Dragon Player
A simple KDE video player that plays video files and streams with minimal controls.
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Package managers
- Flathub
flatpak install flathub org.kde.dragonplayer
About Dragon Player
Dragon Player is KDE's video player for people who want simplicity rather than features. Click to play or pause, double-click to toggle full screen, and scroll to change the volume.
You can pick the subtitle language, audio track and video track, and it tries to load subtitles in your language automatically. It ships with KDE Gear on a monthly release schedule and installs through Flathub or a distribution's package manager.
Strengths
- Very simple interface with mouse shortcuts
- Subtitle, audio and video track selection
- Regular monthly releases with KDE Gear
Limitations
- Deliberately few features
- Linux only
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree, developed by the KDE community.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- KDE
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- KDE users who want a no-fuss video player
- Categories
- Media players
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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VLC media player
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VLC media player runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with a very wide codec list, but its interface buries advanced options in preference dialogs.
SMPlayer
A front end for mpv and MPlayer that remembers where you stopped in every file you have ever opened.
SMPlayer uses mpv and MPlayer on Windows, macOS and Linux, remembers playback position per file and downloads subtitles, offering far more features in a dated Qt interface.
mpv
A minimal, scriptable media player with high quality video output and no real interface to get in the way.
mpv adds scripting, hardware decoding and advanced video output across Windows, macOS and Linux, but relies on an on-screen controller and hand-edited configuration files.
Celluloid
A simple GTK front end for the mpv video player on Linux.
Celluloid is a simple GTK front end for mpv on Linux with drag and drop playlists and Wayland support, using mpv configuration for advanced tuning.
Clapper
A GNOME media player built on GStreamer and GTK4, designed for simplicity and ease of use.
Clapper is a GTK4 GStreamer-based player designed for GNOME, with simple controls, and its format support depends on installed GStreamer plugins.
Showtime
GNOME's video player, with simple playback controls, subtitles, multiple audio tracks and screenshots.
Showtime is GNOME's GPL-3.0 video player with fading controls, subtitle and audio track selection, speed control and screenshots, built to match GNOME rather than KDE.
Parole
A lightweight GStreamer-based media player written to fit the Xfce desktop.
Parole is a lightweight GStreamer-based player for Xfce that plays files, DVDs, CDs and live streams and can be extended through plugins.
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