Installing MPV with Hardware Decoding on Raspberry Pi 1/2/3 & Zero

Outdated, see here for newer guide
GHOST_URL/quick-easy-compiling-mpv-for-raspberry-pi/

no sound on the first mpv 0.20 build, so uploaded a new one with blu-ray, dvd, cd, pulse/alsa and lua support

Install dependencies

• sudo apt-get install libxv1 libxcb-xfixes0 libsdl1.2debian libenca0 libxcb-render0 libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-egl1-mesa libxkbcommon0 libxinerama1 libxrandr2 libxss1 libgl1-mesa-glx fontconfig-config fonts-dejavu-core libaacs0 libass5 libbluray1 libbs2b0 libcdio-cdda1 libcdio-paranoia1

Install ffmpeg and mpv

• mkdir mpvdeb && cd mpvdeb
• wget https://awesome.nwgat.ninja/deb/mpv_0.20.0-1_armhf.deb https://awesome.nwgat.ninja/deb/ffmpeg_3.0.3-1_armhf.deb https://awesome.nwgat.ninja/deb/libass_0.13.3-1_armhf.deb
• sudo dpkg -i *.deb
• echo "vo=rpi:background=yes" >> $HOME/.config/mpv/mpv.conf

Play a file (Big Buck Bunny 1080p 30fps)

• mpv http://ow.ly/10tB0C

mmal error
try setting video ram to 192

• sudo su
• echo "gpu_mem=128" >> /boot/config.txt
• echo "gpu_mem=256" >> /boot/config.txt (rpi2/rpi3)

note: it will default to fullscreen and borderless window, this is a limitation of raspberry pi