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scripts/bootstrap.py

@@ -1508,27 +1508,21 @@ def main() -> int:
 
         # 7. CLI Verification
         pb.update("Verifying CLI configuration...")
-        # Check core dependencies (including mpv) before finalizing
+        # Check core imports (skip optional python-mpv here because it depends on
+        # the system libmpv shared library and is not required for the repo-local
+        # MPV IPC integration; MPV executable availability is handled below.)
         try:
-            # Check basic imports and specifically mpv
             missing = []
-            for mod in ["importlib", "shutil", "subprocess", "mpv"]:
+            for mod in ["importlib", "shutil", "subprocess"]:
                 try:
                     # Use run() for verification to ensure clean environment
                     run([str(venv_python), "-c", f"import {mod}"], quiet=True)
                 except Exception:
                     missing.append(mod)
-            
-            if missing:
-                # If mpv is missing, it might be because python-mpv wasn't in requirements.txt
-                # or failed to install. Try installing it explicitly.
-                if "mpv" in missing:
-                    try:
-                        _run_cmd([str(venv_python), "-m", "pip", "install", "--no-cache-dir", "python-mpv"])
-                        missing.remove("mpv")
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
-                
+
+            # Note: If the MPV executable is missing it will be handled by the
+            # MPV installation step later in this script; do not attempt to
+            # install the third-party `python-mpv` package here.
             if missing:
                 print(f"\nWarning: The following packages were not importable in the venv: {', '.join(missing)}")
         except Exception: