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MPlayer isn't all too well-known anymore. It does not make sense to
"advertise" with it (and it actually never did).

The GPU comment needed clarification. I think originally, it was just to
signal that you'll have a bad time with Intel. Make that broader.
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## Overview
**mpv** is a media player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide
variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
**mpv** is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports
a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
There is a [FAQ](FAQ).
Releases can be found on the [release list][releases].
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- A somewhat capable CPU. Hardware decoding might help if the CPU is too slow to
decode video in realtime, but must be explicitly enabled with the `--hwdec`
option.
- A not too crappy GPU. mpv is not intended to be used with bad GPUs. There are
many caveats with drivers or system compositors causing tearing, stutter,
etc. On Windows, you might want to make sure the graphics drivers are
current. In some cases, ancient fallback video output methods can help
(such as `--vo=xv` on Linux), but this use is not recommended or supported.
- A not too crappy GPU. mpv's focus is not on power-efficient playback on
embedded or integrated GPUs (for example, hardware decoding is not even
enabled by default). Low power GPUs may cause issues like tearing, stutter,
etc. The main video output uses shaders for video rendering and scaling,
rather than GPU fixed function hardware. On Windows, you might want to make
sure the graphics drivers are current. In some cases, ancient fallback video
output methods can help (such as `--vo=xv` on Linux), but this use is not
recommended or supported.
## Downloads
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- uchardet (optional, for subtitle charset detection)
- nvdec and vaapi libraries for hardware decoding on Linux (optional)
Libass dependencies:
Libass dependencies (when building libass):
- gcc or clang, yasm on x86 and x86_64
- fribidi, freetype, fontconfig development headers (for libass)
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particularly for correct rendering of non-English text on OSX, and
Arabic/Indic scripts on any platform)
FFmpeg dependencies:
FFmpeg dependencies (when building FFmpeg):
- gcc or clang, yasm on x86 and x86_64
- OpenSSL or GnuTLS (have to be explicitly enabled when compiling FFmpeg)
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GPLv2 "or later" by default, LGPLv2.1 "or later" with `--enable-lgpl`.
See [details.](https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/Copyright)
## History
This software is based on the MPlayer project. Before mpv existed as a project,
the code base was briefly developed under the mplayer2 project. For details,
see the [FAQ](FAQ).
## Contact
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- **User IRC Channel**: `#mpv` on `irc.freenode.net`
- **Developer IRC Channel**: `#mpv-devel` on `irc.freenode.net`
[FAQ]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ
[releases]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/releases
[mpv-build]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv-build
[issue-tracker]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues