Missing mpv.app bundle for Apple Silicon

[rgaufman]

brew gist-logs <formula> link OR brew config AND brew doctor output

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Verification

• My "brew doctor output" says Your system is ready to brew. and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• I ran brew update and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• I have resolved all warnings from brew doctor and that did not fix my problem.

What were you trying to do (and why)?

I installed the package but there's no /Applications/mpv.app bundle like in previous versions from years ago.

What happened (include all command output)?

mpv.app is missing

What did you expect to happen?

mpv.app to be available in /Applications

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

brew install mpv
OR brew install mpv --HEAD
OR brew install --cask mkv # this does install mpv.app but an Intel binary, not one for Apple Silicon

[ZhongRuoyu]

What you installed was the mpv formula. Since you're asking for mpv.app: the mpv cask should be what you're looking for. Do:

brew uninstall mpv
brew install --cask mpv

[rgaufman]

I tried that but this installed the Intel version, not an Apple Silicon one, edited the title to be more explicit.

[ZhongRuoyu]

To answer why it's an Intel version, I'm quoting the app provider's FAQ (note that Homebrew/cask is not building the app from source):

faq: "Could you provide a native build for M1/M2 Macs?" - i'll look into it once i get access to an M1/M2 Mac

Note that this issue relates to a cask, and is therefore actually not a Homebrew/core issue.

[ZhongRuoyu]

On a side note, as for why Homebrew/cask is not providing an official build: because there isn't one. Some discussion related to mpv's status in Homebrew/core and in Homebrew/cask can be found at at Homebrew/homebrew-cask#86226.

[rgaufman]

Understood, thank you - as a solution I found this: https://github.com/deus0ww/homebrew-tap - hopefully this will be useful to somebody if they find this issue.