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What's a good frontend for mpv? I need something to give to normalfag vlc users. MPV is just too strange and weird for them to use.
>where are the settings?
>how do I open file?
>I double clicked the .exe and the installer wouldn't run. Halp!
My file manager opens stuff by default in mpv and having the settings all in a single config file is much easier than navigating 20 fucking menus for shit.
just give them vlc, what do you care what they use?
>>46622500
>right click video file
>open with
>select mpv
>select do this by default
>>46622500
yep, mpv seems shit if you dont use terminal... at least on mac. The menu bar is fucking empty, no options at all.
>>46622500
>What's a good frontend for mpv?
mpv
>I need something to give to normalfag vlc users
No you don't. You want a shitty plebby frontend for yourself because you're stupid, and you don't want /g/ to make fun of you
>>46622537
You change the options with keybinds retard
>>46622565
I know that retard, but I would stil like a menu bar for reference. Should I memorize all of those? Or should I visit their documentation site everytime I need to change a setting??
>>46622500
If you want the config in windows you need to create a .conf file with the pattern of their site and paste it I forgot where. %appdata%/Roaming ? Or where the mpv has been installed. Fucking mess
>>46622594
>Should I memorize all of those?
Yes, retard
In case haasn will notice this thread: has that huge problem with smoothmotion's logic you were pointing out few days ago been fixed?
>>46622745
This one?
>>46622785
That's hat I was thinking about, but then he commented like this on the bug tracker, so I'd like to know if the current implementation is still fundamentally flawed or not.
Smplayer has an option at setup to use mpv instead of MPlayer as backend. It didnt work last time I tried
mpv needs a playlist, it's really the only thing stopping me from using it.
>>46623289
>>46622968
bakamplayer. But it's very early in development.
>mpv needs
It doesn't need anything. it's a backend. It will always be a simple KISS backend. It will always do everything media player wise, but the minimal for anything else.
cmplayer( now called bomi ) is probably the best frontend
>>46623289
>>46623386
That's shit, not a playlist, you can't even sort them the way you want in the playlist, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE FILES IN THE PLAYLIST
>>46622529
Tell them this. It's literally all they have to do. They don't need to change any settings, it just werks.
>>46623406
>you can't even sort them the way you want in the playlist
Do you know what a playlist is? You sort the media files in the playlist file
>>46623406
>YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE FILES IN THE PLAYLIST
That's plainly false, you can easily set a keybind to show the playlist via OSD.
>>46623368
Fuck off you fucking idiot, ever media player needs a proper playlist, keep your shitty methodology and stick it up your sorry ass.
I'm not talking about super spechul spinnan-cubz animations here, I'm talking about something that lets you see the order of your media files that WMP in 1995 had.
>>46623442
Show me please.
And this doesn't solve the problem of sorting the files, but at least it's something.
>>46623470
>wow mpv is SHIT it doesn't even show me the names of things that I told it to play
>oh it does? spoonfeed me please
How about read the fucking manual or go to a stupid questions thread
>>46623406
$ vim playlist.sh
:i
mpv file1.mp4
mpv file2.mp4
mpv file3.mp4
[esc]
:wq
# chmod +x playlist.sh
& ./playlist.sh
And you write the files down, or keep the file open and just save with :w and do the rest on another terminal window.
>>46623586
The last & should be a $. Sorry for that. (I posted it.)
>>46623586
God no.
>>46623470
You can see the files in your playlist by shift clicking the playlist arrows if you use the OSC. Otherwise you can bind a key for it, something likeP show_text ${playlist}
I have media keys on my thinkpad (fn+arrow cluster) but mpv has its own.
Can I get it to use my media keys for play pause forward etc.? I guess with the config file, right?
Also in windows is there any reason to use mpv over a fully configured mpc-hc with madvr and the usual stuff?
thanks
>>46623637
Why not?
>>46623727
>Can I get it to use my media keys for play pause forward etc.? I guess with the config file, right?
Yes, start mpv with --input-test --force-window --idle and press the keys to see how mpv sees them and then bind them in input.conf (see https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/etc/input.conf for reference)
>Also in windows is there any reason to use mpv over a fully configured mpc-hc with madvr and the usual stuff?
mpv is lighter I guess. Quality should be the same (with vo=opengl-hq) so it's just a matter of preference
>>46623451
>ever media player needs a proper playlist,
mpv is not a full media player. It's a media player backend. It's the updated version of mplayer. Light, portable. Other people then take that backend and make their own fully furnished media player.
Coders hate GUI code and all that. They just want to deal with the guts of the program. No GUi really helps keep them focused.
>>46623840
That's not the problem, it already has an OSD and I don't see how it can't be extended to support a visible, sortable playlist.
mpv is pretty stable right now, shouldn't be too much time until default video viewers in KDE/MATE/GNOME start using it as a backend.
>>46623857
Well get on it then, if it seems so easy to you.
What's stopping you?
Have you even filed a feature request?
>>46623857
>and I don't see how it can't be extended to
That's the problem. You grant that. Then someone says "well, it's not much more work to include..." and then you're adding this and that and everything. All bloat. All not needed.
Remember: mpv is a backend. Bare bones. Minimal.
Use a frontend for it if this minimal stance is not to your liking.
bakamplayer and smplayer (mpv version) are in early works. Neither are 100% bug free. We'll just have to wait for >>46623873
Don't be an autist and use XBMC
>>46623289
>>46623406
>>46623451
I can just drag over the files I want in nautilus then open them in mpv as a playlist.
Using < and > to go back and forth through them, enter to go to the next video, or having it automatically go to the next video at the end of the previous one.
>>46623727
>Can I get it to use my media keys for play pause forward etc.? I guess with the config file, right?
input.conf. Read the manpage on the relevant options.
>Also in windows is there any reason to use mpv over a fully configured mpc-hc with madvr and the usual stuff?
Yes.
>>46623840
>>46623908
>>46623368
mpv is a full media player. It is not a media player backend, although it can be used as one.
I don't know where you got the idea that mpv is not a full media player, and is a backend, but it's completely wrong.
>>46624321
mpv has always aimed for KISS and simpliciity and is mainly designed to be the backend in other media players.
>>46624358
> is mainly designed to be the backend in other media players.
This is 100% completely false. You won't even find the mention of libmpv or backend on their homepage.
>>46622500
CMPlayer which is now called bomi
The newest versions of SMPlayer can use mpv as backend
i use MPC-HC because im not a autist
i use VLC because im not a autist
i use WMP because im not a autist
i use ZoomPlayer because im not a autist
i use mpv because im not a autist
i use QuickTime because im not a autist
>>46624432
>>46624463
>>46624474
>>46624481
>>46624501
I use PotPlayer because it's better than any of those.
>>46624513
autist detected
>>46624534
Not denying it.
The fact that it can move the video up to reserve 2 lines for subtitles but only in full screen is pretty neat when you're using a 16:10 monitor.
Subtitle search and downloading, and thumbnails when you hover the seek bar is also rad.
It's bloated but at least you get a lot convenience to compensate for it.
>>46622500
>where are the settings?
~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
>how do I open file?
mpv [options] [file|URL|PLAYLIST|-]
mpv [options] files
>I double clicked the .exe and the installer wouldn't run. Halp!
Install Gentoo
>>46624583
>Subtitle search and downloading
mpv srsly needs that feature, idk if this would break KISS, but Im to lazy to code a script for that.
>>46622745
>has that huge problem with smoothmotion's logic you were pointing out few days ago been fixed?
No idea. Time to figure out.
>>46624642
>>Subtitle search and downloading
How about learning English.
No, it doesn't need such a worthless thing, in the off chance you're watching some movie with a language you can't understand then get the sub file off the thousand and six subtitle sites avaliable.
>>46624642
>mpv srsly needs that feature,
Stop requesting bloat.
>>46624642
https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal
mpv seriously needs a built in browser.
>>46624513
>freeware
>>46624642
SMPlayer can do that, but not the other things I mentioned.
Not sure about other front ends.
>>46624666
Do you think I'm brousing /g/ trough google translate or something you retard?
I insulted your sacred cow of a player and now you act defensive.
I didn't even say mpv should do that, I'm fine with it being as minimalist as possible and using front ends.
>>46624732
GTFO autist weaboo cartoon virgin loser !
>>46624666
>in the off chance you're watching some movie with a language you can't understand
>off chance
>he doesn't almost exclusively watch foreign films
>>46624775
Well, technically.. I do watch exclusively foreign films since I'm a Slavshit.
>>46624763
>le ebin smug anime face
how do I get smooth video playback and highest quality settings?
>>46624642
>>46624775
what shitty trackers are you downloading from where english subs aren't included muxed into the mkv?
>>46624918
>smooth video playback
use a video mode with a refresh rate that is a multiple of the video framerate, this is the only true answer, even if you're using frame interpolation it's still best to do this as well
>highest quality settings
depends how far you're willing to go, some things go well beyond what you'd need
>>46624846
>hating anime on an anime imageboard website
>>46624995
how do I interpolate?
>depends how far you're willing to go, some things go well beyond what you'd need
non-placebo tier. I remember seeing that it was just one line about some render mode
>>46625021
>non-placebo tier. I remember seeing that it was just one line about some render mode
vo=opengl-hq
is probably what you're thinking of, it's a sensible set of higher quality defaults for the opengl renderer
>how do I interpolate?
with a vapoursynth plugin/script
>>46624713
How the fuck do I use this?
I cloned the repo, but what next?
>>46625077
>can't execute a fucking python script
Get out from my /g/ you filthy casual.
I tried switching from MPC-HC to mpv but I can't even extract the fucking 64-bit folder.
What gives?
>>46625439
Did you use 7zip or something else?
>>46625462
Yeah I use 7zip
>>46622785
>>46622745
This is still pretty fucked up. I have no idea what's even going on in that code, but I wouldn't call any of it “smoothmotion”.
>>46625473
I do also. It is good software.
Good luck.
>>46624358
>and is mainly designed to be the backend in other media players.
No, this is blatantly false. It's designed to be perfectly usable on its own.
>>46625500
there's two interpolation techniques which get confused with each other every time the term "smoothmotion" gets mentioned
one involves frame blending, where adjacent frames are blended instead of simply duplicated, similar to how pulldown works
the other is full frame interpolation, where you generate entirely new frames based on adjacent frames, attempting to create an approximation of what such a frame would have looked like if it was in the source file
>>46625555
>one involves frame blending, where adjacent frames are blended instead of simply duplicated, similar to how pulldown works
Yes, and this does not seem to correspond to what's implemented.
>>46625500
I see. I guess I'll wait for some update and then test smoothmotion again: right now it produces some stutter on my machine (though actually is a bit better with that recent commit) and I don't know if it's due to my laptop not-so-great old discrete GPU or something else.
>>46625523
Well then is it all right if I use 32-bit?
>>46625735
If you're talking about mpv, no. What's the problem with the .7z?
>>46625439
Works fine here
>>46625853
7zip can't recognize the 64-bit folder as an archive but yet it can extract the 32-bit folder with no problems.
>>46625893
Redownload it then. Probably got corrupted during download.
>>46622500
>Not programming your own media player
>Not letting your friends program their own media player
Why do you hate yourself and your friends?
>>46625893
I also use 7zip and just updated with no problems
>>46625912
>>46625918
>>46625891
>>46625853
Looks like I had to disable avast permanently to fix this problem.
Tried disabling for 10 minutes or an hour but that didn't work.
>>46626044
>avast
I used to use baka mplayer, though I prefer mpv.
If you're on windows, MPC-HC+madVR+xy is still the best choice though.
>>46626064
Can't download the newest version of Common Sense
>>46626044
>Avast
You brought this upon yourself
>>46626090
>If you're on windows, MPC-HC+madVR+xy is still the best choice though.
What does madVR do that mpv doesn't?
>>46626116
Have you ever used madVR nigga?
Artifact removal is just one thing.
>>46624713
Thank you anon!
>>46626116
Correct smooth motion.
>>46626116
Everything.
how can I get MPV to display the video name for a few seconds on load?
>>46626261
Lua.
>>46626612
You got any more information on that?
>>46626635mputils = require 'mp.utils'
function show_name()
local file = mp.get_property("filename")
mp.osd_message(file, 5)
end
mp.register_event("start-file", show_name)
The number in the mp.osd_message line controls how long the filename should stay on screen.
>>46626261--osd-playing-msg=<string>
Show a message on OSD when playback starts. The string is expanded for properties, e.g. --osd-playing-msg='file: ${filename}' will show the message file: followed by a space
and the currently played filename.
>>46626143
>Have you ever used madVR nigga?
Yes
>Artifact removal is just one thing.
What kind of artifacts do you mean?
>>46626216
Noted
>>46626251
That's not an answer
>>46625525
But the focus is minimal and to be a backend. All other flashy shit, GUI and other bloat is haram.
Checking for SSA/ASS support : no
Unable to find development files for libass. Aborting. If you really mean to compile without libass support use --disable-libass.Name : libass-devel
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.12.0
Release : 1.fc21
Size : 25 k
Repo : installed
From repo : fedora
Summary : Development files for libass
URL : https://github.com/libass
Licence : ISC
Description : The libass-devel package contains libraries and header files for
: developing applications that use libass.
did git pull and now mpv won't detect libass any more?
>>46626090
>If you're on windows, MPC-HC+madVR+xy is still the best choice though.
I think smooth motion is the only place where madVR is better still. But development of mpv is much faster than MPC or madVR, and it will soon fully eclipse or surpass it. It already has most of the other madVR features. Plus it's portable, open source, better coded and less CPU/GPU intensive.
mpv is, if you support open source software what should be supported.
When's the next point release?
I want my PPA to update, mane!
>>46627708
Looks like you'll have to upgrade to 0.12.1
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/c314385
>smooth motion on any medium
are you idiots retarded? It makes the video look retarded as shit
You people are fucking autistic uncureable shutins
>>46628053
i take it you're new here
Good Windows frontend? mpv.com is eh
>>46628053
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/1603
>mpv to get dynamic rate control
Which one /g/?
>>46628413
left without the black borders.
>>46628413
for whatever stupid reason i prefer subtitles to be in the video frame
>>46628413
did they recently change sub in margins to yes by default?
