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mpvExtended

by MarlboroAdvance · Apache-2.0 · open source

A video player built on mpv, the powerful open-source media engine, with an easier interface than mpv-android, file browsing, network shares and picture-in-picture.

Needs:No root · 64-bit phone

No known trackers in the code Signer matches IzzyOnDroid’s record

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Download APK · 28.3 MB v1.3.1-fdroid · checked
Version
1.3.1-fdroid
Size
28.3 MB
Requires
Android 8.0+
Updated
2026-09-25

Screenshots

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Introduction

mpv is a free media player known for playing almost any format and for how much you can configure it. Its Android port, mpv-android, keeps the interface minimal. mpvExtended is a fork of mpv-android. It keeps the same engine, libmpv, and puts a friendlier interface and extra features around it.

What it adds

According to the project’s README:

  • A simpler Material 3 interface, with a media picker in tree or folder view and search.
  • Network playback from SMB, FTP and WebDAV shares, plus network streams.
  • Picture-in-picture and background playback.
  • External subtitle and audio tracks, and a zoom gesture.
  • Playlists you can manage yourself.
  • mpv’s own advanced configuration and scripting, for people who already have an mpv setup.

Good to know

  • It is still in development. The README says to expect bugs and asks users to report them on GitHub.
  • Storage access. It asks for access to your video files, and for the All files access permission. Judging from its features, that is presumably for the folder browser, which shows your videos by folder rather than through Android’s file picker.
  • 64-bit ARM only. The build here contains native code for arm64-v8a only. The project publishes builds for other CPU types on its GitHub.

For a player on a phone that already has mpv-android, mpvExtended installs separately and doesn’t replace it: it uses a different package name.

Written by 2113, last reviewed . Sources: source code, release notes, IzzyOnDroid listing.

What’s inside the APK

Trackers

None found

No code matching the Exodus Privacy tracker signatures.

Native code

1 CPU type

Needs a 64-bit ARM phone; 32-bit-only devices are not supported.

Android versions

Android 8.0 and up

Built for Android 16 (target API 36).

Permissions

9

4 of them need your approval first.

CPU types in this build: arm64-v8a (64-bit ARM, almost every phone since 2017).

Asks you first (4)

Android shows a prompt before the app can use these.

  • Show notifications (Android 13+) · POST_NOTIFICATIONS
  • Read shared storage (Android 12 and older) · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Read videos · READ_MEDIA_VIDEO
  • Write shared storage (Android 10 and older) · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

You switch these on in Settings (1)

Special app access. Nothing is granted until you turn it on yourself.

  • All files access · MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Granted at install (3)

Low-risk permissions Android grants automatically, plus any we have not classified.

  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • INTERNET
Defined by other apps (1)

Permissions that belong to another app or to this app itself.

  • app.marlboroadvance.mpvex.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

More Information

Package name
app.marlboroadvance.mpvex
Version
1.3.1-fdroid (build 1312)
File size
28.3 MB (28,304,727 bytes)
Requires
Android 8.0 or later
Category
Media
License
Apache-2.0
Developer
MarlboroAdvance
Released
Sep 25, 2026
Signer SHA-256
68690654e3ee46d70895a12445dfa98d8c963d13e2de0f8aaa209765cc2c415e
File SHA-256
ddc117b94f19e8c545fe69121ed2d952006fa47385814f7db2ed413cf4fbcad0
Checked
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Common questions

Is this APK the official mpvExtended release?

Yes. It is the developer’s own release of mpvExtended 1.3.1-fdroid, byte for byte as IzzyOnDroid distributes it. Its SHA-256 matches IzzyOnDroid’s signed index, and it is signed with the certificate IzzyOnDroid records for the app (SHA-256 68690654e3ee46d70895a12445dfa98d8c963d13e2de0f8aaa209765cc2c415e).

What Android version does mpvExtended need?

Android 8.0 or later (API level 26). Version 1.3.1-fdroid is built for Android 16 (target API 36). Needs a 64-bit ARM phone; 32-bit-only devices are not supported.

Can mpvExtended access the internet?

Yes. The APK requests Android’s internet permission. In total it declares 9 permissions, and 4 of them need your approval first.

Does mpvExtended contain trackers?

No known trackers: our scan of version 1.3.1-fdroid found no code matching the Exodus Privacy tracker signatures. The scan covers known tracker libraries; it doesn’t show what data the app itself sends.

Is mpvExtended open source?

Yes. mpvExtended is released under the Apache-2.0 licence, and its source code is published at https://github.com/marlboro-advance/mpvEx.