mpv nightly build for macOS

This repository is forked from , this README.md is mainly written by (the original author). The author seems to stop publishing nightly binaries. Recently, I needed to open a movie encoded in av1, and found the decoder library of this nightly build was not up-to-date, which leads to low speed of decoding, and the performance of the new version encoder has been improved.

TL;DR

Download mpv nightly build for macOS here

Describe the project you work on

Unofficial mpv nightly build for macOS.

I always want to recommend mpv.app to my non-programming friends as the best third party video player on macOS.

However, mpv doesn't provide any official binary package.

The original setups this automatical nightly job to build the latest version of mpv.app for people who prefer to download, drag it to /Applications/ folder and enjoy their life.

Q&A

Why only for macOS, I need Linux, Windows... version

Well, I use mpv.app on macOS only.

Why no binary for m1 chip?

I only have Intel-chip Mac and temporarily there is no binary for m1-chip Mac.

System requirements

A modern Macintosh machine officially supported by Apple.

Vintage and obsolete products, Hackintosh or any other third-party patched macOS versions are untested, cannot and does not guarantee the functionality or performance.

OS support

macOS	version	compatibility
Big Sur	11.0	❓
Catalina	10.15	🟢
Mojave	10.14	🟢
High Sierra	10.13	❓
Sierra	10.12	❌
Any older versions	< 10.12	❌

• 🟢 means compatible
• ❌ means incompatible
• ❓ means unknown
• Tips: From mpv 0.33.1 nightly build upwards, only limited binaries are certainly compatible with High Sierra 10.13
• Tips: From mpv 0.34.0 nightly build upwards, no binaries are certainly compatible with High Sierra 10.13

macOS, formerly known as OS X, does not have an official statement about its End-Of-Life policy. Based on wikipedia, it seems Apple only provides support to last 3 major release versions. So I try my best to support last 3 major release versions.

Be Careful: the automatical nightly job to build mpv only builds mpv.app supporting macOS 10.15 or above. Binary for macOS 10.13 is occasionally built.( From mpv 0.34.0 on, OS Support has been updated to macOS 10.14 )

Why nightly? I need the stable version

mpv does not release the stable version frequently, the stable release is created to make Linux distributions happy.

"mpv" cannot be opened because the developer can not be verified

macOS requires software to be notarization for security purposes. This process requires a $99 annual subscription plan. I don't have enough money for it.

There are at least 2 workarounds available

(1) You can hold your ⌥ aka alt/option key > right click the mpv.app, and then choose open

(2)

• from Apple  menu
• choose System Preferences
• click Security & Privacy
• then click General
• finally click Open Anyway

I download it, how can I change some settings

Place a mpv.conf in your ~/.mpv folder, read the manual if you can. The configuration of the original author looks like this.

This does not work for me

Feel free to open an issue.