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Open-source Android frontend for mpv with hardware-accelerated playback and a modern Material 3 interface. Browses local folders and network shares (SMB, FTP, WebDAV), supports subtitles, chapters, gestures, PiP, and background playback. Version 1.2.0 adds ambient theme glow, customizable bottom bar, Lua/JS script management, whitelisted-folders mode, and refined player controls.
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About this app
A free and open-source Android frontend for mpv. It combines mpv's flexible playback engine with a modern Material 3 interface, convenient media browsing, and support for local and network media.
Features
- Hardware-accelerated, high-quality video playback through libmpv - Material 3 interface with light and dark themes - Picture-in-picture and background playback - Gesture controls, zoom, and screen orientation controls - Chapters, playlists, playback history, and resume support - External subtitles and audio tracks - Local media browsing with folder and tree views - Network playback through SMB, FTP, and WebDAV - Custom mpv configuration, scripts, and advanced playback options - Media information and metadata caching - No advertisements and no unnecessary permissions
Note
The project is actively developed. Preview builds may contain unfinished features or bugs.
Disclaimer
mpvium is an independent, open-source project. It is not affiliated with the mpv project, mpv-android, or any third-party service. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
What's new
- Added
- Ambient theme glow rising from the bottom of the app, tinted to match the active theme. - Customizable bottom bar, with a labels toggle and selectable tabs. - Whitelisted-folders-only mode for the folder list, file browser and search. - Lua/JS Scripts section with per-script management, custom buttons and sync. - Manual "Mark as" watch status in the folder and file browser. - Clean episode titles in the player, with selectable style. - Home "Up Next" rail and a "Recently Added" rail. - Shows and Movies grids gain watch-state filter chips and sort menus. - Player bottom-right controls gain a Hold Gesture toggle for speed boost or brightness/volume.
- Changed
- Redesigned Settings as a premium dashboard with embedded search. - Rebuilt the bottom dock on Material 3 Expressive's short navigation bar. - Refreshed the app logo artwork. - Bottom-edge swipes no longer trigger volume/brightness gestures. - Wavy is now the default style for the seekbar, volume and brightness sliders. - Default (not Dynamic) is now the default app theme.
- Fixed
- Continue Watching and playtime now refresh instantly on video exit. - Fixed seekbar thumb flutter, tap-seek delay, snap-back and post-seek stall. - Folder blacklist and whitelist are now respected across Home, Movies, Shows and Insights. - Player Layout slider previews now match the real seekbar.
About this version
- Version
- 1.2.0 (1201)
- Size
- 24.85 MB
- Requires Android
- 8.0
- Target SDK
- 26
- Architecture
- armeabi-v7a
- Downloads
- 31
- Updated
- Oct 5, 2026
- Package
- app.aryan447.mpvium
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