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VIDEO OUTPUT DRIVERS
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====================
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Video output drivers are interfaces to different video output facilities. The
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syntax is:
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``--vo=<driver1[:suboption1[=value]:...],driver2,...[,]>``
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Specify a priority list of video output drivers to be used.
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If the list has a trailing ',', mpv will fall back on drivers not contained
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in the list. Suboptions are optional and can mostly be omitted.
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You can also set defaults for each driver. The defaults are applied before the
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normal driver parameters.
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``--vo-defaults=<driver1[:parameter1:parameter2:...],driver2,...>``
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Set defaults for each driver.
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.. note::
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See ``--vo=help`` for a list of compiled-in video output drivers.
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The recommended output drivers are ``--vo=vdpau`` and ``--vo=opengl-hq``.
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All other drivers are just for compatibility or special purposes.
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.. admonition:: Example
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``--vo=opengl,xv,``
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Try the ``opengl`` driver, then the ``xv`` driver, then others.
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Available video output drivers are:
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``xv`` (X11 only)
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Uses the XVideo extension to enable hardware-accelerated display. This is
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the most compatible VO on X, but may be low-quality, and has issues with
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OSD and subtitle display.
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.. note:: This driver is for compatibility with old systems.
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``adaptor=<number>``
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Select a specific XVideo adapter (check xvinfo results).
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``port=<number>``
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Select a specific XVideo port.
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``ck=<cur|use|set>``
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Select the source from which the color key is taken (default: cur).
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cur
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The default takes the color key currently set in Xv.
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use
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Use but do not set the color key from mpv (use the ``--colorkey``
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option to change it).
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set
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Same as use but also sets the supplied color key.
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``ck-method=<man|bg|auto>``
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Sets the color key drawing method (default: man).
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man
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Draw the color key manually (reduces flicker in some cases).
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bg
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Set the color key as window background.
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auto
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Let Xv draw the color key.
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``colorkey=<number>``
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Changes the color key to an RGB value of your choice. ``0x000000`` is
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black and ``0xffffff`` is white.
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``no-colorkey``
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Disables color-keying.
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``x11`` (X11 only)
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Shared memory video output driver without hardware acceleration that works
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whenever X11 is present.
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.. note:: This is a fallback only, and should not be normally used.
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``vdpau`` (X11 only)
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Uses the VDPAU interface to display and optionally also decode video.
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Hardware decoding is used with ``--hwdec=vdpau``.
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.. note::
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Earlier versions of mpv (and MPlayer, mplayer2) provided sub-options
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to tune vdpau post-processing, like ``deint``, ``sharpen``, ``denoise``,
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``chroma-deint``, ``pullup``, ``hqscaling``. These sub-options are
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deprecated, and you should use the ``vdpaupp`` video filter instead.
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``sharpen=<-1-1>``
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(Deprecated. See note about ``vdpaupp``.)
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For positive values, apply a sharpening algorithm to the video, for
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negative values a blurring algorithm (default: 0).
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``denoise=<0-1>``
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(Deprecated. See note about ``vdpaupp``.)
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Apply a noise reduction algorithm to the video (default: 0; no noise
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reduction).
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``deint=<-4-4>``
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(Deprecated. See note about ``vdpaupp``.)
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Select deinterlacing mode (default: 0). In older versions (as well as
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MPlayer/mplayer2) you could use this option to enable deinterlacing.
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This doesn't work anymore, and deinterlacing is enabled with either
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the ``D`` key (by default mapped to the command ``cycle deinterlace``),
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or the ``--deinterlace`` option. Also, to select the default deint mode,
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you should use something like ``--vf-defaults=vdpaupp:deint-mode=temporal``
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instead of this sub-option.
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0
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Pick the ``vdpaupp`` video filter default, which corresponds to 3.
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1
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Show only first field.
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2
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Bob deinterlacing.
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3
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Motion-adaptive temporal deinterlacing. May lead to A/V desync
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with slow video hardware and/or high resolution.
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4
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Motion-adaptive temporal deinterlacing with edge-guided spatial
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interpolation. Needs fast video hardware.
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``chroma-deint``
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(Deprecated. See note about ``vdpaupp``.)
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Makes temporal deinterlacers operate both on luma and chroma (default).
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Use no-chroma-deint to solely use luma and speed up advanced
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deinterlacing. Useful with slow video memory.
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``pullup``
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(Deprecated. See note about ``vdpaupp``.)
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Try to apply inverse telecine, needs motion adaptive temporal
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deinterlacing.
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``hqscaling=<0-9>``
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(Deprecated. See note about ``vdpaupp``.)
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0
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Use default VDPAU scaling (default).
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1-9
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Apply high quality VDPAU scaling (needs capable hardware).
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``fps=<number>``
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Override autodetected display refresh rate value (the value is needed
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for framedrop to allow video playback rates higher than display
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refresh rate, and for vsync-aware frame timing adjustments). Default 0
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means use autodetected value. A positive value is interpreted as a
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refresh rate in Hz and overrides the autodetected value. A negative
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value disables all timing adjustment and framedrop logic.
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``composite-detect``
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NVIDIA's current VDPAU implementation behaves somewhat differently
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under a compositing window manager and does not give accurate frame
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timing information. With this option enabled, the player tries to
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detect whether a compositing window manager is active. If one is
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detected, the player disables timing adjustments as if the user had
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specified ``fps=-1`` (as they would be based on incorrect input). This
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means timing is somewhat less accurate than without compositing, but
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with the composited mode behavior of the NVIDIA driver, there is no
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hard playback speed limit even without the disabled logic. Enabled by
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default, use ``no-composite-detect`` to disable.
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``queuetime_windowed=<number>`` and ``queuetime_fs=<number>``
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Use VDPAU's presentation queue functionality to queue future video
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frame changes at most this many milliseconds in advance (default: 50).
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See below for additional information.
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``output_surfaces=<2-15>``
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Allocate this many output surfaces to display video frames (default:
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3). See below for additional information.
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``colorkey=<#RRGGBB|#AARRGGBB>``
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Set the VDPAU presentation queue background color, which in practice
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is the colorkey used if VDPAU operates in overlay mode (default:
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``#020507``, some shade of black). If the alpha component of this value
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is 0, the default VDPAU colorkey will be used instead (which is usually
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green).
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``force-yuv``
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Never accept RGBA input. This means mpv will insert a filter to convert
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to a YUV format before the VO. Sometimes useful to force availability
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of certain YUV-only features, like video equalizer or deinterlacing.
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Using the VDPAU frame queuing functionality controlled by the queuetime
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options makes mpv's frame flip timing less sensitive to system CPU load and
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allows mpv to start decoding the next frame(s) slightly earlier, which can
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reduce jitter caused by individual slow-to-decode frames. However, the
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NVIDIA graphics drivers can make other window behavior such as window moves
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choppy if VDPAU is using the blit queue (mainly happens if you have the
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composite extension enabled) and this feature is active. If this happens on
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your system and it bothers you then you can set the queuetime value to 0 to
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disable this feature. The settings to use in windowed and fullscreen mode
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are separate because there should be no reason to disable this for
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fullscreen mode (as the driver issue should not affect the video itself).
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You can queue more frames ahead by increasing the queuetime values and the
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``output_surfaces`` count (to ensure enough surfaces to buffer video for a
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certain time ahead you need at least as many surfaces as the video has
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frames during that time, plus two). This could help make video smoother in
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some cases. The main downsides are increased video RAM requirements for
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the surfaces and laggier display response to user commands (display
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changes only become visible some time after they're queued). The graphics
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driver implementation may also have limits on the length of maximum
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queuing time or number of queued surfaces that work well or at all.
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``direct3d_shaders`` (Windows only)
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Video output driver that uses the Direct3D interface.
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.. note:: This driver is for compatibility with systems that don't provide
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proper OpenGL drivers.
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``prefer-stretchrect``
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Use ``IDirect3DDevice9::StretchRect`` over other methods if possible.
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``disable-stretchrect``
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Never render the video using ``IDirect3DDevice9::StretchRect``.
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``disable-textures``
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Never render the video using D3D texture rendering. Rendering with
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textures + shader will still be allowed. Add ``disable-shaders`` to
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completely disable video rendering with textures.
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``disable-shaders``
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Never use shaders when rendering video.
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``only-8bit``
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Never render YUV video with more than 8 bits per component.
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Using this flag will force software conversion to 8-bit.
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``disable-texture-align``
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Normally texture sizes are always aligned to 16. With this option
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enabled, the video texture will always have exactly the same size as
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the video itself.
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Debug options. These might be incorrect, might be removed in the future,
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might crash, might cause slow downs, etc. Contact the developers if you
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actually need any of these for performance or proper operation.
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``force-power-of-2``
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Always force textures to power of 2, even if the device reports
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non-power-of-2 texture sizes as supported.
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``texture-memory=<mode>``
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Only affects operation with shaders/texturing enabled, and (E)OSD.
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Possible values:
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``default`` (default)
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Use ``D3DPOOL_DEFAULT``, with a ``D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM`` texture for
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locking. If the driver supports ``D3DDEVCAPS_TEXTURESYSTEMMEMORY``,
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``D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM`` is used directly.
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``default-pool``
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Use ``D3DPOOL_DEFAULT``. (Like ``default``, but never use a
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shadow-texture.)
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``default-pool-shadow``
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Use ``D3DPOOL_DEFAULT``, with a ``D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM`` texture for
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locking. (Like ``default``, but always force the shadow-texture.)
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``managed``
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Use ``D3DPOOL_MANAGED``.
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``scratch``
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Use ``D3DPOOL_SCRATCH``, with a ``D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM`` texture for
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locking.
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``swap-discard``
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Use ``D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD``, which might be faster.
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Might be slower too, as it must(?) clear every frame.
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``exact-backbuffer``
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Always resize the backbuffer to window size.
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``direct3d`` (Windows only)
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Same as ``direct3d_shaders``, but with the options ``disable-textures``
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and ``disable-shaders`` forced.
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.. note:: This driver is for compatibility with old systems.
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``opengl``
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OpenGL video output driver. It supports extended scaling methods, dithering
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and color management.
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By default, it tries to use fast and fail-safe settings. Use the alias
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``opengl-hq`` to use this driver with defaults set to high quality
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rendering.
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Requires at least OpenGL 2.1.
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Some features are available with OpenGL 3 capable graphics drivers only
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(or if the necessary extensions are available).
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OpenGL ES 2.0 and 3.0 are supported as well.
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Hardware decoding over OpenGL-interop is supported to some degree. Note
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that in this mode, some corner case might not be gracefully handled, and
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color space conversion and chroma upsampling is generally in the hand of
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the hardware decoder APIs.
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``scale=<filter>``
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``bilinear``
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Bilinear hardware texture filtering (fastest, very low quality).
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This is the default for compatibility reasons.
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``spline36``
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Mid quality and speed. This is the default when using ``opengl-hq``.
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``lanczos``
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Lanczos scaling. Provides mid quality and speed. Generally worse
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than ``spline36``, but it results in a slightly sharper image
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which is good for some content types. The number of taps can be
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controlled with ``scale-radius``, but is best left unchanged.
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This filter corresponds to the old ``lanczos3`` alias if the default
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radius is used, while ``lanczos2`` corresponds to a radius of 2.
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(This filter is an alias for ``sinc``-windowed ``sinc``)
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``ewa_lanczos``
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Elliptic weighted average Lanczos scaling. Also known as Jinc.
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Relatively slow, but very good quality. The radius can be
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controlled with ``scale-radius``. Increasing the radius makes the
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filter sharper but adds more ringing.
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(This filter is an alias for ``jinc``-windowed ``jinc``)
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``ewa_lanczossharp``
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A slightly sharpened version of ewa_lanczos, preconfigured to use
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an ideal radius and parameter. If your hardware can run it, this is
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probably what you should use by default.
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``mitchell``
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Mitchell-Netravali. The ``B`` and ``C`` parameters can be set with
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``scale-param1`` and ``scale-param2``. This filter is very good at
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downscaling (see ``dscale``).
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``oversample``
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A version of nearest neighbour that (naively) oversamples pixels,
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so that pixels overlapping edges get linearly interpolated instead
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of rounded. This essentially removes the small imperfections and
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judder artifacts caused by nearest-neighbour interpolation, in
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exchange for adding some blur. This filter is good at temporal
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interpolation, and also known as "smoothmotion" (see ``tscale``).
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There are some more filters, but most are not as useful. For a complete
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list, pass ``help`` as value, e.g.::
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mpv --vo=opengl:scale=help
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``scale-param1=<value>``, ``scale-param2=<value>``
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Set filter parameters. Ignored if the filter is not tunable.
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Currently, this affects the following filter parameters:
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bcspline
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Spline parameters (``B`` and ``C``). Defaults to 0.5 for both.
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gaussian
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Scale parameter (``t``). Increasing this makes the result blurrier.
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Defaults to 1.
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sharpen3, sharpen5
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Sharpening strength. Increasing this makes the image sharper but
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adds more ringing and aliasing. Defaults to 0.5.
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oversample
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Minimum distance to an edge before interpolation is used. Setting
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this to 0 will always interpolate edges, whereas setting it to 0.5
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will never interpolate, thus behaving as if the regular nearest
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neighbour algorithm was used. Defaults to 0.0.
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``scale-blur=<value>``
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Kernel scaling factor (also known as a blur factor). Decreasing this
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makes the result sharper, increasing it makes it blurrier (default 0).
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If set to 0, the kernel's preferred blur factor is used. Note that
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setting this too low (eg. 0.5) leads to bad results. It's generally
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recommended to stick to values between 0.8 and 1.2.
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``scale-radius=<value>``
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Set radius for filters listed below, must be a float number between 0.5
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and 16.0. Defaults to the filter's preferred radius if not specified.
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``sinc`` and derivatives, ``jinc`` and derivatives, ``gaussian``, ``box`` and ``triangle``
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Note that depending on filter implementation details and video scaling
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ratio, the radius that actually being used might be different
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(most likely being increased a bit).
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``scale-antiring=<value>``
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Set the antiringing strength. This tries to eliminate ringing, but can
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introduce other artifacts in the process. Must be a float number
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between 0.0 and 1.0. The default value of 0.0 disables antiringing
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entirely.
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Note that this doesn't affect the special filters ``bilinear``,
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``bicubic_fast`` or ``sharpen``.
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``scale-window=<window>``
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(Advanced users only) Choose a custom windowing function for the kernel.
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Defaults to the filter's preferred window if unset. Use
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``scale-window=help`` to get a list of supported windowing functions.
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``scale-wparam=<window>``
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(Advanced users only) Configure the parameter for the window function
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given by ``scale-window``. Ignored if the window is not tunable.
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Currently, this affects the following window parameters:
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kaiser
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Window parameter (alpha). Defaults to 6.33.
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blackman
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Window parameter (alpha). Defaults to 0.16.
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gaussian
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Scale parameter (t). Increasing this makes the window wider.
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Defaults to 1.
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``scaler-resizes-only``
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Disable the scaler if the video image is not resized. In that case,
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``bilinear`` is used instead whatever is set with ``scale``. Bilinear
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will reproduce the source image perfectly if no scaling is performed.
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Note that this option never affects ``cscale``.
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``pbo``
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Enable use of PBOs. This is slightly faster, but can sometimes lead to
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sporadic and temporary image corruption (in theory, because reupload
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is not retried when it fails), and perhaps actually triggers slower
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paths with drivers that don't support PBOs properly.
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``dither-depth=<N|no|auto>``
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Set dither target depth to N. Default: no.
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no
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Disable any dithering done by mpv.
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auto
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Automatic selection. If output bit depth cannot be detected,
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8 bits per component are assumed.
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8
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Dither to 8 bit output.
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Note that the depth of the connected video display device can not be
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detected. Often, LCD panels will do dithering on their own, which
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conflicts with ``opengl``'s dithering and leads to ugly output.
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``dither-size-fruit=<2-8>``
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Set the size of the dither matrix (default: 6). The actual size of
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the matrix is ``(2^N) x (2^N)`` for an option value of ``N``, so a
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value of 6 gives a size of 64x64. The matrix is generated at startup
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time, and a large matrix can take rather long to compute (seconds).
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Used in ``dither=fruit`` mode only.
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``dither=<fruit|ordered|no>``
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Select dithering algorithm (default: fruit). (Normally, the
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``dither-depth`` option controls whether dithering is enabled.)
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``temporal-dither``
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Enable temporal dithering. (Only active if dithering is enabled in
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general.) This changes between 8 different dithering pattern on each
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frame by changing the orientation of the tiled dithering matrix.
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Unfortunately, this can lead to flicker on LCD displays, since these
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have a high reaction time.
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``debug``
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Check for OpenGL errors, i.e. call ``glGetError()``. Also request a
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debug OpenGL context (which does nothing with current graphics drivers
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as of this writing).
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``interpolation``
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Reduce stuttering caused by mismatches in the video fps and display
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refresh rate (also known as judder).
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This essentially attempts to interpolate the missing frames by
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convoluting the video along the temporal axis. The filter used can be
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controlled using the ``tscale`` setting.
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Note that this relies on vsync to work, see ``swapinterval`` for more
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information.
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``swapinterval=<n>``
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Interval in displayed frames between two buffer swaps.
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1 is equivalent to enable VSYNC, 0 to disable VSYNC. Defaults to 1 if
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not specified.
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Note that this depends on proper OpenGL vsync support. On some platforms
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and drivers, this only works reliably when in fullscreen mode. It may
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also require driver-specific hacks if using multiple monitors, to
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ensure mpv syncs to the right one. Compositing window managers can
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also lead to bad results, as can missing or incorrect display FPS
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information (see ``--display-fps``).
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``dscale=<filter>``
|
|
Like ``scale``, but apply these filters on downscaling instead. If this
|
|
option is unset, the filter implied by ``scale`` will be applied.
|
|
|
|
``cscale=<filter>``
|
|
As ``scale``, but for interpolating chroma information. If the image
|
|
is not subsampled, this option is ignored entirely.
|
|
|
|
``tscale=<filter>``
|
|
The filter used for interpolating the temporal axis (frames). This is
|
|
only used if ``interpolation`` is enabled. The only valid choices
|
|
for ``tscale`` are separable convolution filters (use ``tscale=help``
|
|
to get a list). The default is ``oversample``.
|
|
|
|
Note that the maximum supported filter radius is currently 3, and that
|
|
using filters with larger radius may introduce issues when pausing or
|
|
framestepping, proportional to the radius used. It is recommended to
|
|
stick to a radius of 1 or 2.
|
|
|
|
``dscale-radius``, ``cscale-radius``, ``tscale-radius``, etc.
|
|
Set filter parameters for ``dscale``, ``cscale`` and ``tscale``,
|
|
respectively.
|
|
|
|
See the corresponding options for ``scale``.
|
|
|
|
``linear-scaling``
|
|
Scale in linear light. This is automatically enabled if
|
|
``target-prim``, ``target-trc``, ``icc-profile`` or
|
|
``sigmoid-upscaling`` is set. It should only be used with a
|
|
``fbo-format`` that has at least 16 bit precision.
|
|
|
|
``fancy-downscaling``
|
|
When using convolution based filters, extend the filter size
|
|
when downscaling. Trades quality for reduced downscaling performance.
|
|
|
|
This is automatically disabled for anamorphic video, because this
|
|
feature doesn't work correctly with different scale factors in
|
|
different directions.
|
|
|
|
``sigmoid-upscaling``
|
|
When upscaling, use a sigmoidal color transform to avoid emphasizing
|
|
ringing artifacts. This also enables ``linear-scaling``.
|
|
|
|
``sigmoid-center``
|
|
The center of the sigmoid curve used for ``sigmoid-upscaling``, must
|
|
be a float between 0.0 and 1.0. Defaults to 0.75 if not specified.
|
|
|
|
``sigmoid-slope``
|
|
The slope of the sigmoid curve used for ``sigmoid-upscaling``, must
|
|
be a float between 1.0 and 20.0. Defaults to 6.5 if not specified.
|
|
|
|
``no-npot``
|
|
Force use of power-of-2 texture sizes. For debugging only.
|
|
Borders will be distorted due to filtering.
|
|
|
|
``glfinish``
|
|
Call ``glFinish()`` before and after swapping buffers (default: disabled).
|
|
Slower, but might help getting better results when doing framedropping.
|
|
Can completely ruin performance. The details depend entirely on the
|
|
OpenGL driver.
|
|
|
|
``waitvsync``
|
|
Call ``glXWaitVideoSyncSGI`` after each buffer swap (default: disabled).
|
|
This may or may not help with video timing accuracy and frame drop. It's
|
|
possible that this makes video output slower, or has no effect at all.
|
|
|
|
X11/GLX only.
|
|
|
|
``dwmflush=<no|windowed|yes>``
|
|
Calls ``DwmFlush`` after swapping buffers on Windows (default: no).
|
|
It also sets ``SwapInterval(0)`` to ignore the OpenGL timing. Values
|
|
are: no (disabled), windowed (only in windowed mode), yes (also in
|
|
full screen).
|
|
This may help getting more consistent frame intervals, especially with
|
|
high-fps clips - which might also reduce dropped frames. Typically a
|
|
value of 1 should be enough since full screen may bypass the DWM.
|
|
|
|
Windows only.
|
|
|
|
``sw``
|
|
Continue even if a software renderer is detected.
|
|
|
|
``backend=<sys>``
|
|
The value ``auto`` (the default) selects the windowing backend. You
|
|
can also pass ``help`` to get a complete list of compiled in backends
|
|
(sorted by autoprobe order).
|
|
|
|
auto
|
|
auto-select (default)
|
|
cocoa
|
|
Cocoa/OS X
|
|
win
|
|
Win32/WGL
|
|
x11
|
|
X11/GLX
|
|
wayland
|
|
Wayland/EGL
|
|
x11egl
|
|
X11/EGL
|
|
|
|
``es``
|
|
Force or prefer GLES2/3 over desktop OpenGL, if supported.
|
|
|
|
``fbo-format=<fmt>``
|
|
Selects the internal format of textures used for FBOs. The format can
|
|
influence performance and quality of the video output. (FBOs are not
|
|
always used, and typically only when using extended scalers.)
|
|
``fmt`` can be one of: rgb, rgba, rgb8, rgb10, rgb10_a2, rgb16, rgb16f,
|
|
rgb32f, rgba12, rgba16, rgba16f, rgba32f.
|
|
Default: rgba16.
|
|
|
|
``gamma=<0.1..2.0>``
|
|
Set a gamma value (default: 1.0). If gamma is adjusted in other ways
|
|
(like with the ``--gamma`` option or key bindings and the ``gamma``
|
|
property), the value is multiplied with the other gamma value.
|
|
|
|
Recommended values based on the environmental brightness:
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
Brightly illuminated (default)
|
|
0.9
|
|
Slightly dim
|
|
0.8
|
|
Pitch black room
|
|
|
|
``gamma-auto``
|
|
Automatically corrects the gamma value depending on ambient lighting
|
|
conditions (adding a gamma boost for dark rooms).
|
|
|
|
With ambient illuminance of 64lux, mpv will pick the 1.0 gamma value
|
|
(no boost), and slightly increase the boost up until 0.8 for 16lux.
|
|
|
|
NOTE: Only implemented on OS X.
|
|
|
|
``target-prim=<value>``
|
|
Specifies the primaries of the display. Video colors will be adapted
|
|
to this colorspace if necessary. Valid values are:
|
|
|
|
auto
|
|
Disable any adaptation (default)
|
|
bt.470m
|
|
ITU-R BT.470 M
|
|
bt.601-525
|
|
ITU-R BT.601 (525-line SD systems, eg. NTSC), SMPTE 170M/240M
|
|
bt.601-625
|
|
ITU-R BT.601 (625-line SD systems, eg. PAL/SECAM), ITU-R BT.470 B/G
|
|
bt.709
|
|
ITU-R BT.709 (HD), IEC 61966-2-4 (sRGB), SMPTE RP177 Annex B
|
|
bt.2020
|
|
ITU-R BT.2020 (UHD)
|
|
apple
|
|
Apple RGB
|
|
adobe
|
|
Adobe RGB (1998)
|
|
prophoto
|
|
ProPhoto RGB (ROMM)
|
|
cie1931
|
|
CIE 1931 RGB (not to be confused with CIE XYZ)
|
|
|
|
``target-trc=<value>``
|
|
Specifies the transfer characteristics (gamma) of the display. Video
|
|
colors will be adjusted to this curve. Valid values are:
|
|
|
|
auto
|
|
Disable any adaptation (default)
|
|
bt.1886
|
|
ITU-R BT.1886 curve, without the brightness drop (approx. 1.961)
|
|
srgb
|
|
IEC 61966-2-4 (sRGB)
|
|
linear
|
|
Linear light output
|
|
gamma1.8
|
|
Pure power curve (gamma 1.8), also used for Apple RGB
|
|
gamma2.2
|
|
Pure power curve (gamma 2.2)
|
|
gamma2.8
|
|
Pure power curve (gamma 2.8), also used for BT.470-BG
|
|
prophoto
|
|
ProPhoto RGB (ROMM)
|
|
|
|
``icc-profile=<file>``
|
|
Load an ICC profile and use it to transform linear RGB to screen output.
|
|
Needs LittleCMS 2 support compiled in. This option overrides the
|
|
``target-prim`` and ``target-trc`` options. It also enables
|
|
``linear-scaling``.
|
|
|
|
``icc-profile-auto``
|
|
Automatically select the ICC display profile currently specified by
|
|
the display settings of the operating system.
|
|
|
|
NOTE: Only implemented on OS X and X11
|
|
|
|
``icc-cache-dir=<dirname>``
|
|
Store and load the 3D LUTs created from the ICC profile in this directory.
|
|
This can be used to speed up loading, since LittleCMS 2 can take a while
|
|
to create a 3D LUT. Note that these files contain uncompressed LUTs.
|
|
Their size depends on the ``3dlut-size``, and can be very big.
|
|
|
|
NOTE: This is not cleaned automatically, so old, unused cache files
|
|
may stick around indefinitely.
|
|
|
|
``icc-intent=<value>``
|
|
Specifies the ICC intent used for the color transformation (when using
|
|
``icc-profile``).
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
perceptual
|
|
1
|
|
relative colorimetric (default)
|
|
2
|
|
saturation
|
|
3
|
|
absolute colorimetric
|
|
|
|
``3dlut-size=<r>x<g>x<b>``
|
|
Size of the 3D LUT generated from the ICC profile in each dimension.
|
|
Default is 128x256x64.
|
|
Sizes must be a power of two, and 512 at most.
|
|
|
|
``blend-subtitles=<yes|video|no>``
|
|
Blend subtitles directly onto upscaled video frames, before
|
|
interpolation and/or color management (default: no). Enabling this
|
|
causes subtitles to be affected by ``icc-profile``, ``target-prim``,
|
|
``target-trc``, ``interpolation``, ``gamma`` and ``linear-scaling``.
|
|
It also increases subtitle performance when using ``interpolation``.
|
|
|
|
The downside of enabling this is that it restricts subtitles to the
|
|
visible portion of the video, so you can't have subtitles exist in the
|
|
black margins below a video (for example).
|
|
|
|
If ``video`` is selected, the behavior is similar to ``yes``, but subs
|
|
are drawn at the video's native resolution, and scaled along with the
|
|
video.
|
|
|
|
.. warning:: This changes the way subtitle colors are handled. Normally,
|
|
subtitle colors are assumed to be in sRGB and color managed
|
|
as such. Enabling this makes them treated as being in the
|
|
video's color space instead. This is good if you want
|
|
things like softsubbed ASS signs to match the video colors,
|
|
but may cause SRT subtitles or similar to look slightly off.
|
|
|
|
``alpha=<blend|yes|no>``
|
|
Decides what to do if the input has an alpha component (default: blend).
|
|
|
|
blend
|
|
Blend the frame against a black background.
|
|
yes
|
|
Try to create a framebuffer with alpha component. This only makes sense
|
|
if the video contains alpha information (which is extremely rare). May
|
|
not be supported on all platforms. If alpha framebuffers are
|
|
unavailable, it silently falls back on a normal framebuffer. Note
|
|
that if you set the ``fbo-format`` option to a non-default value,
|
|
a format with alpha must be specified, or this won't work.
|
|
no
|
|
Ignore alpha component.
|
|
|
|
``rectangle-textures``
|
|
Force use of rectangle textures (default: no). Normally this shouldn't
|
|
have any advantages over normal textures. Note that hardware decoding
|
|
overrides this flag.
|
|
|
|
``background=<color>``
|
|
Color used to draw parts of the mpv window not covered by video.
|
|
See ``--osd-color`` option how colors are defined.
|
|
|
|
``opengl-hq``
|
|
Same as ``opengl``, but with default settings for high quality rendering.
|
|
|
|
This is equivalent to::
|
|
|
|
--vo=opengl:scale=spline36:cscale=spline36:dscale=mitchell:dither-depth=auto:fancy-downscaling:sigmoid-upscaling
|
|
|
|
Note that some cheaper LCDs do dithering that gravely interferes with
|
|
``opengl``'s dithering. Disabling dithering with ``dither-depth=no`` helps.
|
|
|
|
Unlike ``opengl``, ``opengl-hq`` makes use of FBOs by default. Sometimes you
|
|
can achieve better quality or performance by changing the ``fbo-format``
|
|
suboption to ``rgb16f``, ``rgb32f`` or ``rgb``. Known problems include
|
|
Mesa/Intel not accepting ``rgb16``, Mesa sometimes not being compiled with
|
|
float texture support, and some OS X setups being very slow with ``rgb16``
|
|
but fast with ``rgb32f``.
|
|
|
|
``sdl``
|
|
SDL 2.0+ Render video output driver, depending on system with or without
|
|
hardware acceleration. Should work on all platforms supported by SDL 2.0.
|
|
For tuning, refer to your copy of the file ``SDL_hints.h``.
|
|
|
|
.. note:: This driver is for compatibility with systems that don't provide
|
|
proper graphics drivers, or which support GLES only.
|
|
|
|
``sw``
|
|
Continue even if a software renderer is detected.
|
|
|
|
``switch-mode``
|
|
Instruct SDL to switch the monitor video mode when going fullscreen.
|
|
|
|
``vaapi``
|
|
Intel VA API video output driver with support for hardware decoding. Note
|
|
that there is absolutely no reason to use this, other than wanting to use
|
|
hardware decoding to save power on laptops, or possibly preventing video
|
|
tearing with some setups.
|
|
|
|
.. note:: This driver is for compatibility with crappy systems. You can
|
|
use vaapi hardware decoding with ``--vo=opengl`` too.
|
|
|
|
``scaling=<algorithm>``
|
|
default
|
|
Driver default (mpv default as well).
|
|
fast
|
|
Fast, but low quality.
|
|
hq
|
|
Unspecified driver dependent high-quality scaling, slow.
|
|
nla
|
|
``non-linear anamorphic scaling``
|
|
|
|
``deint-mode=<mode>``
|
|
Select deinterlacing algorithm. Note that by default deinterlacing is
|
|
initially always off, and needs to be enabled with the ``D`` key
|
|
(default key binding for ``cycle deinterlace``).
|
|
|
|
This option doesn't apply if libva supports video post processing (vpp).
|
|
In this case, the default for ``deint-mode`` is ``no``, and enabling
|
|
deinterlacing via user interaction using the methods mentioned above
|
|
actually inserts the ``vavpp`` video filter. If vpp is not actually
|
|
supported with the libva backend in use, you can use this option to
|
|
forcibly enable VO based deinterlacing.
|
|
|
|
no
|
|
Don't allow deinterlacing (default for newer libva).
|
|
first-field
|
|
Show only first field (going by ``--field-dominance``).
|
|
bob
|
|
bob deinterlacing (default for older libva).
|
|
|
|
``scaled-osd=<yes|no>``
|
|
If enabled, then the OSD is rendered at video resolution and scaled to
|
|
display resolution. By default, this is disabled, and the OSD is
|
|
rendered at display resolution if the driver supports it.
|
|
|
|
``null``
|
|
Produces no video output. Useful for benchmarking.
|
|
|
|
``caca``
|
|
Color ASCII art video output driver that works on a text console.
|
|
|
|
.. note:: This driver is a joke.
|
|
|
|
``image``
|
|
Output each frame into an image file in the current directory. Each file
|
|
takes the frame number padded with leading zeros as name.
|
|
|
|
``format=<format>``
|
|
Select the image file format.
|
|
|
|
jpg
|
|
JPEG files, extension .jpg. (Default.)
|
|
jpeg
|
|
JPEG files, extension .jpeg.
|
|
png
|
|
PNG files.
|
|
ppm
|
|
Portable bitmap format.
|
|
pgm
|
|
Portable graymap format.
|
|
pgmyuv
|
|
Portable graymap format, using the YV12 pixel format.
|
|
tga
|
|
Truevision TGA.
|
|
|
|
``png-compression=<0-9>``
|
|
PNG compression factor (speed vs. file size tradeoff) (default: 7)
|
|
``png-filter=<0-5>``
|
|
Filter applied prior to PNG compression (0 = none; 1 = sub; 2 = up;
|
|
3 = average; 4 = Paeth; 5 = mixed) (default: 5)
|
|
``jpeg-quality=<0-100>``
|
|
JPEG quality factor (default: 90)
|
|
``(no-)jpeg-progressive``
|
|
Specify standard or progressive JPEG (default: no).
|
|
``(no-)jpeg-baseline``
|
|
Specify use of JPEG baseline or not (default: yes).
|
|
``jpeg-optimize=<0-100>``
|
|
JPEG optimization factor (default: 100)
|
|
``jpeg-smooth=<0-100>``
|
|
smooth factor (default: 0)
|
|
``jpeg-dpi=<1->``
|
|
JPEG DPI (default: 72)
|
|
``outdir=<dirname>``
|
|
Specify the directory to save the image files to (default: ``./``).
|
|
|
|
``wayland`` (Wayland only)
|
|
Wayland shared memory video output as fallback for ``opengl``.
|
|
|
|
.. note:: This driver is for compatibility with systems that don't provide
|
|
working OpenGL drivers.
|
|
|
|
``alpha``
|
|
Use a buffer format that supports videos and images with alpha
|
|
information
|
|
``rgb565``
|
|
Use RGB565 as buffer format. This format is implemented on most
|
|
platforms, especially on embedded where it is far more efficient then
|
|
RGB8888.
|
|
``triple-buffering``
|
|
Use 3 buffers instead of 2. This can lead to more fluid playback, but
|
|
uses more memory.
|
|
|
|
``opengl-cb``
|
|
For use with libmpv direct OpenGL embedding; useless in any other contexts.
|
|
(See ``<mpv/opengl_cb.h>``.)
|
|
Usually, ``opengl-cb`` renders frames asynchronously by client and this
|
|
can cause some frame drops. In order to provide a way to handle this
|
|
situation, ``opengl-cb`` has its own frame queue and calls update callback
|
|
more frequently if the queue is not empty regardless of existence of new frame.
|
|
Once the queue is filled, ``opengl-cb`` drops frames automatically.
|
|
|
|
With default options, ``opengl-cb`` renders only the latest frame and drops
|
|
all frames handed over while waiting render function after update callback.
|
|
|
|
``frame-queue-size=<1..100>``
|
|
The maximum count of frames which the frame queue can hold (default: 1)
|
|
|
|
``frame-drop-mode=<pop|clear|block>``
|
|
Select the behavior when the frame queue is full.
|
|
|
|
pop
|
|
Drop the oldest frame in the frame queue.
|
|
clear
|
|
Drop all frames in the frame queue.
|
|
block
|
|
Wait for a short time, behave like ``clear`` on timeout. (default)
|
|
|
|
This also supports many of the suboptions the ``opengl`` VO has. Run
|
|
``mpv --vo=opengl-cb:help`` for a list.
|
|
|
|
This also supports the ``vo_cmdline`` command.
|
|
|
|
``rpi`` (Raspberry Pi)
|
|
Native video output on the Raspberry Pi using the MMAL API.
|
|
|
|
``display=<number>``
|
|
Select the display number on which the video overlay should be shown
|
|
(default: 0).
|
|
|
|
``layer=<number>``
|
|
Select the dispmanx layer on which the video overlay should be shown
|
|
(default: -10). Note that mpv will also use the 2 layers above the
|
|
selected layer, to handle the window background and OSD. Actual video
|
|
rendering will happen on the layer above the selected layer.
|
|
|
|
``drm`` (Direct Rendering Manager)
|
|
Video output driver using Kernel Mode Setting / Direct Rendering Manager.
|
|
Does not support hardware acceleration. Should be used when one doesn't
|
|
want to install full-blown graphical environment (e.g. no X).
|
|
|
|
``connector=<number>``
|
|
Select the connector to use (usually this is a monitor.) If set to -1,
|
|
mpv renders the output on the first available connector. (default: -1)
|
|
|
|
``devpath=<filename>``
|
|
Path to graphic card device.
|
|
(default: /dev/dri/card0)
|