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mpv vs Movist Pro: catalog facts
mpv	Movist Pro
Free Free software with no paid version.	Paid Paid app; owners of the App Store version get a discounted upgrade.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS
High quality video output through OpenGL, Vulkan and D3D11, with scaling, colour management, frame timing… Hardware decoding on most platforms, switchable at runtime with --hwdec	AirPlay output with automatic conversion for incompatible videos Thumbnail previews on the seek slider
There is no real graphical interface, only a small on-screen controller over the video Configuration means editing mpv.conf and input.conf by hand	macOS only, requires macOS 11 or later AirPlay feature requires macOS 15 or later
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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