mpv.net media player

[stax76]

I've just uploaded a new release and hope that it's actually stable.

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/releases

[stax76]

Hey everybody,

I've uploaded a maintenance release, there is now an update check and routine.

The release is all about PowerShell because the update routine is PowerShell based and I've also migrated the release script from C# to PowerShell. It's possible to install mpv.net with PowerShell but I don't maintain this yet so there is a delay, I'll investigate if I can take over the maintenance for the Chocolatey package.

Let me know what you think about the default theme.

5.4.4.0

new: forecolors in the dark theme are slightly darker now

new: readme/website and manual were improved

new: source code includes now the release script to build the archives and setup files

new: the history feature now uses the full path

new: install via Scoop and Chocolatey added to readme/website (Restia666Ashdoll)

new: update check, it must be enabled first in the conf editor under General

new: update feature, requires PowerShell 5 and curl,
an up to date Windows 10 system has both included.
Main menu (input.conf) must be reset or updated manually (defaults (https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/inputConf.txt))

update: libmpv shinchiro 2019-11-10

fix: often the OSC was shown when fullscreen was entered
or on app startup, this is now suppressed

fix: the file association routine uses no longer 'Play with mpv.net' for the
default open verb caption because it doesn't support multi selection,
it shows now only Open, the manual explains how to get multi selection
in File Explorer, read about it here (https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/Manual.md#open-with).

fix: x86 builds had an older version included because
of a misconfiguration in the solution file



Link to the project can be found in my signature.

[amayra]

thanks for your hard work but i have hard time when i'm using your program because i can't control video Frame like MPC
here example:
https://aboutdevice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mpc-be-change-aspect-ratio.png
and can't use mpv.conf options like with mpv.net
--video-unscaled=yes
--video-zoom=0

[stax76]

You can create a menu by editing input.conf:


_ set video-aspect "-1" #menu: Video > Override Aspect Ratio > Default
_ set video-aspect "4:3" #menu: Video > Override Aspect Ratio > 4:3
_ set video-aspect "16:9" #menu: Video > Override Aspect Ratio > 16:9
_ set video-aspect "2.35:1" #menu: Video > Override Aspect Ratio > 2.35:1


It will not adjust the window size, that is something that could be supported in the future in case somebody creates an issue on the tracker.

Not sure what the other options are used for in mpv, if they are window related than they might not be supported in mpv.net as window related features need a custom implementation because mpv.net uses a custom window. So far only few popular window features are supported:

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/wiki/Limitations#window-implementation

Before work on mpv.net can continue I want to finish some staxrip modernization, made some progress this weekend:

https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip/commit/9e8eb219c0f226d308e740c9b10f1b979aa74f50

[amayra]

If I go fullscreen, the video gets stretched to take up the whole moniton
Is there a way to either maximize or go fullscreen so I have a video resolution in the center without resizing ?
and mpv.net does not support mpv.conf modification like original mpv ?

[stax76]

Is there a way to either maximize or go fullscreen so I have a video resolution in the center without resizing ?

Isn't that what video-unscaled=yes does? I tried adding it to mpv.conf and it works fine in mpv.net.

[stax76]

Been working 3 months on staxrip and now shifting back to other tools, primarily mpv.net, been already doing mpv.net improvements the last two days so there will be much likely a new build this or next month.

[stax76]

I'm trying to make colors show in mpv but don't seem to work, has anybody else tried it?


Desktop> mpvnet --vf=format:colormatrix=bt.2020-ncl:primaries=bt.2020 'D:\Samples\GeminiMan_temp\GeminiMan_new_play.avs'
(+) Video --vid=1 (rawvideo 3840x2072 29.970fps)
VO: [gpu] 3840x2072 yuv420p10

[amayra]

Been working 3 months on staxrip and now shifting back to other tools, primarily mpv.net, been already doing mpv.net improvements the last two days so there will be much likely a new build this or next month.

thank you for your hard work mpc+madvr is the only thing that keep me from change to linux :thanks:

[chros]

I just tried 5.4.4.0 and it asks for installing .NET 4.8, v5.1.0.0 didn't have this requirement and I didn't find anything in the change log about this.
Edit: the last portable that works without .NET 4.8 is 5.4.1.0
Edit2: oh, it's in the main readme file, sorry

[stax76]

5.4.4.2 Beta


- update: libmpv shinchiro 0.32.0-258-g281f5c63c1
- update: youtube-dl

- new: d3d11va-zero-copy setting added to conf editor
- new: hdr-compute-peak setting added to conf editor
- new: flag cli switches support now `--no-flag` in addition to `--flag=no`
https://mpv.io/manual/master/#usage
- new: cli switches can also start with single `-` instead of double `--`
https://mpv.io/manual/master/#legacy-option-syntax
- new: PowerShell script host was completely rewritten, events can be assigned
by using `Register-ObjectEvent`, the scripting wiki page was updated
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/wiki/Scripting#powershell
- new: Context Menu > View > Show Profiles
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt#L147
- new: Context Menu > View > Show Properties
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt#L148
- new: Context Menu > View > Show Commands
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt#L149
- new: config editor tab is now remembered
- new: osd-duration setting added to config editor and default mpv.conf
- new: external console replaced with internal console, in case mpv.conf is missing it's
generated with correct Hight DPI font size scale settings.
`script-opts=console-scale=<dpiscale>`
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt#L150
https://mpv.io/manual/master/#console
- new: blue color in dark theme is now less intense
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/Manual.md#color-theme
- new: menu item 'View > Show Progress' (p key) to show progress bar
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt#L146
- new: `script-message mpv.net playlist-first`, unlike mpv does not
restart if the first file is already active
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt#L44
- new: if mpv.net is started from the terminal and an error happens then the error
is printed to the terminal instead of shown with a message box
- fix: update routine did only work when mpv.net was located in 'Program Files'
- fix: fatal errors were ignored and only seen in the terminal, now a message box is shown
- fix: when start-size=video was used then enlarging or shrinking the window size was broken

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/Changelog.md

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net#download

[amayra]

[sub/ass] Could not open libavcodec subtitle converter
i can't watch some file with subtitle with new beta 5.4.4.2

[stax76]

Please try if it happens with the latest mpv as well. If so you can report it on the mpv tracker.

[kerimcem]

I liked it,using less cpu,thank you...

[stax76]

I needed a break from staxrip...


5.4.4.3 Beta
============

- update MediaInfo 20.03
- update libmpv 2020-04-12, it supports vpy playback, read manual or ask in forum
- mpv property `window-maximized` support added, cycling it from input.conf
is not recommended, use native Windows shortcuts Win+Up, Win+Down
- the mpv.net `start-size` option supports `always` to always remember the window height
- if the window was maximized before fullscreen was entered, it's now set to
maximized after fullscreen was left
- with `border=no` the OSC did not auto hide after the mouse curser left the window
- the script that modified the seek OSD was removed, it still can be found in the mpv wiki
- certain videos were showed with black bars


https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net#beta

[stax76]

For this build a lot of debugging was done, fortunately it could be solved completely in the end. I improve the readme/start page and the manual, moving the wiki content to the manual.


5.4.4.4 Beta
============

- with `border=no` the OSC top bar window buttons min, max and close are fully supported.
- anamorphic videos are shown without black bars, the window is resized according to the ascpect ratio.
- PowerShell 5.1 was made optional.
- full implementation for `window-minimized` and `window-maximized`,
scripts that depend on this like pause-when-minimize.lua are now fully supported.
- fix cycling from maximized to fullscreen and back.

[stax76]

mpv.net 5.4.4.6 Beta
====================

- using start-size=video the window size was not remembered
after fullscreen mode was left.
- using start-size=video the window can now use the entire
working area using autofit-larger=100


mpv.net 5.4.4.5 Beta
====================

- overhaul of the webpage and the manual.
- change that possibly could fix a multimedia keyboard volume issue.

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net

[stax76]

After 5 months there's a new mpv.net stable release, no changes since the last beta 5.4.4.6 from last week.

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net

[ashlar42]

Thanks for continuing development on this.

[chros]

Thanks for continuing development on this.
Me too!

[stax76]

Thanks for the feedback, I'm always having fun with mpv.

[chros]

Thanks Stax for your work!

I have been fooling around with autoprofiles (https://github.com/scetus/mpv-scripts/blob/master/auto-profiles.lua), like this, but nothing wants to work:

[1080p25]
#profile-desc=cond:(p["video-params/h"]<1081 and p["estimated-vf-fps"]<26)
profile-desc=cond:(p["video-params/h"]<1081 and p["container-fps"]<26)
#profile-desc=cond:(get("video-params/h", -math.huge)<1081 and get("estimated-vf-fps", -math.huge)<26)
osd-playing-msg = '1080p25: ${media-title}'


Only the 3rd (get()) works due to returning the specified value. Others say: compare nil with a number.
Also, how can you print out value of a property (e.g. "video-params/h") onto console (`) ?

Thanks

[stax76]

The built-in on screen console lets you execute so-called input commands:

https://mpv.io/manual/master/#list-of-input-commands


A very useful command is print-text:

https://mpv.io/manual/master/#command-interface-print-text


This will print on video screen but also on the terminal if you started mpv(.net) from the terminal.

To print a property you can use a technique called property expansion:

https://mpv.io/manual/master/#property-expansion

So to show the path property you would enter:

print-text ${path}


If I have time I give this script a try.

[chros]

So to show the path property you would enter:
print-text ${path}
Thanks it works with this, the properties are populated:
print-text ${container-fps}
print-text ${estimated-vf-fps}
print-text ${video-params/h}

But for whatever reason it doesn't come through into autoprofiles.
I've put "auto-profiles.lua" into "portable_config\scripts".
Examples: link1 (https://github.com/Argon-/mpv-config/blob/master/mpv.conf#L183), link2 (https://gist.github.com/shabbir-hasan/2b096ebb554e029faa476728f3b5c741#file-mpv-conf-L426)

[chros]

It's sort of working, but something weird is going on. Consider this config:

[0576p25]
profile-desc=cond:(p.height < 577)
osd-playing-msg = '0576p25: ${media-title}'

[1080p25]
profile-desc=cond:(p.height < 1081)
osd-playing-msg = '1080p25: ${media-title}'

[2160p25]
profile-desc=cond:(p.height < 2161)
osd-playing-msg = '2160p25: ${media-title}'


Upon playing a 1080p23 file, the 1080p25 OSD message is diplayed, but in console:
- you see 6 times of: "attempt to compare nil with number"
- and it applies profiles 2 times (I'm not sure how it's supposed to work):
-- 1st time: Applying profile 2160p25
-- 2nd time: Applying profile 1080p25

I thought once it found the first match in the config it stops looking for the rest :)

[stax76]

If it's not applying the correct profile I can't do much as I'm typically not much involved in image quality topics and I'm not particular good in Lua and don't know who originally wrote the script and who maintains it. As for the OSD this Lua code seem to help:


function on_osd_playing_msg(name, value)
msg = mp.command_native({"expand-text", "${osd-playing-msg}"})
msg = mp.command_native({"expand-text", msg})
mp.commandv("show-text", msg)
end

mp.observe_property("osd-playing-msg", "string", on_osd_playing_msg)


Maybe not a perfect solution but seem to work.

What it does is observing the property osd-playing-msg, if it changes then it renders it to the OSD with the duration defined by osd-duration which is 2 seconds in mpv.net defaults.

[stax76]

The last stable release had unfortunately a text encoding bug, so I had to do a new stable release:


5.4.6.0
=======

- youtube-dl update
- auto update routine fix


5.4.5.1 Beta
============

- extensions no longer need to end with *Extension.dll but rather
the file name and the directory name must be identical
- text encoding exception fix
- the PowerShell script host is more feature complete, easier to use
and more efficient, there were however many PowerShell and C# breaking
changes requrired to make the core more robust and efficient
- Python 2 script host removed, Python 3 support is planned for summer


https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/tree/master/scripts/powershell

[chros]

I had to do a new stable release
Thanks for the new release!

Upon playing a 1080p23 file, the 1080p25 OSD message is diplayed, but in console:
- you see 6 times of: "attempt to compare nil with number"
- and it applies profiles 2 times (I'm not sure how it's supposed to work):
-- 1st time: Applying profile 2160p25
-- 2nd time: Applying profile 1080p25

So, I read through the auto-profile script and as it turned out:
- the first 6 times of error were produced upon launching the application without video, so it didn't have any properties yet
-- to fix this we have to use get() (https://github.com/scetus/mpv-scripts/blob/435543c60f423a89811942c9c4c82eea6d910e40/auto-profiles.lua#L183) in profile condition where we can specify a default value
--- since we use less in conditions we have to specify a big value as default in get(), hence "math.huge" is used (= inf)
- for applying the profile more than 1 time: we have to add interval checks for properties (as was shown here (https://gist.github.com/shabbir-hasan/2b096ebb554e029faa476728f3b5c741#file-mpv-conf-L426))

So I think this works fine now (no more error message and a profile only applies once), as an example:

[0576p25]
profile-desc=cond:(get("video-params/h", -math.huge)>0 and get("video-params/h", math.huge)<577 and get("estimated-vf-fps", -math.huge)>0 and get("estimated-vf-fps", math.huge)<26)
osd-playing-msg = '0576p25: ${media-title}'

[0720p25]
profile-desc=cond:(get("video-params/h", -math.huge)>576 and get("video-params/h", math.huge)<721 and get("estimated-vf-fps", -math.huge)>0 and get("estimated-vf-fps", math.huge)<26)
osd-playing-msg = '0720p25: ${media-title}'

[1080p25]
profile-desc=cond:(get("video-params/h", -math.huge)>720 and get("video-params/h", math.huge)<1081 and get("estimated-vf-fps", -math.huge)>0 and get("estimated-vf-fps", math.huge)<26)
osd-playing-msg = '1080p25: ${media-title}'

[2160p25]
profile-desc=cond:(get("video-params/h", -math.huge)>1080 and get("video-params/h", math.huge)<2161 and get("estimated-vf-fps", -math.huge)>0 and get("estimated-vf-fps", math.huge)<26)
osd-playing-msg = '2160p25: ${media-title}'

[stax76]

So you have everything working correctly, nice.

I wonder how the render capabilities of mpv compare to madvr, for me it's fine as image quality topics don't interest me and common issues like banding don't bother me but as mpv user and frontend author I wonder how mpv compares to madvr. I understand that mpv isn't made for everybody and it's fine.

[chros]

I wonder how the render capabilities of mpv compare to madvr
What do you exactly mean about "render" capabilities?

for me it's fine as image quality topics don't interest me and common issues like banding don't bother me
You'd be shocked what you can achieve with mpv today on windows :)
Take a look at this blog article (https://artoriuz.github.io/blog/mpv_upscaling.html), and these short comments: link1 (https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1906789#post1906789) , link2 (https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1907691#post1907691).
There's a built-in deband filter as well, 3dlut support (I'm not sure how it works exactly), HDR tonenapping with Win10 1804, etc.

Obviously, there are missing image refinements and maybe a lot more, I don't know yet :)

but as mpv user and frontend author I wonder how mpv compares to madvr.
I was curious as well, that's why I started to play with it. I'll create a github repo for the config files later. :)
The biggest "issue" is the overall user experience (e.g. compared to mpc-hc/be + madvr):
- different monitor profiles (maybe it can be done with auto-profiles)
- auto refresh rate switching
- remote control! (e.g. via an android phone)
- who knows what else :)

[stax76]

Thanks for the explanation. I use an old MS remote configured to send standard keys, a similar model (other brand) is still available.

[chros]

Does it require other program to run (e.g. like Girder was 20 years ago :) )? Also, can you browse your filesystem to select any other media with it?

If you have time and are in the mood then try this one (https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=175007) out e.g. with mpc-be and you'll see what I mean :) . Although most people use some fancy frontend (kodi, emby, etc), I don't like and need those since I have this.
Btw, stax, are you good in vbscript? :)

[stax76]

Does it require other program to run (e.g. like Girder was 20 years ago )?

Windows has a driver for this remote built-in, by default I think it sends both regular keys and weird wm_appcommand messages but it can configured via registry key which I did, sends now regular keys.


Also, can you browse your filesystem to select any other media with it?

This might be possible via mpv user scripts like this one:

https://github.com/darsain/uosc

At the moment it might not work in mpv.net, yesterday somebody made a requested regarding it, I hope it's easy to fix.


If you have time and are in the mood then try this one out e.g. with mpc-be and you'll see what I mean

I've many interesting topics usually, remote isn't at the moment but it could change in the future.


Btw, stax, are you good in vbscript?

Actually I have a history with that, was my first language in 2001 and it's the origin of staxrip because first it was a vbscript to automate encoding DVB sources, then it was ported to VB6 shortly after and when .NET appeared in 2002 it was ported to .NET, the name staxrip came later, before it was called DVX. At that time most people rejected .NET

[aufkrawall]

I wonder how the render capabilities of mpv compare to madvr, for me it's fine as image quality topics don't interest me and common issues like banding don't bother me but as mpv user and frontend author I wonder how mpv compares to madvr.
It defaults to FP16 internal format, which should be enough to do any processing without visible banding even with HDR video. Dithering is disabled by default and I'd always enable it. ewa_lanczos looks exactly like the Jinc scaler in madVR, though mpv has no working anti-ringing filter for it integrated.

[pirlouy]

Dithering is enabled with gpu-hq profile, and with a GPU dedicated card (even from 5 years), it should be usable:
Profile gpu-hq:
scale=spline36
cscale=spline36
dscale=mitchell
dither-depth=auto
correct-downscaling=yes
linear-downscaling=yes
sigmoid-upscaling=yes
deband=yes

@stax76: I'm also not interested in image quality since I watch good sources, so I'm fine with mpv, plus it uses less ressources.
But I'm sensible to motion, and the equivalent of madVR's Smooth Motion is quite costly in ressources (display-resample + tscale=oversample). And there's nothing planned for that (nervous conversation inc (https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/7674)).

[aufkrawall]

I can't recall the performance hit by tscale=oversample, but tscale=linear is cheap.
You can always use display-resample with a close match to the actual refresh rate or a multiple of it with crap GPUs, as unlike interpolation, it doesn't turn off dumb-mode.

[stax76]

I'm back with profile=gpu-hq, card is too slow for 4K 50/60 fps but I rarely have such files.

There were some issue reported I try to address:


5.4.7.0
=======

- log error fix
- workaround to support AviSynth portable (ffmpeg blocks loading AviSynth from path env var)
- attempt to fix not reproducible volume input issue
- attempt to fix exception caused by powershell being not available on Win 7


https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net

I hope the auto update function fix from 5.4.6.0 works.

[chros]

Thanks for the new version!

I'm back with profile=gpu-hq
Note that hq enables debanding as well which is not needed for hq content.

Quick question (missing feature): how to achieve the same basic playlist functionality with mpv/mpv.net (like with mpc-be)?
- there's always a default playlist
- when open the player this default playlist is loaded
- when you open/drag a file the playlist is overridden with the new one
- this default playlist is saved automatically
- prev/next track "button" loads the next file in the same folder even if the playlist has just 1 file entry (and modify itself)

[aufkrawall]

Some performance data: When I had an RX 560 4GB installed, I could do


hwdec=d3d11va
d3d11va-zero-copy=yes
dither-depth=8
sigmoid-upscaling
linear-downscaling
correct-downscaling
cscale=ewa_lanczos
scale=ewa_lanczos
dscale=ewa_lanczossharp
tscale=linear
video-sync=display-resample
interpolation
deband
hdr-compute-peak=no

without issues for playing 4k 60fps HDR@1440p.

[stax76]

- there's always a default playlist
- when open the player this default playlist is loaded
- this default playlist is saved automatically


I think there is a Lua script to make the playlist persistent, Reddit has a mpv section, I think that's where I saw this script. I don't know if it works in mpv.net and if it's solid. The bests scripts are usually self written. :)

- when you open/drag a file the playlist is overridden with the new one

What happens when dropping files depend on the settings and which modifier key is pressed.

To get more info you can do a text search in the mpv.net manual and using the search field in the config editor.

Search for:

shift

control

playlist

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/Manual.md

https://mpv.io/manual/master

prev/next track "button" loads the next file in the same folder even if the playlist has just 1 file entry (and modify itself)

Would also require writing a script, current default is loading the folder into the playlist, there is a Lua script for that and mpv.net has it built in using the mpv.net specific setting auto-load-folder, enabled by default I think.

[chros]

Thanks, stax, then I skip this one for now. :)

I've created a repo and added couple of settings (https://github.com/chros73/mpv.net-config/issues/1).
I'll take a look at upscaling profiles next.

(Note I use 4k TV with an AVR + nvidia 1060 6GB GPU.)

[chros]

It defaults to FP16 internal format, which should be enough to do any processing without visible banding even with HDR video.
I wonder which fbo-format corresponds to madvr?
I've put "fbo-format=rgba32f" into my conf but it has a big performance impact, and mpv defaults to "rgba16f" or "rgba16hf".
At the same time madshi says this about madvr:
- full 16bit processing queue
- final 16bit processing result is dithered down to RGB output bitdepth

So, what do you think: rgba16hf or rgba32f ?

[Greenhorn]

From the sound of it, rgba16hf is closest to what madVR uses, and I doubt you really need much more precision than madVR would offer.

(FYI-- a bit of googling shows that the "hf" stands for "host float" and not "half float," if you thought it might, as I did.)

[stax76]

5.4.8.0 is a new mpv.net stable release with following improvements since the last stable release:

- fix learn window of input editor (much work)
- fix black one pixel bar on right side
- fix beep sound when closed from taskbar
- media key issue finally fixed
- libmpv and youtube-dl update
- fix crash caused by powershell 5.1 not being installed
- log error fix
- the release script now also outputs x86 beta versions so x86 users can test betas

Website:

https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net


Windows 10 users that have version 5.4.6.0 or higher can use the update feature in the menu, I've updated mpv.net of staxrip with it and it worked correctly. Windows 7 users have to ensure they have PowerShell 5.1 and curl.

[Tadanobu]

If we could have dav1d 0.7.0 in the next release that would be appreciated !

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d/-/releases/0.7.0

[pirlouy]

A bit of drama recently (anti-Microsoft rant from wm4) ? ^^
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/a20ae0417f2d1e1a2c173f5eaf66a81974df0008#commitcomment-39290870

[stax76]

Thanks for posting, that was new to me. I think Microsoft's open source story has improved, and they are building a few good open source products. wm4 and some others are not convinced, there are however enough Windows users convinced of mpv, it's a fantastic application, I'm not just using it but love to use it.

[pirlouy]

"Timetotal=yes" in osc.conf seems broken from 20200517 build.
I don't want to open a ticket for that. Someone to confirm ? Should I open a ticket for this or they will find it by themselves ?

[rock]

"Timetotal=yes" in osc.conf seems broken from 20200517 build.
I don't want to open a ticket for that. Someone to confirm ? Should I open a ticket for this or they will find it by themselves ?

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/7733#issuecomment-631293579

[pirlouy]

Ah thanks ! That's it ! Too bad there's always someone to trash talk (Argon in this case). It's a bug, why being so arrogant...
The EOL conversion trick works though.