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mpv vs QuickTime Player: catalog facts
mpv	QuickTime Player
Free Free software with no paid version.	Free Included with macOS at no extra cost.
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	Already installed on every Mac Records the screen, camera or microphone
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	Mac only Editing tools are very basic
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	No account 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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