Aurora Media Player

By Dani Acosta

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Version0.2.1
Revision13
Size134.3 MB
LicenseGPL-3.0+
Confinementstrict
Basecore24

Video & audio player for GNOME — YouTube, IPTV, MPV-powered

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Aurora is a modern media player for GNOME built on the power of MPV.
Play any video or audio format, stream YouTube and Twitch, load IPTV and playlists.

KEY FEATURES
• Plays all common formats: MP4, MKV, AVI, WebM, MP3, FLAC, AAC and more
• YouTube & Twitch streaming via yt-dlp (no browser needed)
• IPTV support — load any M3U or M3U8 playlist URL
• Hardware-accelerated decoding via VA-API (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA)
• Chapters display and navigation in the seek bar
• Subtitles: SRT, ASS, VTT, PGS — external file support
• Playlist queue with drag & drop
• MPRIS integration — control with media keys and lock screen
• Playback speed control, screenshots, shuffle and repeat modes
• Podcast mode with skip-silence support
• Floating or fixed control bar
• Modern theme added
• thumbnail in seek bar for local videos

Aurora is designed to feel at home on GNOME while being powerful enough
for daily use as your only media player on Linux.

Update History

0.2.1 12 → 13
14 Apr 2026, 23:00 UTC
0.2.0 (11)0.2.1 (12)
8 Apr 2026, 18:49 UTC
0.2.0 10 → 11
8 Apr 2026, 13:25 UTC
0.1.5 (9)0.2.0 (10)
8 Apr 2026, 04:41 UTC

Published24 Mar 2026, 20:59 UTC

Last updated14 Apr 2026, 13:32 UTC

First seen24 Mar 2026, 21:01 UTC