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title: Install Lightweight Video Player on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Lightweight Video Player for on Ubuntu - Lightweight
  Video Player - Fast Minimalist Multi-Codec Media Player
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/lightweight-video-player/ubuntu
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# Install Lightweight Video Player on **Ubuntu**

# Lightweight Video Player

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightweight-video-player/ubuntu#install)

#### Lightweight Video Player - Fast Minimalist Multi-Codec Media Player

Lightweight Video Player is a clean, fast-starting desktop video player for
Linux built on FFmpeg/libavcodec (PyAV) and QtMultimedia. A lightweight
Linux alternative to Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) for
distraction-free local video playback, keyboard-driven navigation, and
automatic playback position resume, it plays common containers and codecs
out of the box with low UI overhead.

Key Features:

* Streamlined Multi-Codec Playback: Plays MP4, MKV, WebM, AVI, MOV, MPEG,
  TS, and audio files through bundled libavformat/libavcodec with low-latency
  nearest/fast scaling and QtMultimedia stereo audio output.
* Automatic Position Resume: Remembers your last playback timestamp per file
  in user config storage and resumes automatically when reopening unfinished
  videos.
* Keyboard-Driven Classic Controls: Space to play/pause, Left/Right arrows
  for 5-second seeks, Up/Down for volume, Period (.) for single-frame step,
  M to mute, and F / F11 / double-click for fullscreen.
* Compact Folder Playlist: Automatically indexes videos in ~/Videos with
  instant double-click switching and multi-track audio selection.

Disclaimer: This project is an independent open-source tool and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the MPC-HC Project or its contributors.

### Package name

* lightweight-video-player

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* Yesterday - latest/stable

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install Lightweight Video Player

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Lightweight Video Player

To install Lightweight Video Player, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install lightweight-video-player
```

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