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mpv-android is a video player for Android based on libmpv.
- Hardware and software video decoding
- Gesture-based seeking, volume/brightness control and more
- libass support for styled subtitles
- Secondary (or dual) subtitle support
- High-quality rendering with advanced settings (scalers, debanding, interpolation, …)
- Play network streams with the “Open URL” function
- Background playback, Picture-in-Picture, keyboard input supported
mpv-android is not a library/module (AAR) you can import into your app.
If you’d like to use libmpv in your app you can use our code as inspiration. The important parts are MPVLib, BaseMPVView and the native code. Native code is built by these scripts.
You can download mpv-android from the Releases section or
Note: Android TV is supported, but only available on F-Droid or by installing the APK manually.
Take a look at the README inside the buildscripts directory.
Some other documentation can be found at this link.
⚠️ Please note ⚠️
Better support for scoped storage has been added (in most places).
The api29 APK with a reduced API level is still available but will be removed eventually.
Change log
- Features:
- Playback will pause when disconnecting headphones (#928)
- Enable filtering of media files in document picker
- Fixes:
- Improved subtitle font support for some languages (Hindi)
- Various fixes for gpu-next VO
- Fix app resetting when disconnecting Bluetooth hardware (@okhex)
Full set of build dependencies
- Android NDK r27c
- mbedtls 3.6.2
- dav1d videolan/dav1d@c8fdaa8
- ffmpeg FFmpeg/FFmpeg@0b8c9cf
- freetype 2.13.3
- fribidi 1.0.16
- harfbuzz 10.0.1
- libunibreak 6.1
- libass libass/libass@159cefc
- lua 5.2.4
- libplacebo haasn/libplacebo@5788a82
- libmpv mpv-player/mpv@dd5f206
- mpv-android 4258ae5
⬇️ Which APK do I download? ⬇️
Unless you have an old device, you generally want to get arm64-v8a. Try armeabi-v7a otherwise.
x86 devices are very rare. If you are unsure or require compatibility then the universal APK will work everywhere.
Note: Android TV is supported, but only available on F-Droid or by installing the APK manually using e.g. Downloader.
