mpv

Install command:
brew install mpv

Media player based on MPlayer and mplayer2

https://mpv.io

License: LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/mpv.json

Formula code: mpv.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
sequoia
sonoma
ventura
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
ventura
Linux x86_64

Current versions:

stable 0.40.0
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

ffmpeg 7.1.1 Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video
jpeg-turbo 3.1.0 JPEG image codec that aids compression and decompression
libarchive 3.7.7 Multi-format archive and compression library
libass 0.17.3 Subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA subtitle format
libbluray 1.3.4 Blu-Ray disc playback library for media players like VLC
libplacebo 7.349.0 Reusable library for GPU-accelerated image/video processing primitives
little-cms2 2.17 Color management engine supporting ICC profiles
luajit 2.1.1741730670 Just-In-Time Compiler (JIT) for the Lua programming language
mujs 1.3.6 Embeddable Javascript interpreter
rubberband 4.0.0 Audio time stretcher tool and library
uchardet 0.0.8 Encoding detector library
vapoursynth 70.11 Video processing framework with simplicity in mind
vulkan-loader 1.4.311 Vulkan ICD Loader
yt-dlp 2025.3.31 Feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
zimg 3.0.5 Scaling, colorspace conversion, and dithering library
molten-vk 1.2.11 Implementation of the Vulkan graphics and compute API on top of Metal

Depends on when building from source:

docutils 0.21.2 Text processing system for reStructuredText
meson 1.7.1 Fast and user friendly build system
ninja 1.12.1 Small build system for use with gyp or CMake
pkgconf 2.4.3 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Requires: Xcode (build)

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
mpv 5,749
mpv --HEAD 82
Installs on Request (30 days)
mpv 5,686
mpv --HEAD 82
Build Errors (30 days)
mpv --HEAD 12
mpv 9
Installs (90 days)
mpv 15,245
mpv --HEAD 201
Installs on Request (90 days)
mpv 15,078
mpv --HEAD 201
Installs (365 days)
mpv 63,955
mpv --HEAD 778
Installs on Request (365 days)
mpv 62,755
mpv --HEAD 776
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