mpv.net media player - Page 5

stax76 · 30th March 2019, 16:24

I found it difficult too, even with 15 years coding experience and I hope I could make it at least a little bit more accessible.

My goal with mpv.net is adding a few features I need for myself and help people a little bit if I can.

Other than that generally I like learning new languages, toolkits and frameworks etc., for mpv.net I've learned quite a bit about C# and WPF and found it quite nice after mastering difficulties I had before. Next on my table is C++, Rust, TypeScript, Python and F#.

BetA13 · 31st March 2019, 23:02

one little thing i noticed while testing.

open player, drops youtube link on it, video plays fine, all good BUT it does not go Fullscreen anymore. neither with "F", nor mouse double klick or via menue.

Only happens with youtube videos, normal movies/files are fine and fullscreen works via double klick.

not shure why that is, if you need more info, lemme know and ill get back to you

Greetz

edit:

is there a way to make the player "ask" me what format/resolution etc. i want when loading a youtube link?

or do i have to set that up somewhere?

Thanks

stax76 · 1st April 2019, 04:28

Quote:

open player, drops youtube link on it, video plays fine, all good BUT it does not go Fullscreen anymore. neither with "F", nor mouse double klick or via menue.

Only happens with youtube videos, normal movies/files are fine and fullscreen works via double klick.

I was able to fix it.

For youtube it should be possible to put options to the mpv.conf file.

https://mpv.io/manual/master/#options-ytdl-format

I hope it's OK, apparently it uses the best quality for default.

For the next release I've built an installer.

stax76 · 1st April 2019, 12:10

### 2.2

- messages boxes had always the info icon even if a different icon (error, warning, question) was intended
- instead of silently do nothing on unknown commands there is now a error message listing available commands and showing the location of the default bindings, this helps when commands are removed or renamed
- there was a problem fixed that made the cursor hidden when it should be visible
- dragging a youtube URL on mpv.net would break certain input related features
- there is now an installer with file extension registration (limited on Win 10) available
- WM_APPCOMMAND media keys were not working in the input (shortcut) editor and there were no defaults for prev and next defined

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

BetA13 · 1st April 2019, 17:03

nice update..

Thanks for the great support

updating now...
ill report back later^^

edit:

Fullscreen with youtube videos still borked..

stax76 · 1st April 2019, 18:18

Oh sorry, I had made a change and tested it 2-3 times and it was OK. Tried it now again and yes it's still broken. Potentially it's gonna be difficult to fix because probably it requires deep win32 knowledge, I'll give it a try, there is a tool called spy++ useful for this kind of issue.

What is very simple to do is to check the clipboard for a YouTube URL when the mpv.net window gets focus/activation and show a message box then confirming to play the URL.

stax76 · 1st April 2019, 19:09

There was a simple bug where code was executed that should only run for files and not for URL's, this caused an exception and unfortunately there was a second problem, the exception handling not working properly.

stax76 · 4th April 2019, 18:29

### 2.3 (2019-04-04)

- dragging a youtube URL on mpv.net would still break something, it should work now
- when the main window gets focus/activation it will check the clibboard for a YouTube video and ask to play it
- libmpv updated
- changing to normal size from fullscreen resulted in a too large window in some circumstances
- some default key bindings and menu structure have changed and the input.conf file has a description added on top <https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt>
- the file association code was completely rewriten, it's now contained within mpvnet.exe instead of a separate application and it adds a few more keys
- various new info added to the wiki: <https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/wiki>
- On Top feature was implemented using mpv's native property 'ontop', default bindings at: <https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt>

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

BetA13 · 4th April 2019, 22:16

Thank you, its fixed now

gonna read a bit trough your Wiki now...

Cheers

stax76 · 6th April 2019, 15:15

2.4 (2019-04-06)

new options added to the conf GUI editor: gpu-context, gpu-api, scale, cscale,
dscale, dither-depth, correct-downscaling, sigmoid-upscaling, deband
the conf edit GUI has a 'Apply' feature added to write the conf to mpv.conf
without the need to close the conf edit GUI
the input edit GUI shows a message box when a duplicate is detected and it has
a new feature to reduce the filter scope to eather of input, menu or command and
the editor writes always the same help on top of input.conf as it is found in the defaults
the conf edit GUI was often starting out of working area bounds and is now starting with center screen
the startup size was reduced and a issue was fixed that when the screen property
was defined for a screen that isn't connected the startup size wasn't applied
added feature to load external audio and subtitle files in the menu under:
Open > Load external audio|subtitle files (default binding at:
input.conf)
previously the conf edit GUI removed settings from the conf file if the setting
was set to the default, the new behavior is not to remove anything
the autofit mpv property was partly implemented, you can use 'autofit = 50%' in mpv.conf or
'--autofit=50%' on the command line, WxH isn't implemented and only percent values are accepted.
There is a new wiki page explaining the mpv.net limitations compared to the original mpv:
Limitations

go to download page

ashlar42 · 7th April 2019, 21:47

Nice improvements.

stax76 · 7th April 2019, 22:11

Unfortunately the latest release has a bug causing the conf editor not to save the settings in certain situations, I've noticed it today.

stax76 · 8th April 2019, 03:29

2.5 (2019-04-08)

in case the input conf don't contain a menu definition mpv.net creates the default menu instead no menu like before
all message boxes were migrated to use the TaskDialog API
an improvement in the previous release unfortunately introduced a bug
causing the conf editor not to save settings

go to download page

stax76 · 8th April 2019, 15:09

Anybody using Wox launcher here?

https://postimg.cc/kR41XjQM

stax76 · 8th April 2019, 21:13

First release of my Wox launcher plugin to control mpv.

https://github.com/stax76/wox-mpv-plugin

BetA13 · 8th April 2019, 22:52

im having a tiny little bit trouble reading the Configurator

Same happens if i try an Dark theme, or any other Theme for that matter ^^

*Danke für die neuen Updates

Cheers

stax76 · 9th April 2019, 04:04

I hope this release is more stable then the previous two.

2.6

on Win 7 controls in the conf editor were using a difficult too read too light color
context menu renderer changed to look like Win 10 design, except colors are still system theme colors

go to download page

stax76 · 10th April 2019, 16:08

Please someone confirms that the last release 2.6 actually starts on Win 7, I'm too lazy to set up a test environment. The last release has a manifest added which is a potential source of incompatibility.

BetA13 · 10th April 2019, 16:43

one second, im at it..

edit:

First start took around 3 seconds.
second start took under 1 second, all is fine at my end..

works just fine for me

Windows 7 64bit Pro

edit2:

The Configurator is also fine now

THANK YOU !!!

stax76 · 10th April 2019, 20:06

Thanks for testing! I get a white background, is your black background a windows setting or maybe changed by a 3rd party app?

The elements that previously had a too light color on Win 7 are now hard coded as Dark Slate Gray on systems prior Win 10, on Win 10 it uses the system theme/accent color. Hard coding it was easier than getting the system theme color, I had used a new method that didn't work on Win 7 but there is an old method that still could be implemented and probably works on Win 7, this old method is used in StaxRip.

This is how things look on Win 10 using Dark mode and Orange accent:

https://postimg.cc/JsVmB6QM

The screenshot also shows how radio buttons look in the settings dialog of Win 10 using dark mode.

mpv.net might support dark mode or color themes soon, I started experimenting with it today.

30th March 2019, 16:24	#81 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	I found it difficult too, even with 15 years coding experience and I hope I could make it at least a little bit more accessible. My goal with mpv.net is adding a few features I need for myself and help people a little bit if I can. Other than that generally I like learning new languages, toolkits and frameworks etc., for mpv.net I've learned quite a bit about C# and WPF and found it quite nice after mastering difficulties I had before. Next on my table is C++, Rust, TypeScript, Python and F#. Last edited by stax76; 30th March 2019 at 18:17.

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BetA13 cosmic entity Join Date: May 2011 Location: outside the Box Posts: 258	one little thing i noticed while testing. open player, drops youtube link on it, video plays fine, all good BUT it does not go Fullscreen anymore. neither with "F", nor mouse double klick or via menue. Only happens with youtube videos, normal movies/files are fine and fullscreen works via double klick. not shure why that is, if you need more info, lemme know and ill get back to you Greetz edit: is there a way to make the player "ask" me what format/resolution etc. i want when loading a youtube link? or do i have to set that up somewhere? Thanks Last edited by BetA13; 31st March 2019 at 23:06.

1st April 2019, 17:03	#85 \| Link
BetA13 cosmic entity Join Date: May 2011 Location: outside the Box Posts: 258	nice update.. Thanks for the great support updating now... ill report back later^^ edit: Fullscreen with youtube videos still borked.. Last edited by BetA13; 1st April 2019 at 17:11.

6th April 2019, 15:15	#90 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	2.4 (2019-04-06) new options added to the conf GUI editor: gpu-context, gpu-api, scale, cscale, dscale, dither-depth, correct-downscaling, sigmoid-upscaling, deband the conf edit GUI has a 'Apply' feature added to write the conf to mpv.conf without the need to close the conf edit GUI the input edit GUI shows a message box when a duplicate is detected and it has a new feature to reduce the filter scope to eather of input, menu or command and the editor writes always the same help on top of input.conf as it is found in the defaults the conf edit GUI was often starting out of working area bounds and is now starting with center screen the startup size was reduced and a issue was fixed that when the screen property was defined for a screen that isn't connected the startup size wasn't applied added feature to load external audio and subtitle files in the menu under: Open > Load external audio\|subtitle files (default binding at: input.conf) previously the conf edit GUI removed settings from the conf file if the setting was set to the default, the new behavior is not to remove anything the autofit mpv property was partly implemented, you can use 'autofit = 50%' in mpv.conf or '--autofit=50%' on the command line, WxH isn't implemented and only percent values are accepted. There is a new wiki page explaining the mpv.net limitations compared to the original mpv: Limitations go to download page Last edited by stax76; 7th April 2019 at 02:17.

8th April 2019, 03:29	#93 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	2.5 (2019-04-08) in case the input conf don't contain a menu definition mpv.net creates the default menu instead no menu like before all message boxes were migrated to use the TaskDialog API an improvement in the previous release unfortunately introduced a bug causing the conf editor not to save settings go to download page

1st April 2019, 12:10	#84 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	### 2.2 - messages boxes had always the info icon even if a different icon (error, warning, question) was intended - instead of silently do nothing on unknown commands there is now a error message listing available commands and showing the location of the default bindings, this helps when commands are removed or renamed - there was a problem fixed that made the cursor hidden when it should be visible - dragging a youtube URL on mpv.net would break certain input related features - there is now an installer with file extension registration (limited on Win 10) available - WM_APPCOMMAND media keys were not working in the input (shortcut) editor and there were no defaults for prev and next defined https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/releases

1st April 2019, 18:18	#86 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	Oh sorry, I had made a change and tested it 2-3 times and it was OK. Tried it now again and yes it's still broken. Potentially it's gonna be difficult to fix because probably it requires deep win32 knowledge, I'll give it a try, there is a tool called spy++ useful for this kind of issue. What is very simple to do is to check the clipboard for a YouTube URL when the mpv.net window gets focus/activation and show a message box then confirming to play the URL.

1st April 2019, 19:09	#87 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	There was a simple bug where code was executed that should only run for files and not for URL's, this caused an exception and unfortunately there was a second problem, the exception handling not working properly.

4th April 2019, 18:29	#88 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	### 2.3 (2019-04-04) - dragging a youtube URL on mpv.net would still break something, it should work now - when the main window gets focus/activation it will check the clibboard for a YouTube video and ask to play it - libmpv updated - changing to normal size from fullscreen resulted in a too large window in some circumstances - some default key bindings and menu structure have changed and the input.conf file has a description added on top <https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt> - the file association code was completely rewriten, it's now contained within mpvnet.exe instead of a separate application and it adds a few more keys - various new info added to the wiki: <https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/wiki> - On Top feature was implemented using mpv's native property 'ontop', default bindings at: <https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/input.conf.txt> https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/releases

4th April 2019, 22:16	#89 \| Link
BetA13 cosmic entity Join Date: May 2011 Location: outside the Box Posts: 258	Thank you, its fixed now gonna read a bit trough your Wiki now... Cheers

7th April 2019, 21:47	#91 \| Link
ashlar42 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 656	Nice improvements.

7th April 2019, 22:11	#92 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	Unfortunately the latest release has a bug causing the conf editor not to save the settings in certain situations, I've noticed it today.

8th April 2019, 15:09	#94 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	Anybody using Wox launcher here? https://postimg.cc/kR41XjQM

8th April 2019, 21:13	#95 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	First release of my Wox launcher plugin to control mpv. https://github.com/stax76/wox-mpv-plugin

8th April 2019, 22:52	#96 \| Link
BetA13 cosmic entity Join Date: May 2011 Location: outside the Box Posts: 258	im having a tiny little bit trouble reading the Configurator Same happens if i try an Dark theme, or any other Theme for that matter ^^ *Danke für die neuen Updates Cheers

9th April 2019, 04:04	#97 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	I hope this release is more stable then the previous two. 2.6 on Win 7 controls in the conf editor were using a difficult too read too light color context menu renderer changed to look like Win 10 design, except colors are still system theme colors go to download page

10th April 2019, 16:08	#98 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	Please someone confirms that the last release 2.6 actually starts on Win 7, I'm too lazy to set up a test environment. The last release has a manifest added which is a potential source of incompatibility. Last edited by stax76; 10th April 2019 at 16:11.

10th April 2019, 16:43	#99 \| Link
BetA13 cosmic entity Join Date: May 2011 Location: outside the Box Posts: 258	one second, im at it.. edit: First start took around 3 seconds. second start took under 1 second, all is fine at my end.. works just fine for me Windows 7 64bit Pro edit2: The Configurator is also fine now THANK YOU !!! Last edited by BetA13; 10th April 2019 at 16:49.

10th April 2019, 20:06	#100 \| Link
stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	Thanks for testing! I get a white background, is your black background a windows setting or maybe changed by a 3rd party app? The elements that previously had a too light color on Win 7 are now hard coded as Dark Slate Gray on systems prior Win 10, on Win 10 it uses the system theme/accent color. Hard coding it was easier than getting the system theme color, I had used a new method that didn't work on Win 7 but there is an old method that still could be implemented and probably works on Win 7, this old method is used in StaxRip. This is how things look on Win 10 using Dark mode and Orange accent: https://postimg.cc/JsVmB6QM The screenshot also shows how radio buttons look in the settings dialog of Win 10 using dark mode. mpv.net might support dark mode or color themes soon, I started experimenting with it today.