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SMPlayer: all versions and old releases

Free Media Player for Windows and Linux with Youtube support.

Ricardo Villalba Video players #38 Video players

10 versions of SMPlayer are listed here, from May 9, 2021 to the current 26.8.29. Each one links to the publisher’s own installer files.

2021: 3 3 21 2022: 2 2 22 2023: 2 2 23 2024: 1 1 24 2025: 1 1 25 2026: 1 1 26

10 versions over 5 years · about 1.9 a year

VersionDateSizeFiles
26.8.29Latest August 30, 2026 — 64-bit EXE (NSIS)32-bit EXE (NSIS)
Release notes
Changelog

[26.8] - 2026-08-29
New features
- Added an option to show a thumbnail preview when hovering over the seek bar (Preferences -> Interface).
- Playlist positions/progress are now remembered between sessions.
- Added a pause button to the playlist.
- Added an option to enable/disable secondary subtitles.
Fixes & improvements
- Fixed zoom behavior.
- Fixed playlist item numbering after removing items.
- Playlist is now re-sorted automatically after adding files.
- Fixed the "add black borders" option.
- Improved retrieval of the track (song) title for internet radio streams (icy-title).
- Fixed video aspect ratio override support.
- Added support for additional network URI schemes (KDE integration).
- Forced the xcb backend on Linux to avoid display issues.
- macOS builds are now available for arm64 (Apple Silicon), in addition to the existing x86_64 builds.
- Experimental packages compiled with Qt 6 are now available for Windows and macOS.
Other
- Various translation updates (German, Italian, Spanish, English UK/US, and others).
25.6.0 June 9, 2025 — 64-bit EXE (NSIS)32-bit EXE (NSIS)
Release notes
[25.06] - 2025-06-08
- Fix play/pause button.
- Some fixes to stop the screensaver on Linux.
- Fixed some issues related to disc playback.
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements.
24.5.0 May 13, 2024 — 64-bit EXE (NSIS)32-bit EXE (NSIS)
Release notes
[24.05] - 2024-05-13
- Bug fixes.
- The Windows portable version now saves the configuration files in
the folder "config".
23.12.0 December 26, 2023 — 64-bit EXE32-bit EXE
Release notes
[23.12] - 2023-12-26
- Implemented support for the new Opensubtitles API.
- Fix play/pause with mpv 0.37.
- Fix loading playlists with extension m3u8.
- Fix video jitter/shudder when clicking on timeline bar.
- Other small fixes.
23.6.0 June 30, 2023 — 64-bit EXE (NSIS)32-bit EXE (NSIS)
Release notes
[23.6] - 2023-06-30
- Fix the issue with YouTube playback limited to 720p.
- Update mpv and mplayer.
- New option in preferences to keep the playback speed for all videos.
- Fix the AppImage package.
- Other bug fixes.
22.7.0 July 14, 2022 — 64-bit EXE (NSIS)32-bit EXE (NSIS)
Release notes
[22.7] - 2022-07-10
- Better statistic info in the OSD (Shift + I).
- Bug fixes regarding MPRIS2.
- MPRIS2 is compiled (but disabled by default) on Windows and Mac OS.
22.2.0 February 27, 2022 52.4 MB 64-bit EXE (NSIS) 52.4 MB32-bit EXE (NSIS) 46.5 MB
Release notes
'[22.2] - 2022-02-27
Linux and Mac OS
• Fix the option to send video to another screen.
• Fix the option to choose the audio output device.

Flatpak package
• Add support for the AV1 codec.

Mac OS
• Fix colors in HDR videos.
• SMPlayer is now also compatible with Mac OS 10.14 (Mojave).

Other changes
• Fix: the playlist is shuffled after adding files if the shuffle button is on.
• Possibility to choose whether to show the media title or the filename in the playlist.'
21.10.0 November 30, 2021 61.1 MB 64-bit EXE (NSIS) 61.1 MB32-bit EXE (NSIS) 55.2 MB
21.8.0 August 19, 2021 49.0 MB 64-bit EXE (NSIS) 49.0 MB32-bit EXE (NSIS) 47.2 MB
21.1.0 May 9, 2021 46.3 MB 64-bit EXE (NSIS) 46.3 MB32-bit EXE (NSIS) 44.0 MB

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