We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.39.0, with more than 5 months of development since the last version. This release brings numerous improvements and fixes across nearly all components...

mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.39.0, with more than 5 months of development since the last version. This release brings numerous improvements and fixes across nearly all components.

Key highlights:

  • A new select.lua script, allowing users to easily choose files from playlists, tracks, chapters, output devices, and more.
  • A native replacement for autoload.lua has been implemented. See --autocreate-playlist in the manual.
  • NVIDIA RTX and Intel VSR scaling are now supported via the d3d11va filter.
  • Media controls are now supported on Windows.
  • Track selection has been improved, especially for multi-component languages like fr-CA.
  • A new fifth page has been added to stats.lua, displaying track information.
  • Compatibility with dmabuf-wayland has been significantly enhanced.
  • Multi-touch support has been introduced.
  • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 days ago

    For me, VLC doesn’t support VRR on gnome(didn’t try KDE) so I am using MPV. Even for me, who often struggles with using the terminal, it has been a breeze to use. I even changed the config files to have MPV use hwdec by default and it wasn’t difficult. Truly a marvelous project