SVP:IINA

Setting up IINA (macOS)

• version used: 1.3.3 (26 July 2023)
• developer's web site

Requires:

• mpv with Vapoursynth support installed via Homebrew

Basic settings

• macOS 13 or later: allow Terminal app to update other applications in System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> App Management -> Terminal = checked

The following steps are essential after every IINA update!

• Install IINA, let's assume that you've it in /Applications/IINA.app
• Important! Launch it for the first time, then exit.
• Open Terminal and remove all the libmpv.* files distributed with IINA:

rm -f /Applications/IINA.app/Contents/Frameworks/libmpv.*

• Link Homebrew's mpv to IINA.app (Apple M1/M2 systems):

ln -s /opt/homebrew/lib/libmpv.2.dylib /Applications/IINA.app/Contents/Frameworks/libmpv.2.dylib

• the same for Intel-based systems:

ln -s /usr/local/lib/libmpv.2.dylib /Applications/IINA.app/Contents/Frameworks/libmpv.2.dylib

• the same for MacPorts installation instead of Homebrew:

ln -s /opt/local/lib/libmpv.2.dylib /Applications/IINA.app/Contents/Frameworks/libmpv.2.dylib

The rest steps are for the first time installation only.

• Run IINA again, open Preferences, go to the Advanced section. Check the Enable advanced settings option, then add a few options into the Additional mpv options field:

Name	Value
input-ipc-server	/tmp/iinasocket
hr-seek-framedrop	no

• Go to the Video/Audio section and set Hardware decoder to Auto (copy)

• Restart IINA again

macOS 10.13 and earlier

You must rebuild mpv with a --disable-swift option. Since Homebrew has removed this flag, you must run

brew edit mpv 

and change the formula manually as below: