Playing an Audio File

There are three basic ways to play audio files with MPlayer. You can simply open a file. You can add a file to your MPlayer Playlist and play it from there. Lastly you can use MPlayer to play streaming audio? via the internet.

Opening and Playing a File

The simplest way to play an audio file with MPlayer is to open a file. To do this simply press the Apple and O keys together or click 'Open' in the MPlayer File Menu.

Next you should see a window like this.

Use this window to browse to the file that you wish to play.

Once you have selected the file that you want to listen to click 'Open'.

That's all there is to it. You should be able to see the name of the file you opened at the top of the MPlayer Interface window and the file should start playing automatically (if it doesn't just press the Play button).

 

Playing a File from the Playlist

With MPlayer you can create a playlist of files so that you can play files one after the other without having to open a new file each time.

To open the Playlist window click the 'PL' button on the MPlayer interface, or press the Shift, Apple and P keys together, or click 'Show/Hide Playlist' in the MPlayer Window Menu.

You should now be able to se the Playlist window which looks like this.

 

To add a new file to the Playlist press the Shift, Apple and O keys together or click on 'Add to Playlist' in the MPlayer File menu.

Next you should see a window like this.

Use this window to browse to the file that you wish to play.

Once you have selected the file that you want to listen to click 'Open'. You should now be able to see that file in your Playlist.

 

To play the file all you need to do is double-click on it.

 

Playing Streaming Audio

If you know the URL? of an audio stream you can play directly through MPlayer without having to use a web browser. To do this press the Apple and U keys together or click on 'Open Location' in the MPlayer File menu.

You should now see a window like this.

Type in the URL of the stream then click OK.

You will then see something like this while MPlayer connects to the stream.

It will take a few moments for MPlayer to connect to the stream. Once MPlayer has connected to the stream it will start playing and the Interface window will look something like this.