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mpv-android vs VLC media player: catalog facts
mpv-android	VLC media player
Free Free and open source.	Free Free software from a non-profit; there is no paid tier and no advertising in the player.
Android	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Hardware and software decoding Styled subtitles through libass	Plays an unusually wide list of codecs and containers out of the box, including MPEG-1/2, H.264, H.265, VP8/VP9… No spyware, no advertising and no user tracking, stated on the project feature page
Plain interface with no media library Android only	The stable desktop line is still 3.0.23; the 4.0 interface rewrite has not shipped The interface is functional rather than modern, and advanced options are buried in preference dialogs
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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