macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install smpeg2local Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install smpeg2MacPorts ports tree · multimedia/smpeg2/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 10587
Install smpeg2 with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix
SDL MPEG Player Library. Version 2.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#smpeg2.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#smpeg2nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sm/smpeg2/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
SDL MPEG Player Library
Project links
Commands and aliases
- plaympeg2
- smpeg2-config
history
Project history and usage
smpeg2 packages the SDL 2-oriented SMPEG MPEG player library and utilities.
Project history
The official SMPEG README identifies version 2.0.0 dated 2001-07-17 and lists SDL 2.0.0 or newer as a requirement.
The README describes SMPEG as a free MPEG-1 video player library with sound support, written by Karl Robillard and Sam Lantinga at Loki Software with streaming MPEG support from Vivien Chappelier.
Adoption history
The smpeg2 package keeps the SDL 2 variant of the older SMPEG code available to package-manager users.
Input package facts show smpeg2 packaged by Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix.
How it is used
The official README documents `make all` for building the library and player.
For this package, the installed executables are `plaympeg2` and `smpeg2-config` according to source facts.
Why package nerds care
smpeg2 is significant as the SDL 2 packaging line for SMPEG, preserving older MPEG-1 playback support while avoiding collision with SDL 1-oriented SMPEG packages.
Its `smpeg2-config` utility follows the older Unix convention of package-specific compiler/linker flag helpers.
Timeline
- 2001: Official README identifies SMPEG 2.0.0 dated 2001-07-17.
Related projects
- Related projects named by the official README include SDL, Berkeley `mpeg_play`, `mpegsound`, Splay, `plaympeg`, `gtv`, and `glmovie`.
- The package is closely related to the `smpeg` package because both come from the same official SMPEG repository.
Sources
- https://github.com/icculus/smpeg#readme
- https://icculus.org/smpeg/
- source_facts.executables
- source_facts.package-manager
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
plaympeg2 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
smpeg2-config | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.0.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:smpeg2 |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://icculus.org/smpeg/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/icculus/smpeg |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:06:19-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
smpeg2
nix profile install nixpkgs#smpeg2- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Smpeg2
MacPorts95%
smpeg2
sudo port install smpeg2- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Smpeg2
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation