Here you can find everything needed to get MPlayer up and running. The recommended way to install MPlayer is to compile from current SVN source. Look at the unofficial packages section of our projects page if you do not wish to compile from source and/or are looking for packages that may be more tightly integrated with your platform. You might also want to check out the other frontends since there is no further development and limited bug fixing for the included graphical user interface.
The latest MPlayer release is 1.4, created on, which includes an FFmpeg snapshot. We recommend to always use the latest SVN to get the all the new features and bugfixes, especially if the release date above looks old. The previous MPlayer release is 1.2.1, created on, which includes FFmpeg 2.8.5. MPlayerOSX for Mac Download MPlayer is a free and open-source media player The program is available for all major operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS X and other Unix-like systems, as well as for Microsoft Windows.
Be advised that we do not support any unofficial packages, only the non-outdated official ones listed below. If you have trouble with unofficial packages, get support from the respective authors.
For a complete MPlayer installation you will need sources, a set of binary codecs, and a skin if you want a graphical user interface.
Quick compilation and installation instructions are contained in the README, the installation section of the documentation has more complete information.
Source Code
We provide nightly Subversion snapshots generated at six in the morning (GMT+1). They are generally stable and recommended. If you have issues with them report it, or use Subversion directly to get a more up-to-date or previous version, or wait for the next snapshot, it might be fixed by then.
The Subversion snapshots are working directories complete with Subversion metadata (the result of 'svn checkout'). The source snapshots are bare sources without Subversion metadata (the result of 'svn export').
| Subversion snapshot | HTTP | FTP |
| source snapshot | HTTP | FTP |
The latest MPlayer release is 1.4, created on 18/04/2019, which includesan FFmpeg snapshot.
We recommend to always use the latest SVN to get the all the new features andbugfixes, especially if the release date above looks old.
| MPlayer 1.4 release | HTTP (xz compressed, 15 MB) | FTP (xz compressed, 15 MB) |
The previous MPlayer release is 1.2.1, created on 24/01/2016, which includesFFmpeg 2.8.5.
Use this version if you need compatibility with FFmpeg 2.8.x branch.
| MPlayer 1.2.1 release | HTTP (xz compressed, 13 MB) | FTP (xz compressed, 13 MB) |
We keep the old releases and ancient releases of MPlayer, in case anybody is interested.
Downloading MPlayer from Subversion
You can also get MPlayer via Subversion. Issue the following command to get the latest sources:
A directory named mplayer will be created in the current directory. You can later update your sources by typing
from within that directory.
Our Subversion setup does not work over HTTP/HTTPS, nor will it in the future. If you have trouble accessing the Subversion repository, then in 99% of all cases a firewall on your side is the problem. Open TCP port 3690 or find a machine that can use the svn:// protocol directly. Another alternative is downloading a Subversion snapshot.
Binaries
| MPlayer Windows builds | HTTP |
| UPDATED MPlayer Windows builds | HTTP |
| MPlayer Mac OS X Extended | HTTP |
| Fedora and CentOS/RHEL RPM packages from RPMFusion | HTTP |
Binary Codec Packages
First of all, a big warning: These packages are useless for normal Windows players and will only work with MPlayer.
Mplayer Osx Extended_rev 11 Dmg Free
Our binary codec packages add support for codecs that are not yet implemented natively, like newer RealVideo variants and a lot of uncommon formats. Note that they are not necessary to play most common formats like DVDs, MPEG-1/2/4, etc. See the codec status table for the daily-generated list of currently supported codecs.
Choose the package that matches your processor and operating system. If your system cannot manage Linux libraries, choose the Windows package instead. On Windows MPlayer will try to use the codecs installed on your system. Our packages can save you the hassle of installing every known codec and using untested codec versions.
Instructions for installing binary codecs can be found in the README or in the README.txt file that accompanies each codec package. If you want to verify the integrity of the codec packages, compare the MD5 sums. If you want to know what's new in a codec package, check the ChangeLog.
Old package versions, md5sums of all codecs and unsupported/broken codecs useful for development are kept in the codecs directory.
| Linux x86 20071007 | HTTP | FTP | BITTORRENT |
| Linux PPC 20071007 | HTTP | FTP | |
| Linux AMD64 20071007 | HTTP | FTP | |
| Linux Alpha 20061028 | HTTP | FTP | |
| Windows x86 20071007 | HTTP | FTP | BITTORRENT |
| Mac OS X x86 20060611 | HTTP | FTP | |
| Mac OS X PPC 20041107 | HTTP | FTP |
Skins
Click on skin names for screenshots. Read the README or the GUI section of the documentation to find out how to install skins.
If you want to create your own MPlayer GUI skin, read the skin section of the documentation. If you are content with your skin and wish to have it added to the official skin collection, go over the Creating quality skins guide and submit the skin to us.
| Name | Version | Creator | Description | HTTP | FTP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 1.13 | Xenomorph | new default MPlayer skin1 | HTTP | FTP |
| Blue-multilingual | 1.13.4 | Xenomorph, Ingo Brückl | Blue, multilingual2 | HTTP | FTP |
| Blue-small | 1.11 | Xenomorph | compact version1 | HTTP | FTP |
| Clearlooks | 2.0 | Ingo Br端ckl | modern Clearlooks3 | HTTP | FTP |
| Clearlooks-multilingual | 2.0.4 | Ingo Br端ckl | modern Clearlooks, multilingual2 | HTTP | FTP |
| Noskin | 1.0 | Ingo Br端ckl | most minimal, like plain MPlayer | HTTP | FTP |
| standard | 1.12 | FRD (Viktor Bekesi) | old default skin | HTTP | FTP |
| Abyss | 1.7 | Xenomorph | beautiful MPlayer skin | HTTP | FTP |
| Ater | 1.2 | Laszlo Simon | dark, cool-looking | HTTP | FTP |
| pcland | 1.1 | Pcland.hu | blue waves | HTTP | FTP |
| Corelian | 1.2 | LUIGI | plain look | HTTP | FTP |
| neutron | 1.6 | Oliwier Ptak | futuristic look | HTTP | FTP |
| disappearer | 1.2 | Alban Hertroys | very slim skin | HTTP | FTP |
| plastic | 1.3 | FRD (Viktor Bekesi) | plastic remote control skin | HTTP | FTP |
| phony | 1.2 | Jurgen Pehrson | desktop DVD player skin | HTTP | FTP |
| mentalic | 1.4 | Oliwier Ptak | sharp and shiny | HTTP | FTP |
| proton | 1.3 | Pasquale Riccio | silver, shiny | HTTP | FTP |
| slim | 1.3 | FRD (Viktor Bekesi) | small and cute | HTTP | FTP |
| CornerMP | 1.3 | DC.Park | WinAMP corner skin | HTTP | FTP |
| CornerMP-aqua | 1.5 | DC.Park | WinAMP corner skin | HTTP | FTP |
| trium | 1.4 | Scognito | based on a mobile phone | HTTP | FTP |
| gnome | 1.1 | Scognito | based on the GNOME logo | HTTP | FTP |
| Orange | 1.3 | Ognian Vasilev | clean, good looking | HTTP | FTP |
| QPlayer | 1.3 | Quiana | playful look | HTTP | FTP |
| handheld | 1.0 | Andrew Carpenter | remote control look | HTTP | FTP |
| MidnightLove | 1.7 | Gabucino | XMMS skin of Rei Ayanami | HTTP | FTP |
| avifile | 1.8 | Toky (Balazs Vigvary) | aviplay look | HTTP | FTP |
| BlueHeart | 1.6 | Gabucino | BlueHeart XMMS skin | HTTP | FTP |
| WMP6 | 2.2 | Gabucino | Windows Media Player | HTTP | FTP |
| xanim | 1.8 | Gabucino | XAnim 'feeling' :) | HTTP | FTP |
| Cyrus | 1.3 | Roberto J. | Cyrus XMMS skin | HTTP | FTP |
| xine-lcd | 1.2 | Gabucino | xine LCD skin | HTTP | FTP |
| AlienMind | 1.2 | Gabucino | Alien Mind XMMS skin | HTTP | FTP |
| hwswskin | 1.3 | hwsw.hu | simple, Windows-ish | HTTP | FTP |
| krystal | 1.1 | Gary Whitmore Jr. | very colorful | HTTP | FTP |
| softgrip | 1.2 | Sudrien | strange design | HTTP | FTP |
| new-age | 1.0 | Javipa | clean and simple | HTTP | FTP |
| DVDPlayer | 1.1 | Jiri Tyr jun. | hardware player lookalike | HTTP | FTP |
| Industrial | 1.1 | Nikola Pizurica | Industrial GTK theme | HTTP | FTP |
| OSX-Brushed | 2.4 | Ryan Northam | iTunes lookalike | HTTP | FTP |
| OSX-Mod | 1.1 | DogFaceMonk | QuickTime lookalike | HTTP | FTP |
| PowerPlayer | 1.1 | caparuni | PowerDVD lookalike | HTTP | FTP |
| Terminator3 | 1.1 | Kiss Balint | inspired by Terminator 3 | HTTP | FTP |
| tvisor | 1.2 | Andre Kuehne | simple, well-designed | HTTP | FTP |
| ultrafina | 1.2 | Diego Biurrun | XMMS ultrafina skin | HTTP | FTP |
| XFce4 | 1.1 | Nikola Pizurica | default XFce4 theme | HTTP | FTP |
| xmmplayer | 1.5 | nostrildamus | XMMS lookalike | HTTP | FTP |
| JiMPlayer | 1.4 | Attila Gyimesi | round and colorful | HTTP | FTP |
| QuickSilver | 1.1 | Charles Foucault | QuickSilver WMP skin | HTTP | FTP |
| smoothwebby | 1.2 | Andrew Weber | blueish monochrome | HTTP | FTP |
| webby | 1.4 | Andrew Weber | bluegray monochrome | HTTP | FTP |
| Canary | 1.2 | Veres Imre | small, compact | HTTP | FTP |
| CubicPlayer | 1.1 | Gabucino | textmode like | HTTP | FTP |
| divxplayer | 1.3 | Marcin Szumiela | DivX player lookalike | HTTP | FTP |
| hayraphon | 1.0 | michaell@uni.de | bluegray monochrome | HTTP | FTP |
| iTunes | 1.2 | unknown | iTunes inspired | HTTP | FTP |
| iTunes-mini | 1.2 | unknown | iTunes inspired | HTTP | FTP |
| mini | 0.1 | Fabian Franz | browser plugin skin | HTTP | FTP |
| moonphase | 1.0 | Dan 'Jago' Naumov | flat gray | HTTP | FTP |
| mplayer_red | 1.1 | Burt.S. | rusty machine | HTTP | FTP |
| nativeRed | 1.2 | nativeridge | red and black | HTTP | FTP |
| netscape4 | 1.0 | Gabucino | Communicator 4.77 | HTTP | FTP |
| sessene | 1.0 | ghostman | clean and small | HTTP | FTP |
| bluecurve | 1.4 | bleachie | Red Hat bluecurve theme | HTTP | FTP |
| changuito | 0.3 | jpoyarzun | Gorilla GNOME theme | HTTP | FTP |
| OpenDoh | 1.2 | siTe | Industrial look-alike | HTTP | FTP |
| plastik | 2.0 | Jesper Schultz | KDE plastik theme | HTTP | FTP |
| productive | 1.0 | Michael Zeising | smooth and modern look | HTTP | FTP |
| brushedGnome | 1.2 | Azrael | brushed QPlayer | HTTP | FTP |
| Linea | 1.0 | Radic Vesko | black and white | HTTP | FTP |
| clearplayer | 0.10 | Massimo Tisi | ClearLooks GNOME theme | HTTP | FTP |
| ICY | 1.0 | Phantom LORD | Nero ShowTime skin | HTTP | FTP |
| Dushku | 1.2 | funkydrummer | Eliza Dushku | HTTP | FTP |
| KDE | 0.3 | R端diger Kuhlmann | uses KDE images | HTTP | FTP |
1can display ASCII and nine ISO-8859-2/ISO-8859-13/ISO-8859-16 glyphs
2can display the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) glyphs
3can display all ISO-8859-1 and ISO-8859-15 glyphs
Retirement Notice
MPlayer OSX Extended has been retired and won't receive any future updates.
After development of MPlayer OSX Extended has been slow for many years and development of the underlying MPlayer project has moved on to mpv, I have decided that it doesn't make sense to invest more time into this project.
Consider using one of the following alternatives for video playback on macOS:
Mplayer Mac
- IINA: Great UI for mpv
- mpv: Has its own UI but is a bit cryptic
- VLC: Feature-packed but clunky interface
Homepage:http://www.mplayerosx.ch/
Issue tracker:https://github.com/sttz/MPlayer-OSX-Extended/issues
Downloads:http://code.google.com/p/mplayerosxext/downloads/list
Build Instructions
The project can be built using either XCode 3 or 4.Make sure you've got the dependencies below and then you should be able to compile MPE directly with XCode.
Dependencies
Sparkle
MPE requires my Sparkle Fork.It adds updating separate bundles without a restart, used in MPE for updating its binary bundles with Sparkle.
Fontconfig & Freetype
It's best to use the same Fontconfig and Freetype versions as used in the binary bundle. The default setup links to the libraries inside the mpextended.mpBinaries bundle in the binaries folder. The easiest way to get that is download the latest (test) version of MPE and extracting the binary bundle form 'MPlayer OSX Extened.app/Contents/Resources/Binaries'.
Note: I've reorganized the bundle after the FFMpeg-MT merge and haven't released a test version with it yet. For now it's probably best to link to the system Fontconfig and Freetype libraries.
libiconv.2
On Lion use the system's libiconv.2. On Snow Leopard the system's libiconv.2 is not new enough (Version 8 is required) so install libiconv using for example homebrew or macports, then link to it.