How to install Gnome MPV (MPV Frontend) 0.15 Released on Ubuntu 18.04

     GNOME MPV is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. GNOME MPV interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.
     GNOME MPV is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Gnome MPV (MPV Frontend) 0.15  Changelog:

• Set default screenshot directory to XDG_PICTURES_DIR
• Improve handling of --window-scale, --autofit, --autofit-larger, and --autofit-smaller
• Add command line option for setting WM_ROLE
• Add context menu item for removing playlist items
• Add context menu item for copying location of playlist items

How to install SMPlayer 18.9 Released on Ubuntu 18.04

  SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs.

SMPlayer is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the award-winning MPlayer, which is capable of playing almost all known video and audio formats. But apart from providing access for the most common and useful options of MPlayer, SMPlayer adds other interesting features like the possibility to play Youtube videos or download subtitles.

SMPlayer 18.9 Changelog:

• Fix for YouTube.
• (Experimental) New option in the Play menu: Cast to -> Smartphone/tablet. It displays a QR code that you can scan to play the video on your device. 

Qmmp Music Player 1.2.4 'Winamp Like' on Ubuntu 18.04

   qmmp is a free and open-source audio player written in C++ with the help of the Qt library. It officially supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows. It is the only audio player not featuring a database that uses the Qt library. The default user interface of qmmp is inspired by Winamp

Qmmp 1.2.4 changelog:

• added equalizer optimization
• updated translation list
• improved PCM WAVE support
• fixed segmentation fault
• fixed tag reading in the archive plugin

How To Install VLC 3.0 RC2 On Ubuntu 17.04, 17.10

   VLC Media Player is one of the most prominent and also durable multi format, free of charge media player available

Using open source technologies and libraries, VLC has been ported to most computing platforms, including GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, iOS and Android. VLC can play most multimedia files, discs, streams, allows playback from devices, and is able to convert to or stream in various formats.


VLC 3.0 Changelog:

• Support network browsing for distant file system (SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...) and rewrite the parsing of the media files
• Support keystores: fetch and store passwords securely (sic!) for common protocols (HTTP, SMB, SFTP, FTP, RTSP ...)
• Autodetect external audio tracks (ac3, m4a, aac, dts...), similar to subtitles
• Support HDMI passthrough for Audio HD codecs, like E-AC3, TrueHD or DTS-HD
• Support for 12bits codec and extended colorspaces (HDR)
• Support output renderers, like ChromeCast

How to install SMPlayer 17.12 Released on Ubuntu 17.04, 17.10

   SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs.

SMPlayer is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the award-winning MPlayer, which is capable of playing almost all known video and audio formats. But apart from providing access for the most common and useful options of MPlayer, SMPlayer adds other interesting features like the possibility to play Youtube videos or download subtitles.


SMPlayer 17.12 Changelog:

• SMPlayer works again on Windows XP (32 bit packages only).
• Two new actions to take screenshots with or without subtitles (they only work when using mpv). Assigned by default to Ctrl+Shift+S and Ctrl+Alt+S.

How to install VLC Media Player 2.2.8 on Ubuntu 17.10 via Flatpak

   VLC Media Player is one of the most prominent and also durable multi format, free of charge media player available

   VideoLAN and the VLC development team are happy to publish version 2.2.8 of VLC media player today.
   This release fixes a security issue in the AVI demuxer. Additionally, it includes the following fixes, which are part of 2.2.7: This release fixes compatibility with macOS High Sierra and fixes SSA subtitles rendering on macOS. This release also fixes a few security issues, in the flac and the libavcodec modules (heap write overflow), in the avi module and a few crashes.

How to install Qmmp Music Player 1.2.0 'Winamp Like' on Ubuntu

   qmmp is a free and open-source audio player written in C++ with the help of the Qt library. It officially supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows. It is the only audio player not featuring a database that uses the Qt library. The default user interface of qmmp is inspired by Winamp.

Qmmp 1.2.0 changelog:

• added archive reader plugin (requires TagLib 1.11 or higher);
• added file writer plugin;
• added icecast output plugin;
• added feature to disable notifications when another application is in the full screen mode;
• added cover tab to the track details dialog;

How to Install VLC 2.2.7 on Ubuntu 16.04, 14.04

    VLC Media Player is one of the most prominent and also durable multi format, free of charge media player available

VLC 2.2.7 Changelog:
Decoders:

• Fix flac heap write overflow on format change
• Fix crash in libavcodec module (heap write out-of band) (CVE-2017-10699)
• Fix infinite loop in sami subtitle
• Fix AAC 7.1 channels detection

Demuxers:

• Fix potential crash in ASX parser
• Fix AVI read/write overflow

How to install SMPlayer 17.11.2 Released on Ubuntu 17.10

   SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs.

SMPlayer is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the award-winning MPlayer, which is capable of playing almost all known video and audio formats. But apart from providing access for the most common and useful options of MPlayer, SMPlayer adds other interesting features like the possibility to play Youtube videos or download subtitles.


SMPlayer 17.11 Changelog:

• A crash that may happen on KDE when the global menus are activated has been fixed.
• Fix: SMPlayer won't cancel logout in KDE.
• The seek function in the MPRIS2 code has been fixed.

How to Install Kodi 17.5 Released in PPA for Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10

   Kodi spawned from the love of media. It is an entertainment hub that brings all your digital media together into a beautiful and user friendly package. It is 100% free and open source, very customisable and runs on a wide variety of devices.

   Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls.

Kodi 17.5 Changelog:

• Joysticks: Fix accelerometers preventing screensaver
• More robust way of handling audio output on variety of Android devices
• Fix playback of DVD file over network on Linux
• Update to FFmpeg 3.1.11

How to install SMPlayer 17.11 Released on Ubuntu 17.04, 18.04

   SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs.

SMPlayer is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the award-winning MPlayer, which is capable of playing almost all known video and audio formats. But apart from providing access for the most common and useful options of MPlayer, SMPlayer adds other interesting features like the possibility to play Youtube videos or download subtitles.

SMPlayer 17.11 Changelog:

• The video equalizer by software has been fixed.
• The thumbnail generator is now more precise with short videos.

How to install Qmmp Music Player 1.1.12 'Winamp Like' on Ubuntu 17.04, 18.04

   qmmp is a free and open-source audio player written in C++ with the help of the Qt library. It officially supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows. It is the only audio player not featuring a database that uses the Qt library. The default user interface of qmmp is inspired by Winamp.

Qmmp 1.1.12 changelog:

• fixed IPC regression.
• added AAC mime types to the qmmp.desktop;
• added album artist support in the cue parsers;
• using game name as album tag in the gme plugin;
• fixed seeking in the mpris plugin;

How to install SMPlayer 17.10 Released on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04, 17.10

  SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs.

SMPlayer is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the award-winning MPlayer, which is capable of playing almost all known video and audio formats. But apart from providing access for the most common and useful options of MPlayer, SMPlayer adds other interesting features like the possibility to play Youtube videos or download subtitles.

SMPlayer 17.10 Changelog:

• The deprecated video and audio filters have been replaced with new ones.
• The karaoke filter is available again.

How to Install Rhythmbox 3.4.2 in Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04, 17.10 via PPA

    Rhythmbox is an audio player that plays and helps organize digital music. Rhythmbox is free software, designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop using the GStreamer media framework. However, Rhythmbox functions on desktop environments other than GNOME.

Rhythmbox 3.4.2  Changelog :
Bugs fixed:

• Critical Assertion Errors
• accept --version command-line option
• IM status plugin: Remove Gossip support
• Rhythmbox should not display "Examining files 0 of 0"
• grilo plugin leaves empty directories in /tmp
• rhythmbox crashed with SIGSEGV during import

How to Install Pragha Music Player 1.3.90 on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

     Pragha is reproducer and administrator of music for GNU/Linux, based on Gtk, sqlite, and completely written in C, constructed to be fast, light, and simultaneously complete without obstructing the daily work. Pragha was originally derived of Consonance Music Manage

Features
Full integration with GTK+3, but always independent of Gnome or Xfce.
Two panel desing inspired on Amarok 1.4. Library and current playlist.
Library with multiple views, according tags or folder structure.
Search, filtering and queue songs on current playlist.
Playing and edit tag of mp3, m4a, ogg, flac, asf, wma, and ape files.

How to Install Avidemux 2.7.0 on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

   Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license.

Avidemux 2.6.20 Changelog:

• Core: The bundled FFmpeg has been updated to version 3.0.7
• Core Encoder: A crash encoding MPEG-2 with B-frames disabled has been fixed
• Core Encoder: An error due to invalid decoding timestamps at the end of encoding with MPEG-2 has been fixed

How to install Flacon 3.0.0 – Audio File Encoder on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

   Flacon extracts individual tracks from one big audio file containing the entire album of music and saves them as separate audio files.
   Flacon takes the information from the appropriate CUE file. Besides, Flacon makes it possible to conveniently revise or specify tags both for all tracks at once or for each tag separately.

Features

•     Supported input formats: WAV, FLAC, APE, WavPack, True Audio (TTA).
•     Supported out formats: FLAC, WAV, WavPack, AAC, OGG or MP3.
•     Replay Gain analysis (album-gain and track-gain modes).
•     Multi-threaded conversion process.

How To Install Install Quod Libet 3.9.1 on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

    Quod Libet is a GTK+-based audio player written in Python, using the Mutagen tagging library. It’s designed around the idea that you know how to organize your music better than we do. It lets you make playlists based on regular expressions (don’t worry, regular searches work too). It lets you display and edit any tags you want in the file, for all the file formats it supports.

   The latest version available is QuodLibet 3.9.1, which has been recently released, bringing a huge list of changes:

• python-zeitgeist no longer used
• python-feedparser required (no longer optional)
• python-faulthandler required
• GTK+ 3.14 required (was 3.10)

Qmmp Music Player 1.1.9 'Winamp Like' on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

   qmmp is a free and open-source audio player written in C++ with the help of the Qt library. It officially supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows. It is the only audio player not featuring a database that uses the Qt library. The default user interface of qmmp is inspired by Winamp.

Qmmp 1.1.9 changelog:

•     using relative skin path for portable configuration;
•     improved WASAPI support;
•     fixed cursors support in the skinned user interface;
•     fixed freezing when using DirectSound output;
•     fixed documentation;

How to install Babe Music Player on Ubuntu 16.04 & Higher

Babe Music Player is a promising new tiny Qt Babe music player to keep your favorite songs at hand. Babe will handle all your whole music collections, hence letting you create custom playlists to organize your music with ease. Before we proceed on how to install Babe Music Player on ubuntu, lets look further on what it offers.

Qt Babe Music Player Features

• Babe has three different view modes: 
• the mini mode keeps on top of the windows and its size is just 200x200 px ,just displaying the art and playback controls
• the playlist mode is unobtrusive and displays a list of your songs