SMPlayer Portable 0.6.9 has been released by PortableApps.com. SMPlayer Portable is the popular SMPlayer packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your video player with you. It has all the same great features as SMPlayer including remembering the settings of all the files you play, configurable subtitles, audio track switching, seeking by mouse wheel, video equalizer, multiple speed playback, playlists and more, so you can take your favourite video player with you wherever you go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.
PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 users who already have the pre-release of this app installed, simply click 'Check for Updates' in your PA.c Menu to update to the new version.
Features
SMPlayer is a full-featured multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Learn more about SMPlayer...
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
SMPlayer Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.
Download
SMPlayer Portable is available for immediate download from the SMPlayer Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Link wrong
should be
https://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/smplayer_portable
instead of
https://portableapps.com/apps/music_videos/smplayer_portable
Does that mean MPlayer is officially disconnected?
Fixed
Fixed, thanks. Just a typo in the summary.
MPlayer was removed quite some time ago with a link to SMPlayer dev test instead. I'll be removing the old MPlayer page shortly but I need to setup a redirect for it first.
Inevitable VLC Comparisons
Mplayer was perhaps considered a lightweight alternative to VLC. Would it be fair to say that SMPlayer is more of a "competitor" to VLC than an alternative? It certainly doesn't seem very lightweight, especially when you factor in the additional codecs package.
I'm just trying to get a sense of whether I should view this as a replacement for VLC (personal preference) or a complement to it (as MPlayer was for me).
If you'd prefer to take this discussion to the forums, I can do that but I was assuming that a one sentence answer would probably suffice.
*and this question is aimed at anybody that wishes to answer.
Use both
I used VLC as my primary video player for some time but around version 1 I started using SMPlayer more and now use it ~99% of the time. It seems to perform better on my system especially for HD.
Nonetheless, there are times where I still need VLC. Sometimes a video won't play in SMPlayer but VLC will play it. However, as with any program either one may have a problem here or there and it's great to have the other to fall back on.
Personally I like SMPlayer more now. I've gotten very used to it but both are very competent programs.
Competitor Vs Replacement. . . I think SMPlayer falls into the replacement category, at least it has for me.
Thanks Prapper
Thanks Prapper
Finally video player that does not eat...
away my much valued Mb's. Still I wish that there was another music player that serves as the midpoint between coolplayer+ and songbird, something that is not buggy but not as big a fir tree...
I approve!
Oh damn, SMPlayer got added as an official app? I approve!
I prefer VLC, but haven't used SMPlayer in a while. I actually had a video that VLC would not play, and SMPlayer played it.
These days, even flash drives are big, and if you use a flash drive, you've really got no place complaining about performance... so if you're using a portable hard drive, space is NOT an issue, so WRT replacement/alternative, I'd say it's firmly an alternative. In real life, you don't throw away your favorite wrench because you got one that works a little differently, you keep them both, and you find instances where you use one or the other. Even if you almost never use your old one, you still keep it around just in case. Because you never know.