Media player on Linux

Question

I'm looking for a media player on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04). The important feature to me is continuous playing; so starting from a video, it continuously plays the next video after the previous one is finished (possibly with lowest delay so it will be a smooth watching experience).

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

UPDATE: The number of the files in the directory are not determined in advance, and files are being added to the folder in real-time. The only thing is that they are in alphabetical order.

Answer 1

VLC is the ultimate media player.

• Install the Ubuntu default repository version:

  sudo apt install vlc
  

• Install the latest version (has Blu-ray support):

  sudo snap install vlc
  

How to make a playlist:

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/play-multiple-videos-vlc-49395.html

UPDATE:

Same deal applies

What you can do is run VLC in single instance mode and run this bash command when you have a new file:

vlc --playlist-enqueue FILENAME

use inotifywait to catch new files

so something like this would work:

Example:

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to |
    while read path action file; do
        vlc --playlist-enqueue $path/$file
    done

Credit: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24952/script-to-monitor-folder-for-new-files