MPlayer
Photo & Video
Play movies and songs
9 platformsArch Linux (recommended)
Debian
Ubuntu
Fedora
Alpine Linux
Void Linux
Slackware
Gentoo
Nixpkgs3 buildsStandard: Git
Standard: Stable
Other builds: Gui
mpv
A free, open source, and cross-platform media player
Arch Linux (recommended)Standard: Git
Other builds: Amd-full, Build, Full, Luajit
Screenshots & videos
About
Mpv is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. Special input URL types are available to read input from a variety of sources other than disk files. Depending on platform, a variety of different video and audio output methods are supported. Features: - Drag and drop playlist - Loading external configuration files - Flatpak: mpv-mpris support - multimedia keys play/pause support - Flatpak: mpv.conf: Screenshots (shortcut key 's') are saved in ~/Pictures/mpv directory - Flatpak: mpv config directory is ~/.var/app/io.mpv.Mpv/config/mpv - Flatpak: mpv scripts directory is ~/.var/app/io.mpv.Mpv/config/mpv/scripts - Flatpak: mpv_inhibit_gnome is included which prevents screen blanking in GNOME while playing media - Flatpak: mpv scripts needs write access. Use flatseal app to set home or host write permission
Additional information
Project
- Developer
- The mpv player contributors
- License
- GPL-2.0+ AND LGPL-2.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
- Homepage
- mpv.io
- From the project
- Report a bugSource codeDocumentationFAQ
- Languages
- en_US
Install
- Available via
- Flatpak · Arch Linux (10) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux (2) · Slackware · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 22 packagings
Flathub (Flatpak), AUR (Git · Amd-full build), AUR (Git · Build build), AUR (Full build), AUR (Git · Full build), AUR (Git · Luajit build), AUR (Git build), AUR (Light-pulse build), AUR (Omniphony build), AUR (Fel build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Void Linux (32bit build), Slackware, Solus, Gentoo
- Flatpak sandbox
- Wide access
Runs in a sandbox, but a broad part of it is open — typical for tools that need to manage your files or system. It shows what the app is able to do, not what it does.
What it can access
- Reads all your files
- Can access all devices, including cameras and USB
- Reads and changes your Pictures folder
- Reads and changes files in /tmp
- Reads and changes your Videos folder
- Uses the internet
- Plays and records audio
About this data
- Sources
- Sources disagree on the name: mpv / mpvwithscripts
- Catalog data as of
- October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (24)
| Source | Name | Version | Built by | License | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flathub (Flatpak) | mpv | v0.41.0 | — | GPL-2.0+ AND LGPL-2.0-or-later | A free, open source, and cross-platform media player |
| AUR (Git · Amd-full build) | mpv-amd-full-git | 0.41.0.r854.g7aa8580cab-1 | Community build, patched | GPL-2.0-or-later | A free, open source, and cross-platform media player (git version with all possible libs except Nvidia) |
| AUR (Git · Build build) | mpv-build-git | 0.39.0.315.g91d4e6f937-1 | Community build, patched | BSD AND GPL2 AND GPL3 AND LGPL2.1 AND LGPL3 | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (uses statically linked ffmpeg). (GIT version) |
| AUR (Full build) | mpv-full | 0.41.0-2 | Community build, patched | GPL-2.0-or-later | A free, open source, and cross-platform media player (with all possible libs) |
| AUR (Git · Build build) | mpv-full-build-git | 0.41.0.r921.g513d3407d4-1 | Community build, patched | custom | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 with all possible libs (uses statically linked ffmpeg with all possible libs). (GIT version ) |
| AUR (Git · Full build) | mpv-full-git | 0.41.0.r856.g33111f3212-1 | Community build, patched | GPL-2.0-or-later | A free, open source, and cross-platform media player (git version with all possible libs) |
| AUR (Git · Luajit build) | mpv-full-luajit-git | 0.39.0.r647.g04c328f784-1 | Community build, patched | GPL-2.0-or-later | A free, open source, and cross-platform media player (git version with all possible libs, release version of ffmpeg and compiled with LuaJIT for some plugins) |
| AUR (Git build) | mpv-git | 0.41.0_747_g7d245fd100-1 | — | GPL-2.0-or-later | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (git version) |
| AUR (Light-pulse build) | mpv-light-pulse | 0.36.0-1 | Community build, patched | GPL3 | Free, open source, and cross-platform media player – with selection of features (pulse, dvd and cd support). |
| AUR (Omniphony build) | mpv-omniphony | 0.6.0-1 | Community build, patched | GPL-3.0-or-later | mpv with the orender spatial audio decoder (object rendering via liborender) |
| AUR (Fel build) | mpv-omniphony-fel | 0.6.0-1 | Community build, patched | GPL-3.0-or-later | mpv (master snapshot) with the orender spatial audio decoder and Dolby Vision P7 FEL playback |
| Debian | mpv | 0.40.0-3+deb13u1 | Distribution build | — | video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 |
| Ubuntu | mpv | 0.41.0-2ubuntu4 | Distribution build | — | video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 |
| Fedora | mpv | 0.41.0 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT | Movie player playing most video formats and DVDs |
| Arch Linux | mpv | 1:0.41.0-6 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later | a free, open source, and cross-platform media player |
| Nixpkgs | mpv-with-scripts | 0.41.0 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later | General-purpose media player, fork of MPlayer and mplayer2 |
| Nixpkgs | mpv | 0.41.0 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later | General-purpose media player, fork of MPlayer and mplayer2 |
| openSUSE | mpv | 0.41.0+git20260918.e76a35ec95 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later | Advanced general-purpose multimedia player |
| Alpine Linux | mpv | 0.41.0-r2 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 |
| Void Linux | mpv | 0.41.0_3 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 |
| Void Linux (32bit build) | mpv-32bit | 0.41.0_3 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (32bit) |
| Slackware | mpv | 0.41.0-9 | Distribution build | — | mpv (a command-line media player) |
| Solus | mpv | 0.40.0 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later | mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. |
| Gentoo | mpv | 0.41.0-r2 | Distribution build | LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT | Media player for the command line |
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- mpv-plugin-xrandr — Makes mpv automatically invoke the xrandr tool to set the best suitable parameters for the display output (AUR)