samovar-lite

PotPlayer-style media player for Linux, built on libmpv and Qt. Drop a video, load a subtitle, familiar shortcuts.

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Details

External ID: 1411862142
Source: GITHUB
Company: —
Product: samovar-lite
Website domain: github.com
Launched: Oct. 9, 2026
Cohort: —
Upvotes: 28
Upvotes percentile: 0.56
Tags: libmpv, linux, media-player, mpv, pyside6, python, qt6, subtitles, video-player, wayland

Yes It is a desktop media player UI built on Qt that binds directly to the pre-existing libmpv playback engine.

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