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mpvMPC-BE
Free

Free software with no paid version.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL version 3.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows
  • 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
  • Plays almost any audio or video format without hunting for codec packs
  • Very small and starts instantly compared with modern players
  • 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
  • Windows only
  • Requires an SSE2 CPU and a DirectX 9.0c card with Pixel Shader 3.0
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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