How to Install and Uninstall mpv Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 21,2024

1. Install "mpv" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mpv on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mpv
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mpv" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall mpv on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mpv
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mpv package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mpv
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 2009
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.14.0-1build1
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass5 (>= 0.13.0), libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.6) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.6), libavdevice-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4), libavfilter-ffmpeg5 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.8), libbluray1 (>= 1:0.2.2), libc6 (>= 2.16), libcdio-cdda1 (>= 0.83), libcdio-paranoia1 (>= 0.83), libcdio13 (>= 0.83), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1-mesa (>= 7.8.1) | libegl1-x11, libenca0 (>= 1.9), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libguess1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.6), liblua5.2-0, libpulse0 (>= 0.99.4), librubberband2v5, libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.4), libsndio6.1 (>= 1.1.0), libswresample-ffmpeg1 (>= 7:2.7), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libva-wayland1 (>= 1.3.0), libva-x11-1 (>= 1.0.3), libva1 (>= 1.4.0), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.3.92), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-egl1-mesa (>= 10.0.2) | libwayland-egl1, libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxss1, libxv1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xdg-utils, youtube-dl (>= 2014.11.26)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpv/mpv_0.14.0-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 785402
MD5sum: 5d6667bd0f4b635810ab204722570613
SHA1: 17c2afeb79bf24ad01c637ac63172e999b2e3655
SHA256: 4fcc3ea6c79b65ed27a1d3e3a73ba90eb239bab0a1cc9b14595facaa4d9f8bef
Description-en: video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
mpv is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide
variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
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Changes from mplayer2 to mpv include:
* Removal of lots of unneeded code to encourage developer activity
* Better OSD rendering
* Cleaned up terminal output
* Improved OpenGL output
* Encoding functionality (replacement for mencoder)
* Wayland support
* Support for playing URLs of popular streaming sites
* Screenshot improvements
* ...
See mpv(1) for more info regarding changes between MPlayer, mplayer2 and mpv.
Description-md5: 42d61bf874a5fe751d6c1a8601d1276d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://mpv.io/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop