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Install this package:

emerge -a media-video/mpv

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask media-video/mpv

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a media-video/mpv

Package Information

Description:
Media player for the command line
Homepage:
https://mpv.io/
License:
LGPL-2.1+ GPL-2+ BSD ISC MIT

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
9999 8 ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86 ~amd64-linux 0/2

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>ionen@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Ionen Wolkens</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="archive">Enable support for various archive formats via <pkg>app-arch/libarchive</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="bluray">Enable playback of Blu-ray filesystems</flag>
		<flag name="cli">Enable the command-line player</flag>
		<flag name="drm">Enable Kernel Mode Setting / Direct Rendering Manager based video outputs</flag>
		<flag name="gamepad">Enable gamepad input support</flag>
		<flag name="libmpv">Enable the shared library and headers (used by frontends / plugins)</flag>
		<flag name="lua">Enable Lua scripting, OSC (On Screen Controller) GUI, and <pkg>net-misc/yt-dlp</pkg> support</flag>
		<flag name="pipewire">Enable sound support via native PipeWire backend</flag>
		<flag name="rubberband">Enable high quality pitch correction via <pkg>media-libs/rubberband</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="sdl">Enable <pkg>media-libs/libsdl2</pkg> based video and audio outputs
			(Note: these outputs exist for compatibility reasons only, avoid if possible)</flag>
		<flag name="sixel">Enable support for the sixel video backend using <pkg>media-libs/libsixel</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="sndio">Enable sound support via <pkg>media-sound/sndio</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="soc">Use additional <pkg>media-video/ffmpeg</pkg> patches for efficient playback on some SoCs (e.g. ARM, RISC-V)</flag>
		<flag name="tools">Install extra tools: mpv_identify.sh, mpv_idet.sh, and umpv</flag>
		<flag name="uchardet">Enable subtitles charset discovery via <pkg>app-i18n/uchardet</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="zimg">Enable libzimg support (for vf_fingerprint)</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">mpv-player/mpv</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p media-video/mpv | euse -E <flag> -p media-video/mpv | euse -D <flag> -p media-video/mpv

Flag Description 9999
X Enable audible bell for X11 ⚠️ ⊕
alsa Enable alsa output for sound emulation ⚠️ ⊕
aqua ⚠️ ✓
archive Enable support for various archive formats via <pkg>app-arch/libarchive</pkg> ✓
bluray Enable playback of Blu-ray filesystems ✓
cdda ⚠️ ✓
cli Enable the command-line player ⊕
coreaudio ⚠️ ✓
debug Build with upstream's CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS for debugging support; not recommended for normal use. ⚠️ ✓
drm Enable Kernel Mode Setting / Direct Rendering Manager based video outputs ⊕
dvb ⚠️ ✓
dvd ⚠️ ✓
egl ⚠️ ⊕
gamepad Enable gamepad input support ✓
iconv ⚠️ ⊕
jack ⚠️ ✓
javascript ⚠️ ✓
jpeg Enable jpeg image support for the VNC console server ⚠️ ✓
lcms ⚠️ ✓
libcaca ⚠️ ✓
libmpv Enable the shared library and headers (used by frontends / plugins) ⊕
lua Enable Lua scripting, OSC (On Screen Controller) GUI, and <pkg>net-misc/yt-dlp</pkg> support ⊕
nvenc ⚠️ ✓
openal ⚠️ ✓
pipewire Enable sound support via native PipeWire backend ✓
pulseaudio Add sound server support via media-libs/libpulse (may be PulseAudio or Pipewire, or apulse if installed) ⚠️ ✓
rubberband Enable high quality pitch correction via <pkg>media-libs/rubberband</pkg> ✓
sdl Enable <pkg>media-libs/libsdl2</pkg> based video and audio outputs (Note: these outputs exist for compatibility reasons only, avoid if possible) ✓
selinux ⚠️ ✓
sixel Enable support for the sixel video backend using <pkg>media-libs/libsixel</pkg> ✓
sndio Enable sound support via <pkg>media-sound/sndio</pkg> ✓
soc Use additional <pkg>media-video/ffmpeg</pkg> patches for efficient playback on some SoCs (e.g. ARM, RISC-V) ✓
test Perform tests (slow!) and install compressed test results ⚠️ ✓
tools Install extra tools: mpv_identify.sh, mpv_idet.sh, and umpv ✓
uchardet Enable subtitles charset discovery via <pkg>app-i18n/uchardet</pkg> ⊕
vaapi ⚠️ ✓
vapoursynth ⚠️ ✓
vdpau ⚠️ ✓
vulkan Build with Vulkan support ⚠️ ⊕
wayland ⚠️ ✓
xv ⚠️ ✓
zimg Enable libzimg support (for vf_fingerprint) ✓
zlib ⚠️ ✓

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