Do you want to try something new?

Free open-source's stuff is the new orange, and who doesn't need a cross-platform media player when it is also free open-source? So, if you are into new and cool things, we present MPV to you, a fully equipped media player software for windows ten that is lightweight, simple, and truly easy to use.

Based upon the combination of MPlayer and Mplayer2 (fork to encourage developer activity by removing unmaintainable code and dropping support for old systems), it shares some features with the former projects while introducing many more and some other great items like streamlined CLI options, on-screen controller, high-quality video output and GPU video decoding. It is also embeddable with other applications and under constant active development.

You ought to know just like the original MPlayer that sets the foundations, MPV is still primarily a command-line application with a more advanced user interface allowing the user to use the keyboard and mouse for the on-screen controller. Even though this last item is not a full-featured GUI yet, several front-ends are available that use GUI widgets of Qt or some other widget toolkit to offer a complete graphical interface.

A good media-player's features

All in all, you will end up realizing that we are talking about some good media players here, and, among several features, the main ones are the following:

Streamlined CLI options: the foundations' options parser was improved to behave more like other CLI programs. Therefore, many option names and semantics were reworked to make them way more intuitive.

Encoding subsystem: the program also involves the functionality of a video encoding mode that can be used to save files being played under different formats. What does that mean? You will be allowed to use the tool as a transcoder, supporting more video formats than you would have thought.

On-Screen Controller: this is the most user-visible addition to the software. With no GUI, it presents a small controller triggered by mouse movement to offer essential mouse controllability. This was intended to make interaction easier for new users and to enable precise and direct seeking.

High-quality video output: it presents an OpenGL-based video output capable of many features that will blow your mind. We are referring to video scaling with popular high-quality algorithms, color management, frame timing, interpolation, HDR, and more. You will work with a customizable video output driver and the Vulkan API, supporting over 100 options for controlling playback quality.

GPU video decoding: the tool leverages the FFmpeg HW accel APIs to support VDPAU, VAAPI, DXVA2, VDA, and VideoToolbox video decoding acceleration.

Embeddable: so you will not be alone in the world with this media player, as it has ways to relate yourself to a world of other programs. You will count on a unique API designed to make MPV usable as a library and to facilitate the integration with other applications. In that regard, it will be an excellent video player to be used together with another open-source video conversion tool. So, in a nutshell, beyond working as a stand-alone media player, it is designed to be used directly by other applications through a library interface.

Active development: the programmers are still, as they want this excellent tool to attain a higher level, so it is under active development, mainly code refactoring and cleanups. So, you will constantly find new features and upgraded stuff.

Video websites: By using Youtube-dl, the tool natively supports playback of HD video content regarding over 300 supported sites (including, of course, YouTube). The consequence of that? You will find that MPV will replace site-specific video players based on Adobe Flash or HTML5.

What is left here to be said?

Well, it is not a bad build at all; the embeddable feature is just impressive, as it boosts the horizons for any MPV user. So, concluding here, you have a cross-platform media player that is also a free open source and proves way more efficient than one might think at the beginning. Is there anything left to be said? Do yourself a favor and download this excellent tool right now. You will not regret it anytime soon.