{"id":7394,"date":"2017-12-28T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7394"},"modified":"2017-12-28T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T15:56:09","slug":"install-mpv-0-28-0-in-ubuntu-18-04-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/12\/install-mpv-0-28-0-in-ubuntu-18-04-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install MPV 0.28.0 in Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-logo245.png\" alt=\"MPV media player logo\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6054\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MPV media player reached the 0.28.0 release a few days ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it via PPA in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04.<\/p>\n<p>MPV 0.28.0 requires FFmpeg 3.4 and features initial <b>d3d11<\/b> and <b>vulkan<\/b> support. Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add DRM_PRIME Format Handling and Display for RockChip MPP decoders<\/li>\n<li>Add support for Display P3 primaries<\/li>\n<li>support multiple seekable cached ranges, display cache ranges on OSC<\/li>\n<li>demux_playlist: support .url files<\/li>\n<li>dvb: Add multiple frontends support (up to 8)<\/li>\n<li>dvb: implement parsing of modulation for VDR-style channels config<\/li>\n<li>hwdec: add mediacodec hardware decoder for IMGFMT_MEDIACODEC frames, rename mediacodec to mediacodec-copy<\/li>\n<li>lua: integrate stats.lua script (bound to i\/I by default)<\/li>\n<li>add support for nvdec hwaccel<\/li>\n<li>add android opengl backend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-media-player-600x381.jpg\" alt=\"MPV\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-media-player-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-media-player-450x285.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-media-player.jpg 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install MPV 0.28.0 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>MPV does not provide official Linux binaries, but it refers to a <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~mc3man\/+archive\/ubuntu\/mpv-tests\" target=\"_blank\">third-party PPA<\/a> which contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>To install it, open terminal via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> or by searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from start menu. When it opens, do:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> add the PPA repository via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man\/mpv-tests<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback due to security reason) when prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-ppa-600x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-ppa-600x100.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-ppa-450x75.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-ppa.jpg 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> If you have a previous release installed, you can now launch <b>Software Updater<\/b> and upgrade the software after checking for updates:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-mpv-450x330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-mpv-450x330.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-mpv-600x440.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-mpv.jpg 697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or just run commands to install it for the first time:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update && sudo apt install mpv<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For any reason, you can remove the PPA easily by going to System Settings -> Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software tab. And remove the player via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt remove mpv && sudo apt autoremove <\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MPV media player reached the 0.28.0 release a few days ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it via PPA in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04. MPV 0.28.0 requires FFmpeg 3.4 and features initial d3d11 and vulkan support. Other changes include: Add DRM_PRIME Format Handling and Display for RockChip MPP decoders Add support for Display P3 primaries support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1232],"class_list":["post-7394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-mpv"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}