# mpv mit Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für mpv in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:mpv
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mpv
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mpv
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/mpv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add mpv
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install mpv
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: mpv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install mpv
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mpv
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S mpv
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: mpv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install mpv
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install mpv
```

  Evidenz: Chocolatey community package catalog: mpv from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','mono'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/mpv
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mpv.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id shinchiro.mpv -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: shinchiro.mpv from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:mpv
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.41.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Media player based on MPlayer and mplayer2
- **Homepage:** <https://mpv.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-29T11:48:29Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mpv (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.41.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

mpv is a free command-line media player descended from MPlayer and mplayer2. The mpv FAQ says the relationship with MPlayer is mostly historic: mplayer2 forked away from MPlayer, and in 2012 a group of newer mplayer2 developers forked mplayer2 again, later naming the second fork mpv. The reason given by the project was disagreement over direction: MPlayer emphasized maintenance and old compatibility, while mpv prioritized modernization, code removal, rewrites, bug reduction, and replacing MPlayer-specific mechanisms with FFmpeg mechanisms.

### Projektgeschichte

The result became a player with a small default interface but a large technical surface. The README describes support for many media formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. The stable manual documents keyboard-driven playback, GPU video output, configuration files, profiles, input commands, IPC, embedding through libmpv, and extension points through Lua, JavaScript, and C plugins. Lua scripting is a major part of the ecosystem: the Lua manual says scripts can call into the mpv core, retrieve playback state and user settings, and use the client API internally.

### Wie es verwendet wird

A major milestone was the LGPL relicensing effort opened in 2015, motivated by turning the player core into libmpv and reducing GPL friction for applications that embed video playback in-process. That discussion also documents how much obsolete MPlayer-era code mpv had already removed, including mencoder, the old GUI, old kernel drivers, decoder wrappers, win32 codec loading, ancient video outputs, filters, and build-system pieces. In package-manager terms, mpv occupies the power-user media-player slot: a scriptable CLI player used directly from terminals, file managers, frontends, media-center tools, and other applications through libmpv.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv>
- <https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/client-api-changes.rst>
- <https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/man/lua.rst>
- <https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ>
- <https://mpv.io/manual/stable/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf, ~/.mpv/config, /etc/mpv/mpv.conf
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - libmpv-dev - 0.40.0-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmpv-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (client library dev files) | https://mpv.io/
- Debian apt - libmpv2 - 0.40.0-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmpv2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (client library) | https://mpv.io/
- Debian apt - mpv - 0.40.0-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mpv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 | https://mpv.io/
- Nix - mpv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libmpv-dev - 0.37.0-1ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmpv-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (client library dev files) | https://mpv.io/
- Ubuntu apt - libmpv2 - 0.37.0-1ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmpv2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (client library) | https://mpv.io/
- Ubuntu apt - mpv - 0.37.0-1ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv-bash-completion - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for mpv | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv-dbg - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (debug symbols) | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv-dev - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (development files) | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv-doc - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (documentation) | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv-fish-completion - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for mpv | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv-libs - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (libraries) | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv-lua-scripts - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv-lua-scripts from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (lua scripts) | https://mpv.io/
- apk - mpv-zsh-completion - 0.41.0-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpv-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for mpv | https://mpv.io/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mpv.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mpv.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
