Parole the XFCE desktop environment media player

Parole the XFCE desktop environment media player

In this blog there has been talk about various music, video and multimedia players of which each one has its own characteristics that end up pleasing some of you.

Y this time we will meet a player that is part of the XFCE desktop environment project and it's called Parole.

Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework and written to fit the Xfce desktop well. Is designed with simplicity, speed and resource usage in mind.

passwords features playback of local media files, including video with subtitle support, audio CDs, DVDs, and live streams. Parole is also extensible through additional plugins to improve its functionality.

The Parole player currently has the following plugins:

  • Notify: which shows notifications (using libnotify) for tracking changes.
  • System Tray Icon: which allows you to minimize Parole to the systray, where you can also control playback.
  • MPRIS2: allowing remote control; For example, via the Gnome3 "media player" extension or the Ubuntu sound menu

Of the most popular formats that we can play with Parole media player you will find: AVI, MP4, MPGE, MKV, WMV, FLV, MP3, AAC, WMA, among many others.

How to install Parole Media Player on Ubuntu 18.10 and derivatives?

Si Are you interested in installing this multimedia player? in your system you must follow the following steps.

Although this player is part of the XFCE desktop environment project, its operation within most Ubuntu-derived distributions is practically guaranteed.

Solo They must install it from a terminal which they can open with the key combination "Ctrl + Alt + T" and in the terminal we are going to type the following command:

sudo apt-get install parole

Y listo con ello no deberán de tener más que solo buscar la aplicación en su menú de aplicaciones para ejecutarla.

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Ahora también <strong>pueden realizar la instalación con ayuda de un repositorio de terceros,</strong> con el cual prácticamente podrán recibir las actualizaciones del reproductor de una manera más rápida que por el canal estable.

<strong>Si quieres añadir este repositorio a tu sistema debes abrir una terminal y en ella vas a teclear el siguiente comando:</strong>

[sourcecode text="bash"]sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

Now you must update the packages and list of repositories with the following command:

sudo apt-get update

And finally we install the player in our system with:

sudo apt-get install parole

For The rest of the distributions can obtain this multimedia player by downloading and compiling the source code of the application. We do this by going to the following link where we download the latest current version. The link is this.

Compiling and installing parole from source code

El The last method we have to obtain this player on our system is by compiling and installing it from its source code.

So we must obtain its code from the official XFCE page in its applications section and look for the currently stable version.

Or if you prefer from the terminal you can download by just executing the following command:

wget http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/1.0/parole-1.0.1.tar.bz2

Now we unzip with:

tar xvf parole-1.0.1.tar.bz2

cd parole-1.0.1/

Finally we compile the player and install it with:

./configure

make

sudo make install

At the end, we can execute it with:

parole

How to uninstall Parole Media Player in Ubuntu 18.10 and derivatives?

If for any reason you want to remove this player from your system, you can uninstall from your software center in the installed applications section and look for the application in the list and you just have to click on uninstall.

Now If you installed this player from the repository, you will have to remove it with the help of a terminal.

In the terminal you are going to type the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps -r –y

With this, you have already deleted the repository from your system and to uninstall the player from the terminal you will only have to type:

sudo apt-get remove parole --auto-remove

And ready with it, it will be completely eliminated from your system.


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