Questions tagged [video-player]

A video player is a software application which presents the imagery and audio of a video stream from a physical media such as a DVD or Bluray disk or digital media such as a data stream from software generating video imagery from a file or device such as a web cam. This tag should be used for questions about the video player software that is presenting the imagery to a viewer. The question should include the name of the software and the operating system.

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Software integrating YouTube, Netflix, Quora, and Wikipedia

I am looking for a container app for smartphones (and computers) which embeds videos from YouTube at the top (or, from whatever video service, Vimeo, Netflix, or even its own videos), and at the ...
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Software for making learning from videos more studious, interactive, and effective

This post is a request for software that would make learning from videos found on the web and elsewhere much easier. Suppose I find an educational video. I watch the video for a while, try to absorb ...
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What web video players feed captions to Firefox's picture-in-picture?

Note: Directed from https://github.com/mdn/content/issues/22176#issuecomment-1308301938 Looking for something like jwplayer. Something a little fancier than the native video player but still feeds ...
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I need a video player that allows renaming the video file within the application

I often work with videos and need to rename the videos while watching them one by one or delete them. Is there any player that allows renaming and deleting the video without having to search it in the ...
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Remotely controlling multiple instances of video player - which one is best?

i need to synchronously play three videos, which are themselves avisynth scripts. The controlling script is either python3, c# or R script. I am considering using such players as (in that order): ...
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Track downloaded videos watched progress on windows 10?

Say I've a folder where there are subfolders and each subfolders have videos. I want a software where I can upload the main folder and from there I start watching the videos. I should be able to track ...
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Playing audio and video files when boat is in a gps position

We are looking for software that automatically plays audio and video files when the boat are entering a zone. We operate a few shuttle boats and want to offer our guests visual and audio information ...
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Video player that can zoom and pan with mouse control?

As per the title, I need to be able to click and drag a box with the mouse and the video keep playing zoomed in on that area. I could then move around the image by dragging it, perhaps with a shrunken ...
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Open source FireOS alternative

I'm looking for an operating system which functions similarly to the OS of Amazon's Fire TV Stick. It should be able to access Amazon Video and Netflix, and play Amazon Video in HD. Ideally, I'd like ...
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Adaptive bitrate video host without ads

As my work uses Office 365, we have Microsoft Stream, which replaced Microsoft Stream Classic, which replaced Office 365 Video. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear able to set external viewer permission. ...
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Android Slow-motion player

I am looking for an Android slow motion video player that allows me to play the video forwards and backwards in any speed - from frame-by-frame to a speed-up. I can imagine it like a slider control ...
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Ubuntu software for watching downloaded tv shows?

I am looking for software that will display shows you have downloaded along with a cover for them, similar to "lutris" in the way that it would list all shows you have downloaded, categorize ...
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Android application to stream local MKV videos to chromecast with subtitles

I have a bunch of .mkv videos and subtitles files on my Android tablet and I want to cast them to my chromecast. I am looking for a video player to cast them. VLC is able to play all the videos ...
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Media player for macOS with tabbed interface

Right now I'm using IINA as my media player. The problem with this player is that if I want to open multiple videos, I have to open every video in a new window which clutters the desktop. Is there a ...
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Best way to watch HDR video content on non-HDR monitor

Playing HDR video on a non-HDR system usually results in "washed out" colors and low contrast. I read that "PotPlayer" offers a "HDR Correction" feature. However, I also ...
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Looking for a simple way to make a raspberry pi3 Kiosk showing photos and videos from a USB stick

I'm looking for a very basic and simple way to implement a kiosk with a raspberry pi 3. What I'd like to do is this: startup script that read the content of a USB stick and launch a software to ...
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How to open .tvs file in any other software apart from TeamViewer or using the TeamViewer Host version?

I have the normal version of the TeamViewer installed on my Macbook and my colleague has the Full version of TeamViewer. During our conversation, he recorded the call and he sent me the file with the ....
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Software or method to detect sequences of non-black frames in a long video

I have a large video file (about 6 hours long), it's a record from surveillance camera, the camera itself has no illumination features, though surveiled area has pretty good light which is triggered ...
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Video player with frame by frame, holding a key, like slow motion, backward and forward?

If I watch a video in Media Player Classic, and hold the forward arrow, then it goes frame by frame smoothly like in slow motion.. Though backwards is jolty, it doesn't update while you hold the left ...
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Is there an “invisible” video player which doesn't show controls at all?

Is there a video player that I can use on Mac that plays the video without showing the controls at all so that it doesn't look like I'm actually playing a video? I could still be able to pause and ...
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Video player that displays frame number

I'm looking for a video player for Mac which will display the current frame number. I know I can get this with some math, but would be much easier for my project to see it on the video while playing. ...
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Media player that isolates the background music while watching

I want to watch movies without music backgrounds only vocals. OS: Windows 10 Video Source: Local files (MP4/AVC especially) Price: Freeware
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Free Media Player to play video with a different external audio track? Bonus if clean, easy, open source

Free Media Player to play video with a different external audio track? Bonus if clean, easy, open source. Tried this, but the last step from: https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_HowTo/...
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Is there a video player that resumes a given playlists where they left off?

These days all good players will resume playback from the last playlist when closed. I want to switch between playlists and have the playback resume from the last point of the last video. I'm not ...
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Application for viewing movies, GPS data, and shock-sensor data recorded

Looking for an application for viewing movies, GPS data, and shock-sensor data recorded for windows. Preferably, Select individual movie files Export all GPS track data to CSV file Export all GPS ...
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Turn TV into large digital photo frame through the HDMI port

I would like to turn my TVs into large photo frames that shows my pictures and/or plays my videos when I'm not using the TVs otherwise. I need: The files to be read from a PC / NAS / external hard ...
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Playing videos from iPad to a Windows PC's display

I've been thrown this problem by my partner, who uses an iPhone and iPad. My household "TV" is actually a 1920x1080 monitor and audio amplifier, connected by HDMI to a dedicated media PC. This lets ...
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Is there a video service that allows HTML5 projects to be played in unison?

Large organization that has thousands of videos and also thousands of elearning/html5 projects. The HTML5 projects are very graphical and enhanced but look and play much like our video, albeit with ...
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Videoplayer for many 15sec. snippets with easy jumping between snippets (behavior analysis)

I am looking for a video player or way to program in R the following functions: A 10min. long video (or 40 individual 15sec. Videos) is played in 15sec. snippets. I.e. 0-14sec. 15-29sec. and so on. ...
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360° 3D top/down video player

I cannot find a 360° 3D video player for 3D videos in over/under format on my GearVR or Windows Mixed Reality Headset. I recorded the videos with the InstaPro2 3D camera. There are lots of 360° ...
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Video player with external control?

i'm looking for a video player, which is able to smoothly shuttle back and forth at high speeds and can be controlled externally - eg. by a poti connected to an arduino with which one can shuttle ...
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Video player with dual subtitles

I am looking for a media player to play videos with two subtitles at the same time (e.g. English and Spanish). I'm using VLC, but this feature is not there yet, although there are some workarounds ...
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Trying to setup a single home video system using webcams on different machines, each running a different OS

I have four machines, each with a webcam: - Mac Mini running OS X El Capitan - Dell Precision tower running Windows 10 - Lenovo IdeaPad running Ubuntu Linux - Raspberry Pi 3 So far I have been ...
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What is the best motion interpolation software out there?

I am looking for a player with a motion interpolation feature. For example, I have a 24 fps movie and I want to watch it in 60 fps using on-the-fly motion interpolation. CPU solutions are preferred. ...
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Guaranteed video player for Linux?

I need video player for Linux, that: Plays many video formats If it can't play some format, it doesn't just continue playing without sound or video doesn't just say it can't it should honestly ...
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Looking for software to seamlessly launch video clips in real time and in any order

Thanks in advance everyone. I'm looking for software that can replace our going-on-twenty-years-old custom solution from an employee who moved on to another job years ago. We currently use a ...
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Video players with RTSP support

I have asked this question first: What codec/capability is needed for a video player to play (French) TV stations as VLC does? (namely playing TV stations of the French provider Free) and I have ...
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Linux video player w/ resume support

I need a video player for Linux. Requirements: remember playing position of playlist and video on restart MP4 video support Optionally: .deb package
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Enhanced Video Player For Pc

Several years ago, I used a program called "Neuview Media Player" in Windows OS. Basically, it's enhance the quality of video in real time ( by image resampling, sharping, color adjustment etc. ). ...
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Video player with very slow playback speed, for Windows

I am looking for a video player which can play an mp4 video with speed 0.05 (5%) of the original, audio is not important. I tried WMP and VLC but the slowest seting is only 25%. [Edit] It is not ...
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Video player that does on-the-fly 30-to-60fps interpolation?

Is the a video player than can play a 30fps video at 60fps doing frame interpolation on-the-fly? It can be done by video-conversion softwares but I wonder is there's been a player that can do it on-...
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App to play the 360° panorama videos

I've got 360° panorama videos taken by Gear 360 camera which I'd like to view on macOS. I've tried to watch them in VLC, but without success. They're displayed as flat spherical videos when opened. ...
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Media player on Linux

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 ...
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Looking for free Bluray media player application alternative to VLC for Windows 10

I have a Bluray disk reader installed in my PC however the open source VLC player will not play a Bluray disk. A DVD disk in the Bluray player works fine however if I try to play a Bluray disk with ...
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Torrent video streaming app that supports subtittles

I'm looking for a Windows desktop app that allows watching videos from torrent without the need to download them. I'd appreciate a functionality that automatically finds subtitles for a movie. If not, ...
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VR Player for Linux

Is there any VR Player for Linux (or usable with Wine) that can play 360° and 180° videos (optional: and images) turning around using mouse optional: play 3D Videos either as 3D (side-by-side) or ...
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Looking for good DLNA renderer (player) for Windows 7 (32 bit)

I'm looking for good DLNA renderer (player) software, comparable with the standard Windows Media Player for supported formats/codecs but with a few extra features: it should work without visible ...
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Time based video search engine

I have a collection of demonstration videos and I would like to be able to store what happens in the videos so I can view snippets from them later on. each video might contain multiple patterns made ...
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Display video directly from an MTP device in Windows

I'm looking for software that will display video directly from the MTP device, directly from the device I mean the software does not copy the file to the local disk as a temporary file. I would like ...