Media Player Classic on Debian

Question

I know that there are many great video players for Linux but I need MPC-HC for the specific reason that I can hide the seek bar by pressing Ctrl+1.

Could MPC-HC be compiled and used under Debian Linux?

Also if there is a player under Linux that can allow the seek bar the be hidden used a shortcut, I am open to use it.

As opposed to using a player that doesn't even show the seek bar? — grawity_u1686, Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 14:32
No, I need the option to hide it, btw is there such a player, please point me to one. — Joe, Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 14:40

grawity_u1686 · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-22 18:00:42Z

I need MPC-HC for the specific reason that I can hide the seek bar by pressing Ctrl+1.

It sounds like you need a player which can hide its seek bar by pressing Ctrl+1. That, on its own, is not a reason to need MPC-HC specifically.

In gnome-mplayer, the seek bar can be displayed or hidden using c but you can change this to Ctrl+1 via gnome-mplayer's settings window.
In mpv, the seek bar is always floating and only visible when you move the mouse. You can bind Ctrl+1 to the seek bar's visibility via input.conf:
```
Ctrl+1 script-message osc-visibility never
Ctrl+2 script-message osc-visibility always
```
In VLC, you can toggle the seek bar by pressing Ctrl+H (in windowed mode) or i (fullscreen).
In gnome-mpv, you can toggle the seek bar by pressing Ctrl+H. You can also switch the bar to 'floating' mode, which does not occupy permanent space and disappears when unused.

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