From 8e8c34008faf8774623f10d6d72b49614d979dd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dudemanguy Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:35:29 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] README: update minimum windows version and clarify The README says Windows 7 and up, but the reality is that Windows development is not done with 7 in mind and there are several known issues that nobody is going to fix. Change this to 10 to reflect reality. Also add a small paragraph explaining that we don't intentionally break old systems, but don't expect them to always work. Also change OSX to macOS. --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 452649575e..1100dbd54b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Releases can be found on the [release list][releases]. ## System requirements -- A not too ancient Linux, Windows 7 or later, or OSX 10.8 or later. +- A not too ancient Linux, Windows 10 or later, or macOS 10.8 or later. - A somewhat capable CPU. Hardware decoding might help if the CPU is too slow to decode video in realtime, but must be explicitly enabled with the `--hwdec` option. @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ Releases can be found on the [release list][releases]. output methods can help (such as `--vo=xv` on Linux), but this use is not recommended or supported. +mpv does not go out of its way to break on older hardware or old, unsupported +operating systems, but development is not done with them in mind. Keeping +compatibility with such setups is not guaranteed. If things work, consider it +a happy accident. + ## Downloads