Cone Player 1.4.0 for Linux (beta 5), x86_64: the same Cone Player as the Windows 1.4.0 release, built for Linux. It is experimental: based on the development version of VLC media player (VLC 4).
Beta: checked automatically in a Linux environment on GitHub (with dummy audio and software video). Real sound output and GPU video decoding have not been tested on real Linux hardware yet. Please report what works and what doesn't in Issues. Windows users: get Cone Player 1.4.0.
Fixed on Linux:
- On Wayland the video plays inside Cone Player's window again, and fullscreen has its bars (issue #116). In 1.3.0 beta 4 on Wayland desktops it opened in a separate window with no controls; X11 was not affected. Every Linux build now checks this on Wayland and on X11.
New and fixed, as on Windows:
- Seek with the mouse wheel on the timeline: 10 seconds per notch.
- Volume without the bars when maximized: the Up / Down keys and the mouse wheel over the video change only the volume.
- The OpenSubtitles account is saved as you type.
- The update notice works again, with retries when you're offline at first.
- Clean show names: "Some.Show.S01.1080p.WEBRip.x265-GROUP" shows as "Some Show" (a year at the end of a name is dropped: "Class.of.2009" shows as "Class of").
- Ctrl+Q always quits (playback stops first, then Cone Player closes), and the pointer hides about 3 seconds after Space resumes playback; with pinned bars it stays after a key press.
Under the hood:
- The Linux packages are built on Ubuntu 22.04 again after the build image broke (it now gets its packages from the runner's own Ubuntu mirror and stops loudly if a package is missing), and every build checks on Wayland and X11 that the video plays inside Cone's window.
- Flatpak and AUR packages are prepared but not published yet: a Flatpak build (io.github.StickyGonzales.ConePlayer) runs and plays in the sandbox on GitHub, and an AUR package (cone-player-bin) is ready. They come with a later release.
Tips:
- On Wayland, check that the video now plays inside the window; if it doesn't, please tell us your desktop (GNOME, KDE, ...) and distribution in Issues.
- The mouse wheel on the timeline jumps 10 seconds per notch; Up / Down or the wheel over the video change the volume without the bars when maximized or fullscreen.
Downloads:
- AppImage: download,
chmod +xit, start it. AppImageLauncher or Gear Lever add it to the menu with its icon. A folder namedportablenext to it keeps settings and library there. - Portable tarball: unpack, start
./cone, or run./install.shto install it for your user (no sudo; menu entry, icons, "Open with").README-LINUX.txtinside explains the rest. - Debian / Ubuntu package (amd64):
sudo apt install ./cone-player_1.4.0-beta5_amd64.deb. Installs into/opt/cone-playerwith the commandcone-player, next to VLC without replacing it; remove it withsudo apt remove cone-player. - Needs a 64-bit Linux desktop (X11 or Wayland) with glibc 2.35 or newer: Ubuntu 22.04, Linux Mint 21, Debian 12, Fedora 36 or newer.
- On older systems, sound goes through PulseAudio (or PipeWire's PulseAudio service), and very new formats such as VVC aren't supported.
- Cone keeps its own settings (
~/.config/Cone,~/.local/share/Cone,~/.cache/Cone) and runs next to an installed VLC. - Checked on GitHub before release: H.264 and HEVC playback with subtitles, the video inside Cone's window on Wayland and X11, seeking, Settings, the menu, quitting, the Up Next card's Next episode, opening a file in the running window, and installing and removing the tarball and the package.
Design by Juxtopposed (CC BY 4.0), built by StickyGonzales. Not affiliated with VideoLAN.
SHA-256 (also in SHA256SUMS.txt; check with sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt):
Cone-1.4.0-beta5-x86_64.AppImage:600861c51ee7d36b2306a2fb6a8b4cf925b6d9040ab07e72d4516691670874b0Cone-1.4.0-beta5-linux-x86_64.tar.xz:e1b325d82612b3e1df47c8f69f262d008cffc00c90a155ba4707b53ff9c6dc4dcone-player_1.4.0-beta5_amd64.deb:5641944fee6c2b8664acf06e220018cee6f40fb81339ca68344f9baaa116efcf