Celluloid

Name: Celluloid
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

49 likes

Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)

Application typeApplication types

Platforms

Linux
mpv
Snapcraft
Flathub
Flatpak
Linux Mobile

Celluloid alternatives

49likes

72alternatives

3articles

Features

Properties

Lightweight
Privacy focused

Features

Gtk
No registration required
Works Offline
Dark Mode
Ad-free
Support for 4K
No Tracking

Celluloid News & Activities

Highlights All activities

Recent activities

Paul added Celluloid as alternative to Ray Media Player
24 days ago
Eric Soltys added Celluloid as alternative to Luminous Music Player
about 1 month ago
Game Hopper added Celluloid as alternative to Switchwave
about 2 months ago
c17s5qhu added Celluloid as alternative to NekoVideo
about 2 months ago
Emin added Celluloid as alternative to mpvRx
2 months ago
Darlene Sonalder added Celluloid as alternative to 3DSfin
2 months ago
Darlene Sonalder added Celluloid as alternative to SwiftVLC
3 months ago
eslam900999 liked Celluloid
3 months ago
hfml85 added Celluloid as alternative to Sidstuga
3 months ago
Paul added Celluloid as alternative to REX Player
3 months ago

Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

c17s5qhuDataProtectionOfficer at Self-Employed

★★★★★

Dec 3, 2025

DataProtectionOfficer at Self-Employed

Simple but very reliable and sleek. Stable and light.

RemovedUser

★★★★★

Jul 8, 2024

This is the best video player in linux. While SMPlayer could not play a video due to reading header error and unrecognizable format error, this app played it well. Celluloid supports wayland and has playlist feature. Also I like its fast launch speed.

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What is Celluloid?

Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities. Celluloid interacts with MPV via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities. Celluloid can be configured using the preferences dialog accessible via the "Preferences" menu item. Additional configuration options can be set from an external file using the same syntax as mpv's mpv.conf. See mpv's man page for the full list of options. The file must be specified and enabled in the preferences dialog under the "MPV Configuration" section.

Options can also be set using the "Extra MPV Options" text box in the preferences dialog. The syntax used is the same as mpv's command line options.

Lua Scripts

Celluloid can use most mpv Lua scripts as-is. Some Lua scripts may define keybindings that conflict with GNOME MPV, in which case you'll need to resolve the conflict by explicitly defining new keybindings using input.conf. See mpv's manual for more details.

Lua scripts can be installed by switching to the Lua Scripts tab in the preferences dialog and dropping script files there. A list of mpv Lua scripts can be found here.

Keybindings

Celluloid defines a set of keybindings in the macro DEFAULT_KEYBINDS, which can be found in src/def.h. The syntax used is exactly the same as mpv's input.conf. These keybindings are applied on top of default keybindings provided by mpv.

Additional keybindings can be defined in an external file using mpv's input.conf syntax. The file can be set in the preferences dialog under the "Keybindings" section.