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Celluloid

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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.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Linux
  • mpv
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
  • Snapcraft
5 / 5 Avg rating (6)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Gtk
  2.  No registration required
  3.  Dark Mode
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Support for 4K
  7.  No Tracking

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Celluloid information

  • Developed by

    Unknown
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    52 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Video & MoviesAudio & Music

GitHub repository

  •  1,232 Stars
  •  98 Forks
  •  247 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 19, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Celluloid, and it has gotten 41 likes

Celluloid was added to AlternativeTo by rstreeter78 on Feb 25, 2017 and this page was last updated Jun 25, 2024.

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de_google
Jul 8, 2024
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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.

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 icon 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.