install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install smpeg2

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install smpeg2

MacPorts ports tree · multimedia/smpeg2/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#smpeg2

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sm/smpeg2/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

SDL MPEG Player Library

Project links

Commands and aliases

plaympeg2
smpeg2-config

history

Project history and usage

smpeg2 packages the SDL 2-oriented SMPEG MPEG player library and utilities.

Project history

The official SMPEG README identifies version 2.0.0 dated 2001-07-17 and lists SDL 2.0.0 or newer as a requirement.

The README describes SMPEG as a free MPEG-1 video player library with sound support, written by Karl Robillard and Sam Lantinga at Loki Software with streaming MPEG support from Vivien Chappelier.

Adoption history

The smpeg2 package keeps the SDL 2 variant of the older SMPEG code available to package-manager users.

Input package facts show smpeg2 packaged by Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix.

How it is used

The official README documents `make all` for building the library and player.

For this package, the installed executables are `plaympeg2` and `smpeg2-config` according to source facts.

Why package nerds care

smpeg2 is significant as the SDL 2 packaging line for SMPEG, preserving older MPEG-1 playback support while avoiding collision with SDL 1-oriented SMPEG packages.

Its `smpeg2-config` utility follows the older Unix convention of package-specific compiler/linker flag helpers.

Timeline

2001: Official README identifies SMPEG 2.0.0 dated 2001-07-17.

Related projects

Related projects named by the official README include SDL, Berkeley `mpeg_play`, `mpegsound`, Splay, `plaympeg`, `gtv`, and `glmovie`.
The package is closely related to the `smpeg` package because both come from the same official SMPEG repository.

Sources

https://github.com/icculus/smpeg#readme
https://icculus.org/smpeg/
source_facts.executables
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:library-like

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`plaympeg2`	cli	global executable
`smpeg2-config`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.0.0

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/icculus/smpeg

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/icculus/smpegnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:smpeg2
Version	2.0.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/smpeg2
Homepage	https://icculus.org/smpeg/
Repository	https://github.com/icculus/smpeg
Upstream docs	https://github.com/icculus/smpeg#readme
License	LGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/icculus/smpeg/archive/refs/tags/release_2_0_0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:06:19-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	sdl2-compat
Build dependencies	autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	smpeg2
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

smpeg2

nix profile install nixpkgs#smpeg2

normalized package name match
Matched by: Smpeg2

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sm/smpeg2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

smpeg2

sudo port install smpeg2

normalized package name match
Matched by: Smpeg2

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/smpeg2/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/smpeg2.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install smpeg2 with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix