mpv/CONTRIBUTING.md

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Reporting bugs

  • State your platform and mpv version.
  • Make sure you're actually using the latest mpv release. Linux distributions in particular love redistributing ancient and unmaintained mpv releases.
  • Attach a log file made with -v or --log-file=output.txt.
  • Avoid attaching text files packed in archive files (zip/rar/...), unless explicitly asked so. There are better means, such as using http://sprunge.us
  • If you think this is file specific, upload a sample file and link it.
  • Don't report multiple unrelated/barely related bugs in one issue.
  • Read: https://mpv.io/bug-reports/

Asking questions

Preferably, asking questions should be done via IRC (#mpv on irc.freenode.net), but asking questions by opening a github issue is also barely tolerated.

When asking on IRC (#mpv on irc.freenode.net), don't ask to ask, just state your problem. Stay long enough until someone gets a chance to reply. Sometimes it can take hours.

Sending patches

See: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/contribute.md

In particular, be aware that all changes to GPL code must come with the implicit agreement that they might be LGPLv2.1+ relicensed at a later point.