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When comparing MX Player Pro vs MPV, the Slant community recommends MPV for most people. In the question“What are the best Android video players?” MPV is ranked 2nd while MX Player Pro is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose MPV is:
Everything MPV needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Hardware acceleration
Hardware acceleration can be used for video playback to help in the apps HW+ mode. This allows for smoother video playback as well as better playback of higher resolutions.
Pro Built-in touch lock feature
It is possible to have videos played in touch lock mode. It is also possible to hide watermarks or display the player's touch locked status.
Pro Needs no additional codecs
Everything MPV needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed.
Pro Integrates with streaming services
When used with youtube-dl.
Pro Minimal interface
Click to open files and get Video with sound (and passthrough of codecs like DTS etc) for a perfect cinema experience. Works okay for many files.
Default window is not much more than a title bar - and if you drag/resize the window it resizes the video and leaves no empty areas. There is no visible control or display unless you use mouse/keyboard over the window.
This is the best player to use unless you're going for a media center (then use MPV based Plex Media Player to display and play the Plex Server library).
Pro Up to date
Always up to date, rapid development.
Pro Extremely responsive
Pro Caches livestreams
Intelligently caches livestreams and enables jumping within the cached stream.
Pro Fast
Cons
Con No color adjustment like saturation, hue, and contrast
Con HW+ audio quality is very bad
Con Closed source & paid
Con No ac3 support
There is no ac3 audio support.
Con No Chromecast support
Not having Chromecast support severely limits the apps usefulness to those that use said service, especially when many other video apps support it.
Con Minimal theme support
Con Lack of a typical GUI can be jarring to some
The minimal interface comes at the cost of beginner-friendliness. You need to know keyboard shortcuts by heart, settings are set in text files, right-clicking won't bring up a menu, etc.
