SMPlayer now supports mpv, which brings new interesting features. Click here to know more.

This article explains how to get the latest version of SMPlayer and mpv in Ubuntu.

To get the latest version of SMPlayer, just update it from the official PPA, open a terminal and enter these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install smplayer

To get the latest mpv, you can use this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/mpv-tests
It contains packages for Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10.

Type these commands to add the repository and install mpv:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/mpv-tests
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install mpv

Finally, to use mpv instead of mplayer in SMPlayer, open the SMPlayer preferences dialog, and replace “mplayer” with “mpv” in the mplayer executable field:

That’s all.