Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.0-816

Chapter 44. Video Utilities

mpv-0.36.0

Introduction to mpv

mpv is a free media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

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Package Information

mpv Dependencies

Required

Mesa-23.1.8, FFmpeg-6.1, ALSA-1.2.7, PulseAudio-16.1 and libass-0.17.1

Recommended

Lua-5.2.4, libjpeg-turbo-3.0.1, uchardet-0.0.8 and libva-2.20.0

Optional Input Drivers and Libraries

libdvdread-6.1.3, libdvdnav-6.1.1, libdvdcss-1.4.3, libbluray,

Optional Audio Output Drivers and Libraries

SDL2-2.28.5, JACK, OpenAL

Optional Video Output Drivers and Libraries

libcaca, and SVGAlib

Installation of mpv

Install mpv by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -Dx11=enabled       \
            ..                  &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install
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Note

This package installs icon files into the /usr/share/icons/hicolor hierarchy and desktop files into the /usr/share/applications hierarchy. You can improve system performance and memory usage by updating /usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme and /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache. To perform the update you must have GTK+-3.24.38 installed (for the icon cache) and desktop-file-utils-0.27 (for the desktop cache) and issue the following commands as the root user: 

gtk-update-icon-cache -qtf /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
update-desktop-database -q

Command Explanations

-Dx11=enabled: allow linking to X11 libraries.

-Ddvdnav=enabled: support DVD playing.

-Dcdda=enabled: support cdda (libcdio).

-Dsdl2=enabled: SDL2 support.

Configuring mpv

Config Files

/etc/mpv/* and ~/.config/mpv/*

Contents

Installed Programs: mpv
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/mpv and /usr/share/doc/mpv

Short Descriptions

mpv

is the mpv video player