What is "mpv"

MPV or mpv may refer to:

mpv is media player software, based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It is free and open-source software released under a mix of licenses including GNU General Public License version 2 plus (GPLv2+), with parts under GNU Lesser Public License version 2.1 plus (LGPLv2.1+), and some optional parts under GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

It runs on several operating systems, including the Unix-like variants Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), Linux, and OS X, and on the non-Unix Windows. It is cross-platform, running on ARM, PowerPC, x86 / IA-32, x86-64, and MIPS architecture.