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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by throwaway2037 on Sunday August 18, 2024 @10:40PM (#41287328)
What was the cause of the fork? An unresolvable internal debate? I am curious to know more about the history.
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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by dikei on Monday August 19, 2024 @09:48AM (#41291036)
I'll refer you to the MPV FAQ for historical context.

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ#how-is-mpv-relate...

There were lots of drama in the media player scene. Even "wm4" the original maintainer, who forked mplayer2 into mpv, is no longer with the project: he deleted his Github account and disappeared.

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