david 248a9a0ecf build: add Linux libmpv.so build and drop the stray headers
Add a native x86_64 Linux build (ci/build-libmpv-linux.sh,
build-linux.yml). Every dependency is static and linked into a single
libmpv.so; only glibc/pthread/dl/m and the system zlib remain external.
The Linux-only additions are the font stack (fontconfig -> expat, where
macOS/Windows use CoreText/DirectWrite) and alsa audio output; gl is the
plain render-API support (no X11/Wayland context, since jlibmpv supplies
the GL context via JOGL).

For consistency, ship a single native per platform and no public headers
(jlibmpv loads the library via JNA and never compiles against it). Remove
the accidental header/import-library copies from the Windows build and the
phantom header copy from the macOS build.
2026-10-01 18:10:21 +02:00

mpv-natives

Self-built libmpv native binaries for jlibmpv, the Java/JNA wrapper library.

Why this repository exists

jlibmpv is 100% MIT and deliberately does not bundle any native binaries (libmpv is GPL-licensed). End users who want a drop-in native they can point mpv.libmpv.path at (or that a RemoteNativeLocator can download) find them here, as versioned GitHub release assets.

  • Pinned version: mpv v0.41.0 — the exact client API (131077) the jlibmpv JNA bindings are validated against. A libmpv update means bumping MPV_REF in the workflows.
  • Build source: the mpv source tree is checked out at that tag by GitHub Actions and built with the vendored scripts in ci/ (build-libmpv-mingw64.sh, build-libmpv-macos.sh, build-libmpv-linux.sh). No mpv source or third-party binaries are stored in this repository.

Releases

Each platform build produces a zip with the native library (self-contained, single file) and a checksums.txt (SHA-256) for verification.

Asset Contents
mpv-natives-windows-x86_64-mpv-<ver>.zip libmpv-2.dll (all dependencies statically linked, mingw64 build)
mpv-natives-macos-universal-mpv-<ver>.zip libmpv.dylib (universal arm64 + x86_64, all dependencies statically linked)
mpv-natives-linux-x86_64-mpv-<ver>.zip libmpv.so (all dependencies statically linked, native x86_64 build)

Each native is fully self-contained: every dependency (ffmpeg, libass, libplacebo, harfbuzz, freetype, fribidi, …) is statically linked into the single library together with the C/C++ runtime where needed. The library depends only on the platform's system libraries, so there is no dependency closure to extract alongside it — jlibmpv loads it at runtime via JNA and never compiles against it, so no public headers are shipped.

On Linux the self-built libmpv.so additionally removes the need for the distribution package (libmpv1), which lags behind in codec support (dav1d/ AV1, x264/x265): the pinned ffmpeg 8.0.1 guarantees the full codec set on any recent glibc distribution.

How to use with jlibmpv

  1. Download the release asset for your platform and extract it.
  2. Point jlibmpv at the extracted native library — libmpv-2.dll (Windows), libmpv.dylib (macOS) or libmpv.so (Linux): -Dmpv.libmpv.path=/path/to/extracted/libmpv-2.dll.

Building

Builds run on GitHub Actions and are triggered by pushes to main or manually (Actions tab). There is nothing to build locally.

License

The artifacts are built from mpv (GPL-3.0-or-later) and its dependencies (LGPL/GPL) and are distributed under those licenses. See LICENSE for the repository's license terms.

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