mpv for Mac0.33.0

Name: mpv
Rating: 4.4 (9 reviews)

25 November 2020

Open-source general-purpose video player.

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What is mpv for Mac

mpv is a free and open-source general-purpose video player. mpv is based on the MPlayer and mplayer2 projects, which it seeks to improve.

What's new in mpv

Version 0.33.0:

Added:

scripting: load scripts from directories
mac: activate logging when started from the bundle
ytdl_hook.lua: delay load subtitles
sub: add an option to filter subtitles by regex
scripting: add a way to run subprocesses as "scripts"
command: implement asynchronous commands and support for named arguments
player: add optional separate video decoding thread
vo_gpu: d3d11: add support for exclusive fullscreen
w32_common: Support HiDPI on Windows
vo_x11: add 10 bit support
vo_gpu: add BT.2390 tone-mapping
client API: add software rendering API
audio: add scaletempo2 filter based on chromium
auto_profiles: add this script
stream: Implement slice:// for reading slices of streams
player: add automatic loading of external cover art files
vo_sixel: implement terminal video output using sixel

Changed:

sws_utils: use zimg by default if available
build: pick up Lua 5.2 by default (preferred over 5.1)
build: disable RPI vendor blob auto-detection in favor of open-source stack
build: make C11 atomics mandatory
build: make libass non-optional
player: stricter filename matching for external subtitle auto-loading
lua: support Unicode paths in script loading and IO library
vo_direct3d: rip out texture video rendering path and dumb down OSD rendering
audio: rewrite internal audio handling and AO API
build: disable GLX by default

Removed:

stream_libarchive: disable tar support due to bugs
Remove remains of Libav compatibility
stream_smb: remove due to lack of thread safety and the abundance of alternatives, FFmpeg still includes SMB support
command: remove legacy hook API (has been deprecated for a long time)
client API: remove deprecated qthelper.hpp header
removed audio outputs: sndio, rsound, oss
x11: remove xdg-screensaver invocations that supported dbus based idle inhibit
client API: deactivate the opengl_cb API
build system: drop Python 2 compatibility

Full changelog available here.

14 Reviews of mpv

This is what Movist and mPlayer X should have become on recent versions of the OS. Loved those two projects on Snow Leopard but there's no other minimalist player which doesn't stall and break MKVs including VLC. mpv plays everything and plays it well.

(5)

Noraa

23 July 2018

Version: 0.29.0

Just and FYI - 0.29 currently crashes on launch with current beta of macOS Mojave. I've filed a bug report with them, but it may just be a Mojave issue as 0.29 works fine in High Sierra.

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Well... it's pretty minimalist indeed! Just tried it, based on the good reviews below but I'm really surprised that prefs don't even exist! :-o You have to learn who knows what cryptic language to set up config files, frankly I've got other things to do in life. The good thing is that it answers pretty fast when you click on the timeline and it works "out of the box" if you're not too fussy about customization. I'll keep it around for those rare cases when my usual players have difficulties with some file, but as I play a lot of subtitled movies, I prefer the level of customization that Movist has.

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Wow, this is a sleek minimalist marvel!!! It easily played a 4K 30mbit file that VLC or old Mplayer based players couldn't. I still love VLC, and vlc and mpv make a great media playing duo. The OSD does all I need and command-line settings make this incredibly flexible. Remember this has a minimal GUI, use the keyboard bindings to control it (which you can easily cutomise).

mpv can play all the video formats. Simple design without bells and whistles. Just works fine. It has some improvements in comparison with previous versions of MPlayer. I like this project.

A great alternative to MPlayerX. This version is way out-of-date. The latest version is 0.18.0. OS X builds can be found at http://sva.wakku.to/~chris/mpv_builds/. This is much faster than MPlayerX which has malware in the installer.

no news.. abandonned ?

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While this app is still in its' early phases, the development behind it is awesome. It's built off of the current MPlayer app, but with only modern hardware in mind. The devs stripped all the old code out and are creating this very fast, stable, and quality player. Please note though, this is very much an ongoing development and still has a bit of work to be done. That said, what does work works VERY well.

ChrisB6265

09 January 2014

Version: 0.3.2-

Note: mpv is aimed at advanced users. All configuration is done via config files or command-line options. See documentation for website.

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Not bad for a fairly early version. Performances are pretty good though the app lacks quite a bit of refinements on the UI standpoint (no preferences, etc). Of note; the app is not signed.