mplayer Command Examples

Cross-platform multimedia player. More information: https://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/commandline.html.

• Play the specified file or URL:

mplayer {{path/to/file|url}}

• Play multiple files:

mplayer {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Play a specific file repeatedly:

mplayer -loop {{0}} {{path/to/file}}

• Pause playback:

<Space>

• Quit mplayer:

<Esc>

• Seek backward or forward 10 seconds:

{{Left|Right}}