Cerise

Formerly Helios Media Player. A basic, but practical and user-friendly, multimedia player based on GStreamer.

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Codeberg

Download Checksum

Compatible File Formats

Can play all formats compatible with GStreamer and its plugins. Common formats include mp3, mp4, mov, ogg, m3u and midi.

Also able to play remote files and streams, including YouTube, Twitch and BBC iPlayer.

Screenshot

Video open in Cerise via YouTube. Running on Lubuntu 22.04.

Installation

From Source

Dependencies:

  • Python 3
  • PyQt5
  • PyQt5.QtMultimedia
    • Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: python3-pyqt5.qtmultimedia
    • openSUSE: libqt5-qtmultimedia
    • Others: qt5-qtmultimedia
  • GStreamer
  • GStreamer plugins (optional, but required for use) – often called gstreamer1.0-plugins-* or gst-plugins-*
  • yt-dlp
  1. Clone the repository with git clone https://codeberg.org/X-Industries/cerise.git
  2. Install the dependencies
  3. Give the appropriate permissions by running chmod +x INSTALL
  4. Install by running sudo ./INSTALL
  5. Delete the cerise directory

For Arch Linux/KaOS:

  1. Download the package from above
  2. Download the checksum and compare with sha512sum -c --ignore-missing /path/to/file
  3. Run sudo pacman -U /path/to/file

For Debian/Ubuntu/Mint:

  1. Download the package from above
  2. Download the checksum and compare with sha512sum -c --ignore-missing /path/to/file
  3. Install it with sudo apt install --install-recommends /path/to/file

Known Bugs and Issues

  • Opening files from file manager doesn’t work yet.

This is open-source software and I am not a professional. Feel free to open an issue if there’s anything else, or submit a pull request if you think you can improve the program yourself.