Command-line tool

mpv

brew/mpv

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

Media player based on MPlayer and mplayer2 audio-player media-player mpv video-player shinchiro

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id shinchiro.mpv -e

macOS

brew install mpv

Linux

brew install mpv

Play a video or audio from a URL or file

mpv url

Jump backward/forward 5 seconds

<ArrowLeft>

Jump backward/forward 1 minute

<ArrowDown>

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