Some people reported problems when using SMPlayer on a Linux desktop with Wayland. The main problem usually is the video being on a separate window, but it can also be a black window or a crash when trying to play a video.
Here is how to fix it. There are two possible ways:
- Select a different video output in Preferences -> General -> Video. Usually at least x11 should work.
- Install SMPlayer using a flatpak or snap package. These packages provide patched versions of mpv and mplayer which should fix the problem. More info here: https://www.smplayer.info/install-snap-flatpak-appimage.php
THank you so much for making SMPlayer so usable on Wayland. Wish the other upstreams (mplayer/mpv) were proactive about this paradigm change
flatpak version runs on Xwayland, not natively on Wayland. That’s why it works.
More issues still exists
1. Fonts look blurry. More evident when fraction scaling is ON.
2. CPU is high even with hwdec. Same setting runs with less cpu usage in Xorg.