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mpv overview
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 version 0.36.0
Updated on Jul 25 2023
New
- player: add window-id property
- vo_kitty: introduce modern sixel alternative
- wayland: add wp-fractional-scale-v1 support
- player/command: add user-data property (replacement for shared-script-properties)
- vo_gpu_next: support mapping HDR10+ dynamic metadata
- vo_gpu_next: allow screenshots in native colorspace
- vo_gpu_next: parse Dolby Vision metadata for dynamic scene brightness
- video: allow csp equalizer adjustments with floating point precision
- command: add platform property
- demux_mkv: support ARIB captions
- hwdec_vulkan: add support for Vulkan-based hardware decoding
- player: better handling of forced-only subtitles and a toggle in the OSC
- vo_dmabuf_wayland: add osd support
Full list of changes available here
Information
App requirements
- Intel 64
- macOS 12 or later
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Feb 11 2021
Version: 0.33.0
Got MPV so that I could play gapless music. MPV works perfectly and has great sound too.
Jul 23 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.
Jan 8 2018
Version: 0.28.0
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.
Apr 8 2017
Version: 0.24.0
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.
Jan 7 2017
Version: 0.22.0
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).
Dec 6 2016
Version: 0.22.0
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.
Jul 4 2016
Version: 0.3.3-
MPlayer has been my favorite media player since its beginning.
Jul 3 2016
Version: 0.3.3-
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.
Jun 25 2014
Version: 0.3.3-
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.
Jan 9 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.
Jan 9 2014
Version: 0.3.2-
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.
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