Showtime vs mpv: catalog facts
  Showtime |  mpv |
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Free Free and open source as part of GNOME. |
Free Free software with no paid version. |
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Linux |
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line |
- Minimal interface with controls that fade out during playback
- Subtitle and audio track selection, and playback speed control
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- 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
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- Linux only
- Deliberately few advanced options compared with larger players
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- 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
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Downloadable app |
Downloadable app |
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Open source |
Open source |
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License: GPL-3.0 |
License: GPL-2.0-or-later |
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No account needed |
No account needed |
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Works offline |
Works offline |
Checked September 23, 2026 | Checked September 20, 2026 |
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