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Aurora Media Player vs SMPlayer: catalog facts
Aurora Media Player	SMPlayer
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Plays most formats through mpv and ffmpeg Online URL playback with yt-dlp bundled	Remembers position, audio track and subtitles per file mpv and MPlayer engines, so format coverage is excellent
Linux only Flathub package not yet available	The interface is dated Qt and skins only go so far Two engines means two sets of quirks when something misbehaves
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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