Command-line tool

mplayer

brew/mplayer

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

UNIX movie player

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/mplayer

macOS

brew install mplayer

Linux

brew install mplayer

Play the specified file or URL

mplayer path/to/file

Play multiple files

mplayer path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

Play a specific file repeatedly

mplayer -loop 0 path/to/file

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