SMPlayer seems exactly what I need, couple of questions
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:20 pmHi, I was using VLC but it is VERY buggy when used with 2 monitors (actually a laptop and a video projector). Basically I could not get it to reliably play full screen on the second monitor (projector). It kept going full screen on my laptop not the video projector.
Have had a bit of a play with SMPlayer and it is great. What is brilliant is you can stop/start from playlist and add video to the end of the playlist while playing. This is essential as it is a bring your own film mite we do where people bring stuff throughout the night and we just add it to the playlist.
I don't have a two monitor setup here so will have to wait until I go into the cinema to test so would help if I could get the answer to the following questions.
1) Is there a way of just playing from a playlist without any extra on screen stuff (filename/progress bar etc.) at all. Just playing each video back to back although it was a single file? This may be a simple striped down skin.
2) is there a way to get it to automatically play the videos full screen on the second monitor (not a show stopper but would be good to not even have to drag play window to the second monitor and full screen).
The other questions, which I know is a difficult one to answer, is hoe reliable/stable is the player. do people generally find it rock solid.
Also as it is based on mplayer I gather it has very good inbuilt codec support?
Really looking forward to using the player at the cinema, loving SMPlayer so far.
Ben
Have had a bit of a play with SMPlayer and it is great. What is brilliant is you can stop/start from playlist and add video to the end of the playlist while playing. This is essential as it is a bring your own film mite we do where people bring stuff throughout the night and we just add it to the playlist.
I don't have a two monitor setup here so will have to wait until I go into the cinema to test so would help if I could get the answer to the following questions.
1) Is there a way of just playing from a playlist without any extra on screen stuff (filename/progress bar etc.) at all. Just playing each video back to back although it was a single file? This may be a simple striped down skin.
2) is there a way to get it to automatically play the videos full screen on the second monitor (not a show stopper but would be good to not even have to drag play window to the second monitor and full screen).
The other questions, which I know is a difficult one to answer, is hoe reliable/stable is the player. do people generally find it rock solid.
Also as it is based on mplayer I gather it has very good inbuilt codec support?
Really looking forward to using the player at the cinema, loving SMPlayer so far.
Ben