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How to install SMPlayer 18.4.0 on Linuxmint 18.03

To install SMPlayer &ndash 18.4.0 on Linuxmint 18.03

SMPlayer is an open source best media player for Linux used to play video and audio files. This application is written by using the C++ programming language and released under GNU GPL license. It’ s a cross-platform application available for almost all major operating systems i.e. Linux, Microsoft Windows. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of SM player on linuxmint 18.3

Installation

First, we need to add the repository as follows 

linuxhelp ~ # add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer 
You are about to add the following PPA:
 Packages for SMPlayer.

To install SMPlayer from this PPA, run these commands on a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install smplayer smtube smplayer-themes smplayer-skins

 More info: https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/ubuntu/smplayer
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel

Executing: /tmp/tmp.aUs3Flfbaz/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
E4A4F4F4
gpg: requesting key E4A4F4F4 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key E4A4F4F4: public key " Launchpad PPA named smplayer for rvm"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

After adding the repository update the system repository using the apt-get command

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease [23.9 kB]                                
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                 
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                                       
Hit:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                                                         
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]                  
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB] 
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB]     
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Get:33 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe Translation-en [129 kB]                  
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,400 B]                 
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [3,996 B]                 
Get:36 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [3,208 B]               
Get:37 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,376 B]                
Fetched 5,684 kB in 8s (641 kB/s)                                                                          
Reading package lists... Done

And proceed to install SMplayer as follows

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install smplayer smplayer-themes smplayer-skins
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libcurl3 libmcrypt4
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  esound-common liba52-0.7.4 libass5 libaudiofile1 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavformat-ffmpeg56
  libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbluray1 libbs2b0 libcrystalhd3 libdca0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libenca0 libesd0 libfaad2.
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Setting up libpostproc-ffmpeg53:amd64 (7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
Setting up libswscale-ffmpeg3:amd64 (7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
Setting up libvdpau1:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libvorbisidec1 (1.0.2+svn18153-0.2+deb7u1build0.16.04.1) ...
Setting up mplayer (2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up smplayer (18.4.0-1~xenial1) ...
Setting up smplayer-skins (2:15.2.0-1~xenial1) ...
Setting up smplayer-themes (2:17.3.0-1~xenial1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

After installation, you can access the application from the menu



Go to help menu to verify the version

with this, the method to install SMPlayer 18.4.0 on Linuxmint 18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : SMPlayer Linux Mint
FAQ
Q
I've just upgraded from an old version to the latest version and now the video image is corrupted in smplayer, how can I fix it?
A
Disable the option 'Draw video using slices' in Preferences => General => Video
Q
Is this be replaced by Smplayer?
A
Smplayer is the best alternative for flash player in olden days
Q
smplayer got installed but video is not getting played?
A
please check whether you have installed "apt-get install smplayer smplayer-themes smplayer-skins+"
Q
what stable ppa is used in smplayer current version?
A
using the following command,

# add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer
Q
The video equalizer doesn't work in smplayer, why?
A
With some cards or video drivers the hardware video equalizer may not work. Go to Preferences -> General -> Video and enable the software equalizer.