Overview 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.

a free, open source, and cross-platform media player

a free, open source, and cross-platform media player

Reference Manual The reference manual lists all the options and configuration options mpv understands, key bindings, scripting, and other customizations.

Normally, a media player is highly pipelined (future data is prepared in separate threads, so it is available in realtime when the next stage needs it), but backward playback will essentially stall …

a free, open source, and cross-platform media player

a free, open source, and cross-platform media player