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title: Install mpv on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of mpv for on Debian - A free, open source, and
  cross-platform media player
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/mpv/debian
---

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# Install mpv on **Debian**

# mpv

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* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/mpv/debian#install)

#### A free, open source, and cross-platform media player

mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

mpv has an OpenGL, Vulkan, and D3D11 based video output that is capable of many features loved by videophiles, such as video scaling with popular high quality algorithms, color management, frame timing, interpolation, HDR, and more.

While mpv strives for minimalism and provides no real GUI, it has a small controller on top of the video for basic control.

mpv can leverage most hardware decoding APIs on all platforms. Hardware decoding can be enabled at runtime on demand.

Powerful scripting capabilities can make the player do almost anything. There is a large selection of user scripts on the wiki.

A straightforward C API was designed from the ground up to make mpv usable as a library and facilitate easy integration into other applications.

**NOTE :**

* NVIDIA hardware acceleration mayn't work ( <https://codeberg.org/sameersharma2006/mpv-snap/issues/1> ) .
* Yt-DLP isn't bundled due to it needing frequent updates & maintenance burden.

### Package name

* mpv

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### License

* GPL-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-only

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### Last updated

* 6 January 2026 - latest/stable
* 6 January 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [mpv.io](https://mpv.io/ "https://mpv.io/")

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### Contact

* [codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/sameersharma2006/mpv-snap "https://codeberg.org/sameersharma2006/mpv-snap")
* [launchpad.net/mpv-snap](https://launchpad.net/mpv-snap "https://launchpad.net/mpv-snap")

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### Source code

* [codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/sameersharma2006/mpv-snap/src/branch/main/snapcraft.yaml "https://codeberg.org/sameersharma2006/mpv-snap/src/branch/main/snapcraft.yaml")
* [git.launchpad.net](https://git.launchpad.net/mpv-snap/tree/snapcraft.yaml "https://git.launchpad.net/mpv-snap/tree/snapcraft.yaml")

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### Report a bug

* [codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/sameersharma2006/mpv-snap/issues "https://codeberg.org/sameersharma2006/mpv-snap/issues")
* [bugs.launchpad.net](https://bugs.launchpad.net/mpv-snap "https://bugs.launchpad.net/mpv-snap")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/mpv/debian#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Debian and install mpv

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:

```
sudo snap install snapd
```

### Install mpv

To install mpv, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install mpv
```

### Other popular snaps…

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### More things to do…

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Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.

#### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs)

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