-15T16:13:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T16:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5959"},"modified":"2016-06-15T16:13:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T16:13:24","slug":"smplayer-16-6-high-dpi-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/06\/smplayer-16-6-high-dpi-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Install SMPlayer 16.6 in Ubuntu with High-DPI Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smplayer-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smplayer-icon.png\" alt=\"SMplayer 16.6\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>SMPlayer, open-source Qt front-end for MPlayer and MPV, has reached the 16.6 release with some great new features including a tablet mode and high-DPI support.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>High DPI screens are supported now in SMPlayer. You can turn on\/off this feature and manually adjust the scale factor by navigating to Preferences -> Interface -> High DPI.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-hdpi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-hdpi-600x301.jpg\" alt=\"SMPlayer High DPI\" width=\"600\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-hdpi-600x301.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-hdpi-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-hdpi.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a new &#8216;tablet mode&#8217;, available in menu Options, that brings support for 2 in 1 computers with touch screens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-tablet-mode.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-tablet-mode.jpg\" alt=\"SMPlayer tablet mode\" width=\"540\" height=\"154\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-tablet-mode.jpg 540w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smplayer-tablet-mode-450x128.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SMPlayer 16.6 also brings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Option to send video to an external screen.<\/li>\n<li>Global shortcuts support, enable it in Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse<\/li>\n<li>Settings are remembered for online streams.<\/li>\n<li>built with Qt 5 by default.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How Install \/Upgrade SMPlayer in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For all current Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, and Ubuntu 16.10, the most recent build can be installed from <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~rvm\/+archive\/ubuntu\/smplayer\" target=\"_blank\">the PPA<\/a> by following the steps below one by one:<\/p>\n<p>1. Add PPA.<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and paste the command below and hit run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm\/smplayer<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-ppa-600x99.jpg\" alt=\"Smplayer PPA\" width=\"600\" height=\"99\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-ppa-600x99.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-ppa-400x66.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-ppa.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. If you have a previous release installed, you can upgrade it by launching <b>Software Updater<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/upgrade-smplayer-ppa.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/upgrade-smplayer-ppa-400x273.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade SMPlayer\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/upgrade-smplayer-ppa-400x273.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/upgrade-smplayer-ppa-600x410.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/upgrade-smplayer-ppa.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or run the commands below one by one to do update and install in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\n\nsudo apt-get install smplayer smtube smplayer-themes<\/pre>\n<p>3. (Optional) To revert back to the stock version of SMPlayer in your Ubuntu release, purge the PPA via ppa-purge by running command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:rvm\/smplayer<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMPlayer, open-source Qt front-end for MPlayer and MPV, has reached the 16.6 release with some great new features including a tablet mode and high-DPI support. High DPI screens are supported now in SMPlayer. You can turn on\/off this feature and manually adjust the scale factor by navigating to Preferences -> Interface -> High DPI. 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