# Install mplayer with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman, MacPorts, scoop UNIX movie player. Version 1.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mencoder. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mplayer ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mplayer ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install MPlayer ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/MPlayer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add mplayer ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mplayer from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mplayer ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mplayer from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mplayer ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mplayer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S mplayer ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: mplayer from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/mplayer ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mplayer.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mplayer - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.5 - **Source summary:** UNIX movie player - **Homepage:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - mencoder (alias) - mplayer (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.5 ## Project history and usage MPlayer is a Unix-oriented command-line movie player that grew out of the Linux media-player scene around 2000. MPlayer project pages credit Arpad Gereoffy, known as A'rpi, as the creator; a project news post marking the tenth anniversary says the first MPlayer v0.01 release was on November 11, 2000, while an interview with A'rpi explains that the project came from frustration with available video players and MPEG/VCD playback. ### Project history The project became known for breadth: its manual describes playback of many container and codec families, with support for DVDs, VCDs, network streams, subtitles, and numerous output drivers. MEncoder, shipped alongside MPlayer, reused the same decoding base to encode or transcode MPlayer-readable input into other formats, making the package both a playback tool and a scriptable conversion tool. ### Adoption history MPlayer's ecosystem role was partly technical and partly cultural. It was a keyboard-driven player that could be controlled from scripts, launched by front ends, embedded in workflows, or used directly by users who preferred shell control over a full media-library application. Its code and workflows also fed later projects and wrappers, including mplayer2, mpv, graphical front ends, and macOS-specific shells. ### How it is used In package managers, MPlayer remains the classic low-level media player package: install it for the mplayer binary, install related builds for mencoder, and use configuration files such as ~/.mplayer/config and ~/.mplayer/input.conf for local playback behavior. Users choosing it over mpv or VLC usually want legacy compatibility, MEncoder, old front-end support, or exact MPlayer command-line behavior. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mplayer. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: ~/.mplayer/config, ~/.mplayer/input.conf ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mencoder - 2:1.5+svn38674-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mencoder from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MPlayer's Movie Encoder | https://mplayerhq.hu - Debian apt - mplayer - 2:1.5+svn38674-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mplayer from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | movie player for Unix-like systems | https://mplayerhq.hu - Debian apt - mplayer-doc - 2:1.5+svn38674-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mplayer-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | documentation for MPlayer | https://mplayerhq.hu - Debian apt - mplayer-gui - 2:1.5+svn38674-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mplayer-gui from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | movie player for Unix-like systems (GUI variant) | https://mplayerhq.hu - Nix - mplayer: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mplayer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - mencoder - 2:1.5+svn38446-1build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mencoder from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MPlayer's Movie Encoder | https://mplayerhq.hu - Ubuntu apt - mplayer - 2:1.5+svn38446-1build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mplayer from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | movie player for Unix-like systems | https://mplayerhq.hu - Ubuntu apt - mplayer-doc - 2:1.5+svn38446-1build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mplayer-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | documentation for MPlayer | https://mplayerhq.hu - Ubuntu apt - mplayer-gui - 2:1.5+svn38446-1build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mplayer-gui from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | movie player for Unix-like systems (GUI variant) | https://mplayerhq.hu - apk - mplayer - 1.5.0_git20230717-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mplayer from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Movie player for linux | http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html - apk - mplayer-doc - 1.5.0_git20230717-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mplayer-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Movie player for linux (documentation) | http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html - pacman - mplayer - 38542-8: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: mplayer from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Media player for Linux | http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ - MacPorts - MPlayer: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/MPlayer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/mplayer: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mplayer.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - mencoder - 38542-8: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: mencoder from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Free command line video decoding, encoding and filtering tool | http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mplayer.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mplayer.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph