Published: October 25, 2025
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@theo @FFmpeg 13:54 - "mpv is a light wrapper around ffplay which is part of ffmpeg" This is just incorrect. mpv has nothing to do with ffplay. Go grep mpv's codebase for "ffplay", you won't find a single result.

@theo @FFmpeg mpv is its own player. It uses ffmpeg's libavformat/codec/etc libraries among others for decoding, yes, but its rendering code, for example, is completely independent from ffmpeg. Calling it a light wrapper is also quite the understatement.

@aegisub_man @theo idk man it seems to fully rely on ffmpeg config

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@lookoutitsbbear @aegisub_man @theo FFmpeg has had a decades long relationship with mplayer/mpv, VLC etc with numerous shared developers. It's not FFmpeg vs them as some people would like you to believe.

@FFmpeg @lookoutitsbbear @aegisub_man Where did any of us say there was a “vs” here??? You’re making up your own conflicts so you can pretend to win them.

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