Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

Sven123456789 reviewed v17.6.0 on Jun 1, 2017

Pretty good. Tried some videos and some songs. Easy to configure.

smaragdus reviewed v14.3.0.6229 Beta on Jun 6, 2014

The new versioning scheme is absurd and ridiculous. I do not want dates but version numbers since a date does not tell anything about the maturity of the product.

Uriel reviewed v0.8.5 on May 10, 2013

This playernis the best on Linux distos, but for Windows I prefer Zoomplayer.

Zootopia3001 reviewed v0.8.4 on Mar 25, 2013

Dumped Media Player Classic for this instead. More so the 'Unofficial' MPlayer/SMPlayer combo(36mb's) at...
http://mulder.bplaced.net/
No blank screen when playing media through an S-Video cable to LCD TV, unlike most all other players outside of QuickTime.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v0.6.9 Build 3611 Experimental on Jul 6, 2011

had to dump this one and use
http://fileforum.betanew...il/SPlayer/1151195315/1

Bart Welson reviewed v0.6.9 on Feb 25, 2010

Nice and clean layout, but that about all the positive this player has.

DrTeeth reviewed v0.6.9 on Feb 25, 2010

Worksa treat! The only thing that puzzles me is why it needs to cache the system fonts on first use and then occasionally thereafter. Use it all the time for everything - more versatile than VLC.

Phat Esther reviewed v0.6.9 on Feb 24, 2010

AHH crash and fail all video, meanwhile use original mplayer without any problem.
I think this is the worst mplayer gui ever.
0.6.9
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Slipped it in reviewed v0.6.9 on Feb 24, 2010

Appears to have no support for AMD's Avivo video processing. Fails every test on the Silicon Optix Benchmark DVD. Programs like this shouldn't even be allowed to exist.

Phat Esther reviewed v0.6.8 on Sep 15, 2009

I changed default player from crashmaker vlc
some little funcprob
but almost fine work everything
5 star
after two months not play any video just black screen
1 star

fredlkrue reviewed v0.6.8 on Jul 27, 2009

Keeps getting better and better, heres a short changelog for version 0.6.8:

* Added support for TV (more info in Watching_TV.txt).

* New option to enable a global volume.

* (Linux) Support for vdpau.

* New option to take consecutive screenshots.

* Possibility to add some of the submenus to the toolbars.

* Better support for *.ts files (requires mplayer >= r29381).

* Added the Vietnamese translation.

* Added the Estonian translation.

* (Windows) New options to try to disable the screensaver.

BUSIAK reviewed v0.6.4 on May 8, 2009

Ther's new version on homepage (0.6.7). Sleep well betanews :) I noticed problems with special Polish characters (fonts in subtitles have no : ?,?,?,?,ó,?,?,?,?) but this player still rock! Maybe latest version doesn't have this problem. 4 by now!

nms04 reviewed v0.6.2 on Aug 18, 2008

great player!! my new replacement for vlplayer

cltx99 reviewed v0.6.2 on Aug 17, 2008

I set it as my default player. It works very well. Being able to adjust video color, contrast and brightness is really a nice feature. I recommend that people give it a try.

Patnet reviewed v0.6.2 on Aug 16, 2008

Excellent player which has now become my default player, 'nuff said

fredlkrue reviewed v0.6.2 on Aug 15, 2008

SMPlayer is not a player it self, its a front-end for mplayer..... and works great in linux....

srnty reviewed v0.6.2 on Aug 15, 2008

I had a few crashes when I played a bit with the filters, but apart from that this player is really nice. Clean interface, powerful and a great set of options. I still use GomPlayer but I will keep an eye on this player for sure.

anomoly reviewed v0.6.2 on Aug 15, 2008

Crossplatform or not, mpc home cinema is half the size and uses half the resources and is also portable as is this.

peispud reviewed v0.6.2 on Aug 15, 2008

Power, simplicity, and cross platform - awesome .

oRoFLash reviewed v0.6.1 on Aug 10, 2008

Awesome player! It's now my default! Integrated codecs are great and play the movies and videos very fine and clear. Support the most common video formats and audio too (like .m4a, .ogg, etc)

Excelente reproductor, tiene codecs integrado y reproduce los archivos con una imagen muy nitida. Soporta la mayoría de formatos multimedia conocidos.

guti reviewed v0.6.0 RC4 on Apr 16, 2008

Best MPlayer frontend.

fredlkrue reviewed v0.6.0 RC4 on Apr 15, 2008

best alternative i found to replace bsplayer 1.32 on windows.... now i switch to linux, bsplayer was holding me to windows.... :)

Point Zero reviewed v0.6.0 RC2 on Feb 13, 2008

This player is average ! And I mean it !

winamp reviewed v0.6.0 RC2 on Feb 13, 2008

Best ever. also try MPlayer for Windows.. ehh ja likksom..

photonboy reviewed v0.6.0 Preview 1 on Jan 23, 2008

I've used this with a lot of video without issues (I love the SKIP buttons).

However, I normally use another program for DVD's; when I tested it to rate this new version of SMPlayer it couldn't properly play "Shrek the Third." The disc made a lot of noise and it finally started in the Special Features some place. I could play the movie after locating it but not playing a DVD correctly is a pretty major issue.

I find that KMPlayer, SMPlayer, Zoom Player and Windows Media Player Classic are all good players.

Recommendation:
I have to recommend most people start with WMP Classic by installing it with the K-Lite codec package. Search for it at BetaNews, Google, or try www.free-codecs.com . If you only watch DVD movies, SMPlayer is not the program for you.

amweiss157 reviewed v0.6.0 Preview 1 on Jan 23, 2008

Has problems in Vista with an nVidia card, they claim it's a driver problem but VLC, KMPlayer and others seem to be able to render opengl video in the same window with no problem. If the separate mplayer window would remember settings this would be a 5.

Still a great player.

guti reviewed v0.6.0 Preview 1 on Jan 23, 2008

Best frontend for the best player.

DudeBoyz reviewed v0.6.0 Preview 1 on Jan 23, 2008

Player seems very lean, very clean.

Variable speed playback actually seems to work (Windows Media Player 9 doesn't work right on some types, like xvid)

Plays MKV without having to install some sort of advanced codec pack.

Does it use internal, self contained code instead of relying on individual codecs?

joen reviewed v0.5.62 on Nov 22, 2007

This player is absolutely perfect for me.
I don´t like flashy skins like jetaudio. In fact, I can´t stand apps that are skinned by default. I want my desktop to be consistent.
This program has a nice clean interface. The default button icon set is terrible, but there are other nice icons available, with the Tango set this app looks great.
I have thrown every file format I have available at this player and it plays them all flawlessly.
I have used MPC, Rulesplayer, VLC and others. All of those have their strong advantages but I always wanted to see that combined in one player. SMPlayer seems to be that player for me. Highly recommended.

kD371kNf reviewed v0.5.62 on Nov 21, 2007

Works well as a free DVD player.
Not as good as WinDVD, but the price is much better.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v0.5.62 on Nov 21, 2007

Perfect!

Dwiebelhaus reviewed v0.5.62 on Nov 19, 2007

Go figure works flawless on Linux.

Tao2005 reviewed v0.5.60 on Sep 22, 2007

Well, aside the lame look. I still think JetAudio is better. JetAudio does, what I want it to do. This program doesn't seem to really be that interesting. JetAudio broadcasts, plays, rips, burns, and converts. Plus the Newer versions of JetAudio has one added feature. A Media player, like MusicMatch, for those who are fermilure with the good ol' reliable MusicMatch, befor Yahoo, thrashed it.

Don't think this program is that flexible.

CharlieGimbert reviewed v0.5.60 on Sep 21, 2007

isaacg, i use mplayer2 also but it crashes with .wvx streams, usually after 1 minute.

isaacg reviewed v0.5.60 on Sep 21, 2007

CharlieGimbert: Start > Run > type: mplayer2 > OK
Can't get much lighter than that.

SMPlayer seems to play everything I can throw at it. Not as clunky as VLC. Still not sure it's better than Media Player Classic though.

CharlieGimbert reviewed v0.5.51 on Sep 8, 2007

improvelence, i wanna get "light" player that plays .wvx streams. before HaHa tell me what player does that.

graysky reviewed v0.5.51 on Sep 7, 2007

Needless bloated GUI for a sleek mediaplayer like mplayer. If you must have a GUI, at least have one that minimally intrudes on the application like MPF which you can check out here: http://mpf.dzm.hu/

improvelence reviewed v0.5.51 on Sep 7, 2007

"Video Internet streams ain't work"

Haha.....

Anyhow, its promising but really unnecessary in the PC world considering we already have Mplayer and VLC.

sumannamburi reviewed v0.5.21 on Aug 28, 2007

Excellent player!!

make sure that you update the version once you download the 5.21 version.As of this writing,the update is on 5.44.

CharlieGimbert reviewed v0.5.21 on Aug 24, 2007

Video Internet streams ain't work

Tao2005 reviewed v0.5.21 on Aug 23, 2007

Shoot I have players that play all these formats. JetAudio, QMP/QCD, and WMP. Of course my players also play flash video. Can this do that??

rcadams reviewed v0.5.21 on Aug 23, 2007

Not Vista Friendly. And connects to web server for no reason considering it's suppose to have all the codec's included.