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Similar projects and alternatives to mpv
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VideoLAN Client (VLC)
VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc
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streamlink
Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player
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mpv.net
Discontinued 🎞 mpv.net is a modern media player for Windows that works just like mpv. [Moved to: https://github.com/mpvnet-player/mpv.net] (by stax76)
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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better mpv alternative or higher similarity.
mpv discussion
mpv reviews and mentions
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We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-01-02.
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What You Need to Know Before Touching a Video File
libav{format,codec,...} are just libraries for demuxing and decoding video. There is huge variability in how those libraries are used, let alone how the video is displayed (which needs scaling, color space conversions, tonemapping, subtitle rendering, handling playback timing, etc. etc.). mpv also has its own demuxer for matroska files, since libavformat's is very limited [1].
[1] https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/libavformat-mkv-check...
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Mercury is the closest planet – to every other planet
Either of these can help. Just call it with a video url.
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
https://mpv.io/
- Free software scares normal people
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YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs
Another great media player for those who prefer minimalist UI: https://mpv.io/. Includes yt-dlp integration and a much nicer terminal interface.
- An angry rant about locales and filenames in libarchive
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IINA Introduces Plugin System
Ah, I'll try it out thanks. I tried out https://mpv.io/ but wasn't a big fan.
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Running v8-v7 Benchmarks in mpv Player
mpv-v8v7 is a JavaScript script for running v8-v7 benchmark tests directly inside the mpv player.
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Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser 0.2.0
mpv: https://mpv.io/
Fbida sometimes need the -d option pointing to /dev/drm/something, when using screen or tmux. MPV required for years -vo=drm on the TTY but since some months it always works. Nice improvement :)
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How I Built a TUI Without Leaving the Terminal
The biggest challenge I faced was getting some sort of way to play music. So I picked the easiest route—I directly implemented it with mpv and I channeled logs of mpv (which had timestamps, which I needed) to a log file under the .sparklines folder, and managed it with a socket (a two-way communication endpoint to handle the custom commands). With the power of NodeJS, I made it work out and somehow it turned out a lot better than expected. Also, configuration files can be accessed at .sparklines/config.
- The Angriest Commit Message
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mpv-player/mpv is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of mpv is C.
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