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MPV

MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. Created by MPV Team

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MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. It shares some features with the former projects while introducing many more.

* Streamlined CLI options
MPlayer's options parser was improved to behave more like other CLI programs, and many option names and semantics were reworked to make them more intuitive and memorable.
* On Screen Controller
While mpv has no official GUI, it has a small controller that is triggered by mouse movement.
* High quality video output
mpv has an OpenGL based video output that is capable of many features loved by videophiles, such as video scaling with popular high quality algorithms, color management, frame timing, interpolation, and more.
* GPU video decoding
mpv leverages the FFmpeg hwaccel APIs to support VDPAU, VAAPI, DXVA2, VDA and VideoToolbox video decoding acceleration.
* Embeddable
A straightforward C API was designed from the ground up to make mpv usable as a library and facilitate easy integration into other applications.... More Info »

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Windows, The software I'll install on my laptop once I ditch macOS for Linux, and Easiest to use apps that do something very useful

Apps for MPV

MPV is also a platform with 4 apps listed on AlternativeTo. Browse all 4 apps for MPV.

Links to official MPV sites

Official Website GitHub

Features

Integrated codecs Command line interface Download YouTube Playlist Drag n drop Lightweight Lua scripting Minimalistic Add a feature

Categories

OS & Utilities Video & Movies

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codecs-integrated command-line-interface download-youtube-playlist drag-and-drop floating-player lightweight lua-scripting minimalistic movie-player video-player xfce

MPV was added by yuki in Sep 2013 and the latest update was made in Jul 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Jul 2018 There is a history of all activites on MPV in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on MPV or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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MPV Comments

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Comment by TheDA

about MPV · Mar 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

Great very super high resolution displays. Playback was far more reliable on our 8K screen using MPV, than it was with VLC or MPC-HC.

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Comment by stax76

about MPV · Jul 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

What I like about MPV player is:

rich CLI
Lua scripting
High DPI support
lot's of options
good documentation
issue tracker on github with helpful community

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Comment by Krakob

about MPV · May 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Really simple to use yet amazingly powerful

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