# vzhd1701/gridplayer

Play videos side-by-side

Repository: https://github.com/vzhd1701/gridplayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gridplayer
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: video-player, vlc, pyqt5, python, video, player, libvlc, player-video, pyqt, qt5, qt, livestream, streaming, streamlink, twitch, youtube, youtube-dl, yt-dlp
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:13:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 62, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1785, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 40, "gap_med": 242, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2075, forks 184 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:11.170737+00:00)

## What it is
GridPlayer is a cross-platform VLC-based desktop media player that plays multiple videos simultaneously in a configurable grid layout. It supports virtually all video formats via VLC and streaming URLs via streamlink and yt-dlp, with per-video settings saved in playlists.

## Use cases
- play multiple videos side by side
- watch several twitch streams at once
- monitor multiple youtube livestreams in a grid
- compare video clips side-by-side
- loop specific fragments of multiple videos
- save playlists with per-video playback settings

## When to choose
- you need to watch many videos or streams simultaneously
- you want broad format support via VLC plus yt-dlp/streamlink streaming
- you need per-video controls like aspect, speed, zoom, and frame-precise loops

## When to avoid
- you only need a single-video player
- you need advanced video editing or transcoding features
- you prefer a lightweight CLI-only playback tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: media, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: video-player, vlc, pyqt5, yt-dlp, streamlink, multitasking, livestreams, twitch, youtube, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- vzhd1701/gridplayer (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:11.170737+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:56:19.538331+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vzhd1701/gridplayer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:11.170737+00:00, sha 76241854afea)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/gridplayer/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:36:28.816344+00:00, sha f4242701c28f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.