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https://github.com/philn/glide
Linux/macOS media player based on GStreamer and GTK
https://github.com/philn/glide
flathub flatpak gstreamer gtk gtk3 linux macosx media-player rust video-player
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Linux/macOS media player based on GStreamer and GTK
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/philn/glide
- Owner: philn
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-12-25T17:39:50.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-18T11:07:48.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-25T05:47:22.804Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: flathub, flatpak, gstreamer, gtk, gtk3, linux, macosx, media-player, rust, video-player
- Language: Rust
- Homepage: https://philn.github.io/glide/
- Size: 4.33 MB
- Stars: 261
- Watchers: 8
- Forks: 22
- Open Issues: 9
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Glide Media Player
Glide is a simple and minimalistic media player relying on
[GStreamer](http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org) for the multimedia support
and [GTK](http://gtk.org) for the user interface. Glide should be able
to play any multimedia format supported by
[GStreamer](http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org), locally or remotely
hosted. Glide is developed in [Rust](http://rust-lang.org) and was
tested on Linux and macOS so far. It should also work on Windows, please
let me know if anyone managed to test it on that platform.
I aim to keep this project simple and it probably won't grow to become a
very complicated GUI. If you feel adventurous and willing to help, feel
free to pick up a task from the TODO list and open a PR. Users are also
encouraged to file issues on the Github bug tracker of course.
## Installation
Install it with Cargo:
1. Install [RustUp](https://rustup.rs):
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
2. Install GStreamer and GTK. On Debian/Linux:
sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-plugins-{base,good,bad} libgstreamer-plugins-{bad,base}1.0-dev
sudo apt install libgtk-4-dev gstreamer1.0-gl libadwaita-1-dev
On macOS, with [brew](http://brew.sh):
brew install pango gstreamer gtk+4 libadwaita
brew install --build-from-source --with-pango --with-{libogg,libvorbis,opus,theora} gst-plugins-base
brew install --build-from-source --with-libvpx gst-plugins-good
brew install gst-plugins-bad
3. Install Glide:
cargo install glide
# or if you want to have automatic update checking:
cargo install --features self-updater glide
### Packaging status
#### Flatpak
This is the most recommended way to use Glide as it will allow the maintainers to more
easily reproduce reported bugs. There are two different flavours:
The Glide stable version is available on [Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.base_art.Glide).
After setting up the flathub Flatpak remote as documented in Flathub, install with the following command, or
through GNOME Software.
flatpak install net.base_art.Glide
Users interested in the latest development snapshot of Glide can install the Devel version:
flatpak install https://philn.github.io/glide/glide.flatpakref
flatpak run net.base_art.Glide.Devel
#### Fedora
Available in [COPR](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/atim/glide-rs/):
sudo dnf copr enable atim/glide-rs -y
sudo dnf install glide-rs
## Using Glide
When used from the installed Flatpak, Glide can be set up as default media
player, so double-clicking on a media file in your favorite file browser should
bring up Glide.
Glide can also be used from the command line interface. In a terminal:
```bash
$ # starting the flatpak version
$ flatpak run net.base_art.Glide /path/to/localfile.mp4 http://some.com/remote/file.mp4
$ # starting the version installed with cargo or traditional distro packages
$ glide /path/to/localfile.mp4 http://some.com/remote/file.mp4
```
Once running you can use some menus to switch the subtitle and audio
tracks, play, pause, seek and switch the window to fullscreen. There are
also some keyboard shortcuts for these actions:
- show shortcuts window: meta-? or ctrl-?
- play/pause: space
- seek forward: meta-right or ctrl-right
- seek backward: meta-left or ctrl-left
- switch to fullscreen: meta-f or ctrl-f
- exit from fullscreen: escape
- quit the application: meta-q or ctrl-q
- load a subtitle file: meta-s or ctrl-s
- increase volume: meta-up or ctrl-up
- decrease volume: meta-up or ctrl-down
- mute the audio track: meta-m or ctrl-m
- open a new file: meta-o or ctrl-o