We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.42.0. Key highlights: libcurl based network backend with HTTP/2, HTTP/3 and connection reuse DVD-Video, Blu-ray HDMV and BD-J menu navigation DVD-Audio playback Direct playback of .iso images of DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and Blu-ray discs Dolby Vision Profile 7 enhancement layer support in gpu-next MPEG-TS programs and HLS variants are exposed as editions…
Automated development build of the latest master branch. Version: v0.42.0-1-g3138fc8ee Commit: 3138fc8 Built: 2026-11-05 00:28:49 UTC Windows Full builds are static mingw-w64 builds with every optional feature, such as DVD and Blu-ray playback. Clang builds are smaller made with the Windows SDK and come with debug symbols, but does not include all optional features. x86_64 (full) x86_64 (Clang) ar…
We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.41.0. Key highlights: The libplacebo based gpu-next is now the default, instead of gpu Vulkan hardware decoding is preferred over other APIs New context_menu.lua script for right-click context menus AAudio backend for modern, JNI-free audio output on Android Improved default color management for gpu-next, and handling on Wayland Color representation…
We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.40.0. Key highlights: Console: Enhanced autocompletion and visual styling OSC: New selection menu accessible by right-clicking common buttons HDR is now natively supported when using direct rendering (DRM), as well as dmabuf-wayland on Linux Native clipboard access for scripts via new clipboard property New command menu, with common actions easily ac…
We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.39.0, with more than 5 months of development since the last version. This release brings numerous improvements and fixes across nearly all components. Key highlights: A new select.lua script, allowing users to easily choose files from playlists, tracks, chapters, output devices, and more. A native replacement for autoload.lua has been implemented. Se…
This release requires FFmpeg 4.4 or newer and libplacebo 6.338.2 or newer. The new improved renderer (vo_gpu_next) is being worked on and not the default yet. Features New scripting: add mp.input() player: add an option to automatically turn on deinterlacing mac: add more Now Playing information and functionality osxbundle: automatically include MoltenVK to enable Vulkan support input.conf: bind C…
This release requires FFmpeg 4.4 or newer and libplacebo 6.338.0 or newer. This is the first release to unconditionally require libplacebo, but note that the new improved renderer (vo_gpu_next) is not yet the default. Features New ao_oss: add SPDIF passthrough support hwtransfer: implement support for HW->HW format conversions stream/dvbin: add support for delivery system ISDB-T audio/chmap: suppo…
This release requires FFmpeg 4.4 or newer. This is the last release to contain the waf build system. Meson is the primary and actively supported build system while waf is considered deprecated. Features New player: add window-id property vo_kitty: introduce modern sixel alternative wayland: add wp-fractional-scale-v1 support player/command: add user-data property (replacement for shared-script-pro…
Bug fix release for the 0.35 branch. Fixes and Minor Enhancements ao_pipewire: log version and other useful debug info wayland: error out if essential protocol support is missing wayland: also log refresh rate on surface entrance vo_gpu_next: fix undefined behavior on alpha-first formats meson: prepend MPV_CONFDIR path with prefix meson: unbreak dl check on BSDs without libdl lcms: fix crash with…
This release requires FFmpeg 4.0 or newer. For packagers: Note that mpv's build system is only supported on Python 3. If you use the bootstrap.py script it will take care of this, otherwise you need to explicitly invoke the build system using python3 waf. This release adds the Meson build system as an alternative to waf. It is supposed to be feature-complete but please report any issues you encoun…
Bug fix release for the 0.34 branch. Fixes and Minor Enhancements player: fix autofit/geometry related segfault ao_oss: add missing PATH_DEV_MIXER define egl_helpers: fix context creation if GLES 3 is not available audio: stop corrupting audio on underreads wayland: fix a potential segfault on surface enter vo_gpu: opengl: fix wrong glMemoryBarrier call vo_gpu: opengl: create context at version 4.…