celluloid(1)

celluloid1

A simple gtk+ frontend for mpv

Usage

celluloid [options ...] [{filenames | URIs}]

Overview

Celluloid is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.

Options

-?, -h, --help

Show help options.

--new-window

Create a new window if there is already a running instance. The option has no effect otherwise.

--enqueue

Append the given files or URIs to the playlist if there is a running instance. The option has no effect otherwise.

--mpv-MPVOPTION=VALUE

Set mpv option MPVOPTION to VALUE. For example, --mpv-vf=vflip will set the mpv option vf to vflip. This is equivalent to passing --vf=vflip to mpv.

--version

Print the release version and exit.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 11–12
  2. 13–Arch

--mpv-options until Debian 12 (Bookworm).

Bugs

Please report bugs at https://github.com/celluloid-player/celluloid/issues.

From celluloid 0.30-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.