{"id":7293,"date":"2017-11-03T16:27:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7293"},"modified":"2017-11-03T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:27:03","slug":"smplayer-17-11-released-with-small-fixes-how-to-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/smplayer-17-11-released-with-small-fixes-how-to-install\/","title":{"rendered":"SMPlayer 17.11 Released with Small Fixes (How-to Install)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smplayer-icon.png\" alt=\"SMplayer\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5321\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SMPlayer media player reached the 17.11.0 release earlier today. The new release features a few small bug-fixes and improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in SMPlayer 17.11 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The video equalizer by software has been fixed.<\/li>\n<li>The thumbnail generator is now more precise with short videos.<\/li>\n<li>The audio quality of the audio equalizer has been improved.<\/li>\n<li>The option &#8220;add black borders on fullscreen&#8221; has been fixed.<\/li>\n<li>The option &#8220;AC3\/DTS passthrough over S\/PDIF&#8221; has been fixed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-mac-skin-600x362.jpg\" alt=\"SMPlayer with Mac skin\" width=\"600\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-mac-skin-600x362.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-mac-skin-400x241.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/smplayer-mac-skin.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install SMPlayer 17.11 in Ubuntu via PPA:<\/h4>\n<p>The new release has made into the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~rvm\/+archive\/ubuntu\/smplayer\" target=\"_blank\">official PPA<\/a>, available for Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, and their derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal and run the following command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm\/smplayer<\/pre>\n<p><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\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those who prefer Qt4 version, use the another PPA instead:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm\/smplayer-qt4<\/pre>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then you can upgrade SMPlayer from a previous release via <b>Software Updater<\/b> (Update Manager) after checking for updates:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smplayer-via-update-manager-450x309.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade smplayer\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smplayer-via-update-manager-450x309.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smplayer-via-update-manager-600x412.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smplayer-via-update-manager.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or you can run the commands below in terminal to do install or upgrade SMPlayer:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update \r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install smplayer smtube<\/pre>\n<p><b>How to Restore:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For any reason, you can easily restore the installation to the stock version via the ppa-purge tool:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:rvm\/smplayer<\/pre>\n<p>For the qt4 ppa, replace <code>ppa:rvm\/smplayer<\/code> with <code>ppa:rvm\/smplayer-qt4<\/code> in the code.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SMPlayer media player reached the 17.11.0 release earlier today. 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