diff --git a/src/dakara_player/media_player/mpv.py b/src/dakara_player/media_player/mpv.py
index 66a2236..b9dedf3 100644
--- a/src/dakara_player/media_player/mpv.py
+++ b/src/dakara_player/media_player/mpv.py
@@ -90,12 +90,10 @@ def is_available():
     def get_version():
         """Get media player version.
 
-        mpv version is in the form "mpv x.y.z+git.v.w" where "v" is a timestamp
-        and "w" a commit hash for post releases, or "mpv x.y.z" for releases.
-
-        In case of post release, as the version given by mpv does not respect
-        semantic versionning, the sub-version is the concatenation of the day
-        part and the time part of "v".
+        mpv versions are in the form "vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH" for releases, older
+        versions (<0.37) do not include a 'v' before the version, post releases
+        are detected as any valid base version followed by "+BUILD" or "-BUILD"
+        where BUILD is whatever build information was included in the string.
 
         Returns:
             packaging.version.Version: Parsed version of mpv.
@@ -105,14 +103,14 @@ def get_version():
         """
         player = mpv.MPV()
         match = re.search(
-            r"mpv (\d+\.\d+\.\d+)(?:\+git\.(\d{8})T(\d{6})\..*)?",
+            r"mpv v?(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)([+-]\w+)?",
             player.mpv_version,
         )
         player.terminate()
 
         if match:
-            if match.group(2) and match.group(3):
-                return parse(match.group(1) + "-post" + match.group(2) + match.group(3))
+            if match.group(2):
+                return parse(match.group(1) + "-post")
 
             return parse(match.group(1))
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_media_player_mpv.py b/tests/unit/test_media_player_mpv.py
index fd7ea79..67d6d9f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_media_player_mpv.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_media_player_mpv.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class MediaPlayerMpvTestCase(TestCase):
     """Test the static methods of the abstract MediaPlayerMpv class."""
 
     @patch("dakara_player.media_player.mpv.mpv.MPV")
-    def test_get_version_postrelease(self, mocked_mpv_class):
-        """Test to get the mpv post release version."""
+    def test_get_version_opensuse_postrelease(self, mocked_mpv_class):
+        """Test to get the version from an openSUSE mpv build."""
         # mock the version of mpv
         mocked_mpv_class.return_value.mpv_version = (
             "mpv 0.32.0+git.20200402T120653.5824ac7d36"
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def test_get_version_postrelease(self, mocked_mpv_class):
         self.assertTrue(version.is_postrelease)
 
     @patch("dakara_player.media_player.mpv.mpv.MPV")
-    def test_get_version(self, mocked_mpv_class):
-        """Test to get the mpv stable version."""
+    def test_get_version_old(self, mocked_mpv_class):
+        """Test to get the version from a release build of mpv <0.37."""
         # mock the version of mpv
         mocked_mpv_class.return_value.mpv_version = "mpv 0.32.0"
 
@@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ def test_get_version(self, mocked_mpv_class):
         self.assertEqual(version.base_version, "0.32.0")
         self.assertFalse(version.is_postrelease)
 
+    @patch("dakara_player.media_player.mpv.mpv.MPV")
+    def test_get_version_meson(self, mocked_mpv_class):
+        """Test to get the version from a release build of mpv >=0.37."""
+        # mock the version of mpv
+        mocked_mpv_class.return_value.mpv_version = "mpv v0.37.0"
+
+        # call the method
+        version = MediaPlayerMpv.get_version()
+
+        # assert the result
+        self.assertEqual(version.base_version, "0.37.0")
+        self.assertFalse(version.is_postrelease)
+
+    @patch("dakara_player.media_player.mpv.mpv.MPV")
+    def test_get_version_meson_git(self, mocked_mpv_class):
+        """Test to get the version from a vcs build of mpv."""
+        # mock the version of mpv
+        mocked_mpv_class.return_value.mpv_version = "mpv v0.37.0-364-g2cc3bc12db"
+
+        # call the method
+        version = MediaPlayerMpv.get_version()
+
+        # assert the result
+        self.assertEqual(version.base_version, "0.37.0")
+        self.assertTrue(version.is_postrelease)
+
     @patch("dakara_player.media_player.mpv.mpv.MPV")
     def test_get_version_not_found(self, mocked_mpv_class):
         """Test to get the mpv version when it is not available."""