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A command-line media player for playing video, audio and streams from the terminal.
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mpv (also known as mpv-player) is a command line media player for playing video, audio, streams, playlists, subtitles, and URLs from the terminal.
It plays many file formats, codecs, and subtitle types, reads local files and network sources, also supports hardware decoding, audio and video output backends, playback profiles, scripting, and JSON IPC for remote control.
mpv also has configurable keybindings, filters, playlists, screenshots, precise seeking, shader support, yt-dlp playback, and libmpv for embedding playback inside other apps.
Useful for developers, those who are familiar with multimedia and users who want a scriptable player for files, streams, testing media, or watching videos quickly in the terminal.
