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mpvSMPlayer
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Free software with no paid version.

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Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • 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
  • Remembers position, audio track and subtitles per file
  • mpv and MPlayer engines, so format coverage is excellent
  • 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
  • The interface is dated Qt and skins only go so far
  • Two engines means two sets of quirks when something misbehaves
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later License: GPL-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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