diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Download/LibMpvDownloadService .cs b/src/ui/Logic/Download/LibMpvDownloadService .cs
index bc919ed6ce2..0a188ddf5d5 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Download/LibMpvDownloadService .cs	
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Download/LibMpvDownloadService .cs	
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.UiLogic;
 
 namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
 
@@ -24,6 +26,15 @@ public class LibMpvDownloadService : ILibMpvDownloadService
     private const string MacUrl = "";
     private const string MacUrlArm = "";
 
+    // GitHub-published release-asset digests for the exact archives above. Keep this map in sync
+    // with the pinned URLs so a future asset bump cannot silently disable integrity verification.
+    internal static readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> KnownSha256 =
+        new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+        {
+            ["libmpv2-win64.zip"] = "ce99ee7a9cab0ada2f696b04132def67b0978157d5f4a1a7966d04c92aebbfec",
+            ["libmpv2-win-arm64.zip"] = "d8be93f69eb102026ba81d5d237887b858701510c9e5e26996a2d30f9829df00",
+        };
+
     public LibMpvDownloadService(HttpClient httpClient)
     {
         _httpClient = httpClient;
@@ -59,13 +70,85 @@ private static string GetUrl()
         //throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
     }
 
+    internal static string GetExpectedSha256(string url)
+    {
+        var assetName = Path.GetFileName(new Uri(url).AbsolutePath);
+        if (!KnownSha256.TryGetValue(assetName, out var expectedSha256))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"No SHA-256 is pinned for libmpv asset '{assetName}'.");
+        }
+
+        return expectedSha256;
+    }
+
+    internal static async Task VerifyChecksumAsync(Stream stream, string expectedSha256, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!stream.CanRead || !stream.CanSeek)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("libmpv integrity verification requires a readable, seekable stream.");
+        }
+
+        string actualSha256;
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        try
+        {
+            actualSha256 = await Sha256Util.ComputeSha256Async(stream, cancellationToken);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            stream.Position = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (!string.Equals(expectedSha256, actualSha256, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            throw new IOException(
+                $"libmpv download failed integrity check (expected SHA-256 {expectedSha256}, got {actualSha256}).");
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal async Task DownloadAndVerifyAsync(
+        Stream stream,
+        string url,
+        string expectedSha256,
+        IProgress<float>? progress,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(_httpClient, url, stream, progress, cancellationToken);
+        await VerifyChecksumAsync(stream, expectedSha256, cancellationToken);
+    }
+
     public async Task DownloadLibMpv(string destinationFileName, IProgress<float>? progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(_httpClient, GetUrl(), destinationFileName, progress, cancellationToken);
+        var url = GetUrl();
+        var expectedSha256 = GetExpectedSha256(url);
+
+        await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(_httpClient, url, destinationFileName, progress, cancellationToken);
+
+        try
+        {
+            await using var stream = File.OpenRead(destinationFileName);
+            await VerifyChecksumAsync(stream, expectedSha256, cancellationToken);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                File.Delete(destinationFileName);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Best effort: verification failure must remain the primary error.
+            }
+
+            throw;
+        }
     }
 
     public async Task DownloadLibMpv(Stream stream, IProgress<float>? progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(_httpClient, GetUrl(), stream, progress, cancellationToken);
+        var url = GetUrl();
+        var expectedSha256 = GetExpectedSha256(url);
+
+        await DownloadAndVerifyAsync(stream, url, expectedSha256, progress, cancellationToken);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/UI/Logic/Download/LibMpvDownloadServiceTests.cs b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/LibMpvDownloadServiceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..161d3d177fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/LibMpvDownloadServiceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
+
+namespace UITests.Logic.Download;
+
+public class LibMpvDownloadServiceTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(
+        "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/support-files/releases/download/libmpv-2026-08-14b/libmpv2-win64.zip",
+        "ce99ee7a9cab0ada2f696b04132def67b0978157d5f4a1a7966d04c92aebbfec")]
+    [InlineData(
+        "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/support-files/releases/download/libmpv-2026-08-14b/libmpv2-win-arm64.zip",
+        "d8be93f69eb102026ba81d5d237887b858701510c9e5e26996a2d30f9829df00")]
+    public void GetExpectedSha256_KnownAsset_ReturnsPinnedDigest(string url, string expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(expected, LibMpvDownloadService.GetExpectedSha256(url));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void KnownSha256_ContainsOnlyValidHexDigests()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(2, LibMpvDownloadService.KnownSha256.Count);
+        foreach (var hash in LibMpvDownloadService.KnownSha256.Values)
+        {
+            Assert.Matches("^[0-9a-f]{64}$", hash);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetExpectedSha256_UnknownAsset_FailsClosed()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            LibMpvDownloadService.GetExpectedSha256(
+                "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/support-files/releases/download/libmpv-future/libmpv2-win64-future.zip"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task VerifyChecksumAsync_KnownDigest_SucceedsAndRewindsStream()
+    {
+        await using var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("abc"));
+
+        await LibMpvDownloadService.VerifyChecksumAsync(
+            stream,
+            "ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad",
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Position);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DownloadAndVerifyAsync_TamperedPayload_RejectsDownloadedBytes()
+    {
+        using var httpClient = new HttpClient(new StaticResponseHandler(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("tampered")));
+        var service = new LibMpvDownloadService(httpClient);
+        await using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(() =>
+            service.DownloadAndVerifyAsync(
+                stream,
+                "https://example.test/libmpv.zip",
+                new string('0', 64),
+                progress: null,
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Position);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class StaticResponseHandler(byte[] payload) : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (request.Method == HttpMethod.Head)
+            {
+                return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK));
+            }
+
+            return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+            {
+                Content = new ByteArrayContent(payload),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}