# Send to MPV player

> Send media stream links from current tab to MPV player

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/send-to-mpv-player](https://chrome-stats.com/d/send-to-mpv-player)

## Overview

- **ID:** `send-to-mpv-player`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joe Ertaba
- **Category:** download-management,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 327
- **Weekly downloads:** 20
- **Rating:** 4.24 / 5 (25 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.4resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-08-15
- **Size:** 416 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/send-to-mpv-player/)
- **Website:** [http://add0n.com/send-to.html?from=mpv](http://add0n.com/send-to.html?from=mpv)

## Description

Send to MPV Player is a Chrome extension that detects stream-able media links on your current tab and lets you send them directly to the powerful MPV media player. This extension operates efficiently with a non-persistent background page for minimal resource usage, providing a lightweight and optimized media detection algorithm. It enhances your viewing and listening experience by leveraging MPV's advanced playback features rather than using the browser's built-in media player. Features include configurable badge display, right-click context menu to copy media links, and support for native client installation enabling seamless communication with the MPV application. For more details and support, visit the official FAQ and GitHub issue page.

## Rankings

- #6,453 — Overall
- #22 — player
- #110 — algorithm
- #141 — play

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `nativeMessaging`
- `notifications`
- `contextMenus`
- `downloads`
- `<all_urls>`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `history`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

### Pros

- The add-on works as intended for some users, helping them get GPU acceleration for videos with ease.
- Doesn't require any kind of server running in the background.
- Application can be configurable to user preferences.
- Good alternative to other applications like openwith, mpv-youtube-dl-binding.

### Cons

- Some users experienced problems in playing videos or accessing audio.
- There's an issue with a recurring 'one more step' dialog after closing an mpv session.
- The right click context-menu sometimes has weird behaviour and crashes.
- Some users had difficulty installing the add-on due to a lack of understanding of the installation script

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/send-to-mpv-player)