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VIDEO FILTERS
=============
Video filters allow you to modify the video stream and its properties. The
syntax is:
``--vf=<filter1[=parameter1:parameter2:...],filter2,...>``
Setup a chain of video filters.
You can also set defaults for each filter. The defaults are applied before the
normal filter parameters.
``--vf-defaults=<filter1[=parameter1:parameter2:...],filter2,...>``
Set defaults for each filter.
.. note::
To get a full list of available video filters, see ``--vf=help``.
Video filters are managed in lists. There are a few commands to manage the
filter list.
``--vf-add=<filter1[,filter2,...]>``
Appends the filters given as arguments to the filter list.
``--vf-pre=<filter1[,filter2,...]>``
Prepends the filters given as arguments to the filter list.
``--vf-del=<index1[,index2,...]>``
Deletes the filters at the given indexes. Index numbers start at 0,
negative numbers address the end of the list (-1 is the last).
``--vf-clr``
Completely empties the filter list.
With filters that support it, you can access parameters by their name.
``--vf=<filter>=help``
Prints the parameter names and parameter value ranges for a particular
filter.
``--vf=<filter=named_parameter1=value1[:named_parameter2=value2:...]>``
Sets a named parameter to the given value. Use on and off or yes and no to
set flag parameters.
Available filters are:
``crop[=w:h:x:y]``
Crops the given part of the image and discards the rest. Useful to remove
black bands from widescreen movies.
``<w>,<h>``
Cropped width and height, defaults to original width and height.
``<x>,<y>``
Position of the cropped picture, defaults to center.
``expand[=w:h:x:y:aspect:round]``
Expands (not scales) movie resolution to the given value and places the
unscaled original at coordinates x, y.
``<w>,<h>``
Expanded width,height (default: original width,height). Negative
values for w and h are treated as offsets to the original size.
.. admonition:: Example
``expand=0:-50:0:0``
Adds a 50 pixel border to the bottom of the picture.
``<x>,<y>``
position of original image on the expanded image (default: center)
``<aspect>``
Expands to fit an aspect instead of a resolution (default: 0).
.. admonition:: Example
``expand=800::::4/3``
Expands to 800x600, unless the source is higher resolution, in
which case it expands to fill a 4/3 aspect.
``<round>``
Rounds up to make both width and height divisible by <r> (default: 1).
``flip``
Flips the image upside down.
``mirror``
Mirrors the image on the Y axis.
``rotate[=0|90|180|270]``
Rotates the image by a multiple of 90 degrees clock-wise.
``scale[=w:h[:interlaced[:chr-drop[:param[:param2[:noup[:arnd]]]]]]]``
Scales the image with the software scaler (slow) and performs a YUV<->RGB
colorspace conversion (see also ``--sws``).
``<w>,<h>``
scaled width/height (default: original width/height)
:0: scaled d_width/d_height
:-1: original width/height
:-2: Calculate w/h using the other dimension and the prescaled
aspect ratio.
:-3: Calculate w/h using the other dimension and the original
aspect ratio.
:-(n+8): Like -n above, but rounding the dimension to the closest
multiple of 16.
``<chr-drop>``
chroma skipping
:0: Use all available input lines for chroma.
:1: Use only every 2. input line for chroma.
:2: Use only every 4. input line for chroma.
:3: Use only every 8. input line for chroma.
``<param>[:<param2>]`` (see also ``--sws``)
Set some scaling parameters depending on the type of scaler selected
with ``--sws``::
--sws=2 (bicubic): B (blurring) and C (ringing)
0.00:0.60 default
0.00:0.75 VirtualDub's "precise bicubic"
0.00:0.50 Catmull-Rom spline
0.33:0.33 Mitchell-Netravali spline
1.00:0.00 cubic B-spline
--sws=7 (gaussian): sharpness (0 (soft) - 100 (sharp))
--sws=9 (lanczos): filter length (1-10)
``<noup>``
Disallow upscaling past the original dimensions.
:0: Allow upscaling (default).
:1: Disallow upscaling if one dimension exceeds its original value.
:2: Disallow upscaling if both dimensions exceed their original values.
``<arnd>``
Accurate rounding for the vertical scaler, which may be faster or
slower than the default rounding.
:0: Disable accurate rounding (default).
:1: Enable accurate rounding.
``dsize[=w:h:aspect-method:r:aspect]``
Changes the intended display size/aspect at an arbitrary point in the
filter chain. Aspect can be given as a fraction (4/3) or floating point
number (1.33). Alternatively, you may specify the exact display width and
height desired. Note that this filter does *not* do any scaling itself; it
just affects what later scalers (software or hardware) will do when
auto-scaling to correct aspect.
``<w>,<h>``
New display width and height.
Can also be these special values:
:0: original display width and height
:-1: original video width and height (default)
:-2: Calculate w/h using the other dimension and the original display
aspect ratio.
:-3: Calculate w/h using the other dimension and the original video
aspect ratio.
.. admonition:: Example
``dsize=800:-2``
Specifies a display resolution of 800x600 for a 4/3 aspect
video, or 800x450 for a 16/9 aspect video.
``<aspect-method>``
Modifies width and height according to original aspect ratios.
:-1: Ignore original aspect ratio (default).
:0: Keep display aspect ratio by using ``<w>`` and ``<h>`` as maximum
resolution.
:1: Keep display aspect ratio by using ``<w>`` and ``<h>`` as minimum
resolution.
:2: Keep video aspect ratio by using ``<w>`` and ``<h>`` as maximum
resolution.
:3: Keep video aspect ratio by using ``<w>`` and ``<h>`` as minimum
resolution.
.. admonition:: Example
``dsize=800:600:0``
Specifies a display resolution of at most 800x600, or smaller,
in order to keep aspect.
``<r>``
Rounds up to make both width and height divisible by ``<r>``
(default: 1).
``<aspect>``
Force an aspect ratio.
``format[=fmt[:outfmt]]``
Restricts the color space for the next filter without doing any conversion.
Use together with the scale filter for a real conversion.
.. note::
For a list of available formats, see ``format=fmt=help``.
``<fmt>``
Format name, e.g. rgb15, bgr24, 420p, etc. (default: yuyv).
``<outfmt>``
Format name that should be substituted for the output. If this is not
100% compatible with the ``<fmt>`` value, it will crash.
.. admonition:: Examples
====================== =====================
Valid Invalid (will crash)
====================== =====================
``format=rgb24:bgr24`` ``format=rgb24:420p``
``format=yuyv:uyvy``
====================== =====================
``noformat[=fmt]``
Restricts the colorspace for the next filter without doing any conversion.
Unlike the format filter, this will allow any colorspace except the one
you specify.
.. note:: For a list of available formats, see ``noformat=fmt=help``.
``<fmt>``
Format name, e.g. rgb15, bgr24, 420p, etc. (default: 420p).
``pp[=[filter1[:option1[:option2...]]/[-]filter2...]]``
Enables the specified chain of postprocessing subfilters. Subfilters must
be separated by '/' and can be disabled by prepending a '-'. Each
subfilter and some options have a short and a long name that can be used
interchangeably, i.e. ``dr``/``dering`` are the same. All subfilters share
common options to determine their scope:
``a/autoq``
Automatically switch the subfilter off if the CPU is too slow.
``c/chrom``
Do chrominance filtering, too (default).
``y/nochrom``
Do luminance filtering only (no chrominance).
``n/noluma``
Do chrominance filtering only (no luminance).
.. note::
``--vf=pp:help`` shows a list of available subfilters.
.. note::
Unlike in MPlayer or in earlier versions, you must quote the pp string
if it contains ``:`` characters, e.g. ``'--vf=pp=[...]'``.
Available subfilters are:
``hb/hdeblock[:difference[:flatness]]``
horizontal deblocking filter
:<difference>: Difference factor where higher values mean more
deblocking (default: 32).
:<flatness>: Flatness threshold where lower values mean more
deblocking (default: 39).
``vb/vdeblock[:difference[:flatness]]``
vertical deblocking filter
:<difference>: Difference factor where higher values mean more
deblocking (default: 32).
:<flatness>: Flatness threshold where lower values mean more
deblocking (default: 39).
``ha/hadeblock[:difference[:flatness]]``
accurate horizontal deblocking filter
:<difference>: Difference factor where higher values mean more
deblocking (default: 32).
:<flatness>: Flatness threshold where lower values mean more
deblocking (default: 39).
``va/vadeblock[:difference[:flatness]]``
accurate vertical deblocking filter
:<difference>: Difference factor where higher values mean more
deblocking (default: 32).
:<flatness>: Flatness threshold where lower values mean more
deblocking (default: 39).
The horizontal and vertical deblocking filters share the difference and
flatness values so you cannot set different horizontal and vertical
thresholds.
``h1/x1hdeblock``
experimental horizontal deblocking filter
``v1/x1vdeblock``
experimental vertical deblocking filter
``dr/dering``
deringing filter
``tn/tmpnoise[:threshold1[:threshold2[:threshold3]]]``
temporal noise reducer
:<threshold1>: larger -> stronger filtering
:<threshold2>: larger -> stronger filtering
:<threshold3>: larger -> stronger filtering
``al/autolevels[:f/fullyrange]``
automatic brightness / contrast correction
:f/fullyrange: Stretch luminance to (0-255).
``lb/linblenddeint``
Linear blend deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces the given block by
filtering all lines with a (1 2 1) filter.
``li/linipoldeint``
Linear interpolating deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces the given
block by linearly interpolating every second line.
``ci/cubicipoldeint``
Cubic interpolating deinterlacing filter deinterlaces the given block
by cubically interpolating every second line.
``md/mediandeint``
Median deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces the given block by
applying a median filter to every second line.
``fd/ffmpegdeint``
FFmpeg deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces the given block by
filtering every second line with a (-1 4 2 4 -1) filter.
``l5/lowpass5``
Vertically applied FIR lowpass deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces
the given block by filtering all lines with a (-1 2 6 2 -1) filter.
``fq/forceQuant[:quantizer]``
Overrides the quantizer table from the input with the constant
quantizer you specify.
:<quantizer>: quantizer to use
``de/default``
default pp filter combination (hb:a,vb:a,dr:a)
``fa/fast``
fast pp filter combination (h1:a,v1:a,dr:a)
``ac``
high quality pp filter combination (ha:a:128:7,va:a,dr:a)
.. note::
This filter is only available if FFmpeg/libav has been compiled
with libpostproc enabled.
.. admonition:: Examples
``--vf=pp=hb/vb/dr/al``
horizontal and vertical deblocking, deringing and automatic
brightness/contrast
``--vf=pp=de/-al``
default filters without brightness/contrast correction
``--vf=pp=[default/tmpnoise:1:2:3]``
Enable default filters & temporal denoiser.
``--vf=pp=[hb:y/vb:a]``
Horizontal deblocking on luminance only, and switch vertical
deblocking on or off automatically depending on available CPU time.
``lavfi=graph[:sws-flags[:o=opts]]``
Filter video using FFmpeg's libavfilter.
``<graph>``
The libavfilter graph string. The filter must have a single video input
pad and a single video output pad.
See `<https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html>`_ for syntax and available
filters.
.. warning::
If you want to use the full filter syntax with this option, you have
to quote the filter graph in order to prevent mpv's syntax and the
filter graph syntax from clashing.
.. admonition:: Examples
``-vf lavfi=[gradfun=20:30,vflip]``
``gradfun`` filter with nonsense parameters, followed by a
``vflip`` filter. (This demonstrates how libavfilter takes a
graph and not just a single filter.) The filter graph string is
quoted with ``[`` and ``]``. This requires no additional quoting
or escaping with some shells (like bash), while others (like
zsh) require additional ``"`` quotes around the option string.
``'--vf=lavfi="gradfun=20:30,vflip"'``
Same as before, but uses quoting that should be safe with all
shells. The outer ``'`` quotes make sure that the shell does not
remove the ``"`` quotes needed by mpv.
``'--vf=lavfi=graph="gradfun=radius=30:strength=20,vflip"'``
Same as before, but uses named parameters for everything.
``<sws-flags>``
If libavfilter inserts filters for pixel format conversion, this
option gives the flags which should be passed to libswscale. This
option is numeric and takes a bit-wise combination of ``SWS_`` flags.
See ``http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blob;f=libswscale/swscale.h``.
``<o>``
Set AVFilterGraph options. These should be documented by FFmpeg.
.. admonition:: Example
``'--vf=lavfi=yadif:o="threads=2,thread_type=slice"'``
forces a specific threading configuration.
``noise[=<strength>[:averaged][:pattern][:temporal][:uniform][:hq]``
Adds noise.
``strength``
Set the noise for all components. If you want different strength
values for luma and chroma, use libavfilter's noise filter directly
(using ``--vf=lavfi=[noise=...]``), or tell the libavfilter developers
to stop being stupid.
``averaged``
averaged temporal noise (smoother, but a lot slower)
``pattern``
mix random noise with a (semi)regular pattern
``temporal``
temporal noise (noise pattern changes between frames)
``uniform``
uniform noise (gaussian otherwise)
``hq``
high quality (slightly better looking, slightly slower) - not available
when using libavfilter
``hqdn3d[=luma_spatial:chroma_spatial:luma_tmp:chroma_tmp]``
This filter aims to reduce image noise producing smooth images and making
still images really still (This should enhance compressibility.).
``<luma_spatial>``
spatial luma strength (default: 4)
``<chroma_spatial>``
spatial chroma strength (default: 3)
``<luma_tmp>``
luma temporal strength (default: 6)
``<chroma_tmp>``
chroma temporal strength (default:
``luma_tmp*chroma_spatial/luma_spatial``)
``eq[=gamma:contrast:brightness:saturation:rg:gg:bg:weight]``
Software equalizer that uses lookup tables (slow), allowing gamma correction
in addition to simple brightness and contrast adjustment. The parameters are
given as floating point values.
``<0.1-10>``
initial gamma value (default: 1.0)
``<-2-2>``
initial contrast, where negative values result in a negative image
(default: 1.0)
``<-1-1>``
initial brightness (default: 0.0)
``<0-3>``
initial saturation (default: 1.0)
``<0.1-10>``
gamma value for the red component (default: 1.0)
``<0.1-10>``
gamma value for the green component (default: 1.0)
``<0.1-10>``
gamma value for the blue component (default: 1.0)
``<0-1>``
The weight parameter can be used to reduce the effect of a high gamma
value on bright image areas, e.g. keep them from getting overamplified
and just plain white. A value of 0.0 turns the gamma correction all
the way down while 1.0 leaves it at its full strength (default: 1.0).
``ilpack[=mode]``
When interlaced video is stored in YUV 4:2:0 formats, chroma interlacing
does not line up properly due to vertical downsampling of the chroma
channels. This filter packs the planar 4:2:0 data into YUY2 (4:2:2) format
with the chroma lines in their proper locations, so that in any given
scanline, the luma and chroma data both come from the same field.
``<mode>``
Select the sampling mode.
:0: nearest-neighbor sampling, fast but incorrect
:1: linear interpolation (default)
``unsharp[=lx:ly:la:cx:cy:ca]``
unsharp mask / gaussian blur
``l`` is for the luma component, ``c`` for the chroma component. ``x``/``y``
is the filter size. ``a`` is the amount.
``lx``, ``ly``, ``cx``, ``cy``
width and height of the matrix, odd sized in both directions (min =
3:3, max = 13:11 or 11:13, usually something between 3:3 and 7:7)
``la``, ``ca``
Relative amount of sharpness/blur to add to the image (a sane range
should be -1.5-1.5).
:<0: blur
:>0: sharpen
``swapuv``
Swap U & V plane.
``pullup[=jl:jr:jt:jb:sb:mp]``
Pulldown reversal (inverse telecine) filter, capable of handling mixed
hard-telecine, 24000/1001 fps progressive, and 30000/1001 fps progressive
content. The ``pullup`` filter makes use of future context in making its
decisions. It is stateless in the sense that it does not lock onto a pattern
to follow, but it instead looks forward to the following fields in order to
identify matches and rebuild progressive frames.
``jl``, ``jr``, ``jt``, and ``jb``
These options set the amount of "junk" to ignore at the left, right,
top, and bottom of the image, respectively. Left/right are in units of
8 pixels, while top/bottom are in units of 2 lines. The default is 8
pixels on each side.
``sb`` (strict breaks)
Setting this option to 1 will reduce the chances of ``pullup``
generating an occasional mismatched frame, but it may also cause an
excessive number of frames to be dropped during high motion sequences.
Conversely, setting it to -1 will make ``pullup`` match fields more
easily. This may help processing of video where there is slight
blurring between the fields, but may also cause there to be interlaced
frames in the output.
``mp`` (metric plane)
This option may be set to ``u`` or ``v`` to use a chroma plane instead of the
luma plane for doing ``pullup``'s computations. This may improve accuracy
on very clean source material, but more likely will decrease accuracy,
especially if there is chroma noise (rainbow effect) or any grayscale
video. The main purpose of setting ``mp`` to a chroma plane is to reduce
CPU load and make pullup usable in realtime on slow machines.
``divtc[=options]``
Inverse telecine for deinterlaced video. If 3:2-pulldown telecined video
has lost one of the fields or is deinterlaced using a method that keeps
one field and interpolates the other, the result is a juddering video that
has every fourth frame duplicated. This filter is intended to find and
drop those duplicates and restore the original film framerate. Two
different modes are available: One-pass mode is the default and is
straightforward to use, but has the disadvantage that any changes in the
telecine phase (lost frames or bad edits) cause momentary judder until the
filter can resync again. Two-pass mode avoids this by analyzing the entire
video beforehand so it will have forward knowledge about the phase changes
and can resync at the exact spot. These passes do *not* correspond to pass
one and two of the encoding process. You must run an extra pass using
``divtc`` pass one before the actual encoding throwing the resulting video
away. Then use ``divtc`` pass two for the actual encoding. If you use
multiple encoder passes, use ``divtc`` pass two for all of them.
The options are:
``pass=1|2``
Use two pass mode.
``file=<filename>``
Set the two pass log filename (default: ``framediff.log``).
``threshold=<value>``
Set the minimum strength the telecine pattern must have for the filter
to believe in it (default: 0.5). This is used to avoid recognizing
false pattern from the parts of the video that are very dark or very
still.
``window=<numframes>``
Set the number of past frames to look at when searching for pattern
(default: 30). Longer window improves the reliability of the pattern
search, but shorter window improves the reaction time to the changes
in the telecine phase. This only affects the one-pass mode. The
two-pass mode currently uses fixed window that extends to both future
and past.
``phase=0|1|2|3|4``
Sets the initial telecine phase for one pass mode (default: 0). The
two-pass mode can see the future, so it is able to use the correct
phase from the beginning, but one-pass mode can only guess. It catches
the correct phase when it finds it, but this option can be used to fix
the possible juddering at the beginning. The first pass of the two
pass mode also uses this, so if you save the output from the first
pass, you get constant phase result.
``deghost=<value>``
Set the deghosting threshold (0-255 for one-pass mode, -255-255 for
two-pass mode, default 0). If nonzero, deghosting mode is used. This
is for video that has been deinterlaced by blending the fields
together instead of dropping one of the fields. Deghosting amplifies
any compression artifacts in the blended frames, so the parameter
value is used as a threshold to exclude those pixels from deghosting
that differ from the previous frame less than specified value. If two
pass mode is used, then negative value can be used to make the filter
analyze the whole video in the beginning of pass-2 to determine
whether it needs deghosting or not and then select either zero or the
absolute value of the parameter. Specify this option for pass 2, it
makes no difference on pass 1.
``phase[=t|b|p|a|u|T|B|A|U][:v]``
Delay interlaced video by one field time so that the field order changes.
The intended use is to fix PAL movies that have been captured with the
opposite field order to the film-to-video transfer. The options are:
``t``
Capture field order top-first, transfer bottom-first. Filter will
delay the bottom field.
``b``
Capture bottom-first, transfer top-first. Filter will delay the top
field.
``p``
Capture and transfer with the same field order. This mode only exists
for the documentation of the other options to refer to, but if you
actually select it, the filter will faithfully do nothing ;-)
``a``
Capture field order determined automatically by field flags, transfer
opposite. Filter selects among ``t`` and ``b`` modes on a frame by frame
basis using field flags. If no field information is available, then this
works just like ``u``.
``u``
Capture unknown or varying, transfer opposite. Filter selects among
``t`` and ``b`` on a frame by frame basis by analyzing the images and
selecting the alternative that produces best match between the fields.
``T``
Capture top-first, transfer unknown or varying. Filter selects among
``t`` and ``p`` using image analysis.
``B``
Capture bottom-first, transfer unknown or varying. Filter selects
among ``b`` and ``p`` using image analysis.
``A``
Capture determined by field flags, transfer unknown or varying. Filter
selects among ``t``, ``b`` and ``p`` using field flags and image
analysis. If no field information is available, then this works just
like ``U``. This is the default mode.
``U``
Both capture and transfer unknown or varying. Filter selects among
``t``, ``b`` and ``p`` using image analysis only.
``v``
Verbose operation. Prints the selected mode for each frame and the
average squared difference between fields for ``t``, ``b``, and ``p``
alternatives. (Ignored when libavfilter is used.)
``yadif=[mode[:enabled=yes|no]]``
Yet another deinterlacing filter
``<mode>``
:frame: Output 1 frame for each frame.
:field: Output 1 frame for each field.
:frame-nospatial: Like ``frame`` but skips spatial interlacing check.
:field-nospatial: Like ``field`` but skips spatial interlacing check.
``<enabled>``
:yes: Filter is active (default).
:no: Filter is not active, but can be activated with the ``D`` key
(or any other key that toggles the ``deinterlace`` property).
This filter, is automatically inserted when using the ``D`` key (or any
other key that toggles the ``deinterlace`` property or when using the
``--deinterlace`` switch), assuming the video output does not have native
deinterlacing support.
If you just want to set the default mode, put this filter and its options
into ``--vf-defaults`` instead, and enable deinterlacing with ``D`` or
``--deinterlace``.
Also note that the ``D`` key is stupid enough to insert an interlacer twice
when inserting yadif with ``--vf``, so using the above methods is
recommended.
``delogo[=x:y:w:h:t:show]``
Suppresses a TV station logo by a simple interpolation of the surrounding
pixels. Just set a rectangle covering the logo and watch it disappear (and
sometimes something even uglier appear - your mileage may vary).
``<x>,<y>``
top left corner of the logo
``<w>,<h>``
width and height of the cleared rectangle
``<t>``
Thickness of the fuzzy edge of the rectangle (added to ``w`` and
``h``). When set to -1, a green rectangle is drawn on the screen to
simplify finding the right ``x``,``y``,``w``,``h`` parameters.
``show``
Draw a rectangle showing the area defined by x/y/w/h.
``screenshot``
Optional filter for screenshot support. This is only needed if the video
output does not provide working direct screenshot support. Note that it is
not always safe to insert this filter by default. See `TAKING SCREENSHOTS`_
for details.
``sub=[=bottom-margin:top-margin]``
Moves subtitle rendering to an arbitrary point in the filter chain, or force
subtitle rendering in the video filter as opposed to using video output OSD
support.
``<bottom-margin>``
Adds a black band at the bottom of the frame. The SSA/ASS renderer can
place subtitles there (with ``--ass-use-margins``).
``<top-margin>``
Black band on the top for toptitles (with ``--ass-use-margins``).
.. admonition:: Examples
``--vf=sub,eq``
Moves sub rendering before the eq filter. This will put both
subtitle colors and video under the influence of the video equalizer
settings.
``stereo3d[=in:out]``
Stereo3d converts between different stereoscopic image formats.
``<in>``
Stereoscopic image format of input. Possible values:
``sbsl`` or ``side_by_side_left_first``
side by side parallel (left eye left, right eye right)
``sbsr`` or ``side_by_side_right_first``
side by side crosseye (right eye left, left eye right)
``abl`` or ``above_below_left_first``
above-below (left eye above, right eye below)
``abr`` or ``above_below_right_first``
above-below (right eye above, left eye below)
``ab2l`` or ``above_below_half_height_left_first``
above-below with half height resolution (left eye above, right eye
below)
``ab2r`` or ``above_below_half_height_right_first``
above-below with half height resolution (right eye above, left eye
below)
``<out>``
Stereoscopic image format of output. Possible values are all the input
formats as well as:
``arcg`` or ``anaglyph_red_cyan_gray``
anaglyph red/cyan gray (red filter on left eye, cyan filter on
right eye)
``arch`` or ``anaglyph_red_cyan_half_color``
anaglyph red/cyan half colored (red filter on left eye, cyan filter
on right eye)
``arcc`` or ``anaglyph_red_cyan_color``
anaglyph red/cyan color (red filter on left eye, cyan filter on
right eye)
``arcd`` or ``anaglyph_red_cyan_dubois``
anaglyph red/cyan color optimized with the least squares
projection of dubois (red filter on left eye, cyan filter on right
eye)
``agmg`` or ``anaglyph_green_magenta_gray``
anaglyph green/magenta gray (green filter on left eye, magenta
filter on right eye)
``agmh`` or ``anaglyph_green_magenta_half_color``
anaglyph green/magenta half colored (green filter on left eye,
magenta filter on right eye)
``agmc`` or ``anaglyph_green_magenta_color``
anaglyph green/magenta colored (green filter on left eye, magenta
filter on right eye)
``aybg`` or ``anaglyph_yellow_blue_gray``
anaglyph yellow/blue gray (yellow filter on left eye, blue filter
on right eye)
``aybh`` or ``anaglyph_yellow_blue_half_color``
anaglyph yellow/blue half colored (yellow filter on left eye, blue
filter on right eye)
``aybc`` or ``anaglyph_yellow_blue_color``
anaglyph yellow/blue colored (yellow filter on left eye, blue
filter on right eye)
``irl`` or ``interleave_rows_left_first``
Interleaved rows (left eye has top row, right eye starts on next
row)
``irr`` or ``interleave_rows_right_first``
Interleaved rows (right eye has top row, left eye starts on next
row)
``ml`` or ``mono_left``
mono output (left eye only)
``mr`` or ``mono_right``
mono output (right eye only)
``gradfun[=strength[:radius|:size=<size>]]``
Fix the banding artifacts that are sometimes introduced into nearly flat
regions by truncation to 8bit color depth. Interpolates the gradients that
should go where the bands are, and dithers them.
``<strength>``
Maximum amount by which the filter will change any one pixel. Also the
threshold for detecting nearly flat regions (default: 1.5).
``<radius>``
Neighborhood to fit the gradient to. Larger radius makes for smoother
gradients, but also prevents the filter from modifying pixels near
detailed regions (default: disabled).
``<size>``
size of the filter in percent of the image diagonal size. This is
used to calculate the final radius size (default: 1).
``dlopen=dll[:a0[:a1[:a2[:a3]]]]``
Loads an external library to filter the image. The library interface
is the ``vf_dlopen`` interface specified using ``libmpcodecs/vf_dlopen.h``.
``dll=<library>``
Specify the library to load. This may require a full file system path
in some cases. This argument is required.
``a0=<string>``
Specify the first parameter to pass to the library.
``a1=<string>``
Specify the second parameter to pass to the library.
``a2=<string>``
Specify the third parameter to pass to the library.
``a3=<string>``
Specify the fourth parameter to pass to the library.
``vapoursynth=file:maxbuffer``
Loads a VapourSynth filter script. This is intended for streamed
processing: mpv actually provides a source filter, instead of using a
native VapourSynth video source. The mpv source will answer frame
requests only within a small window of frames (the size of this window
is controlled with the ``maxbuffer`` parameter), and requests outside of
that will return errors. As such, you can't use the full power of
VapourSynth, but you can use certain filters.
If you just want to play video generated by a VapourSynth (i.e. using
a native VapourSynth video source), it's better to use ``vspipe`` and a
FIFO to feed the video to mpv. The same applies if the filter script
requires random frame access (see ``maxbuffer`` parameter).
This filter is experimental. If it turns out that it works well and is
used, it will be ported to libavfilter. Otherwise, it will be just removed.
``file``
Filename of the script source. Currently, this is always a python
script. The variable ``video_in`` is set to the mpv video source,
and it is expected that the script reads video from it. (Otherwise,
mpv will decode no video, and the video packet queue will overflow,
eventually leading to audio being stopped.) The script is also
expected to pass through timestamps using the ``_DurationNum`` and
``_DurationDen`` frame properties.
.. admonition:: Example:
::
import vapoursynth as vs
core = vs.get_core()
core.std.AddBorders(video_in, 10, 10, 20, 20).set_output()
.. warning::
The script will be reloaded on every seek. This is done to reset
the filter properly on discontinuities.
``maxbuffer``
Maximum number of decoded video frames that should be buffered before
the filter (default: 5). This specifies the maximum number of frames
the script can requests backwards. E.g. if ``maxbuffer=5``, and the
script just requested frame 15, it can still request frame 10, but
frame 9 is not available anymore. If it requests frame 30, mpv will
decode 15 more frames, and keep only frames 25-30.
(Normally, VapourSynth source filters must provide random access, but
mpv was made for playback, and does not provide frame-exact random
access. The way this video filter works is a compromise to make simple
filters work anyway.)
``vavpp``
VA-AP-API video post processing. Works with ``--vo=vaapi`` and ``--vo=opengl``
only. Currently deinterlaces. This filter is automatically inserted if
deinterlacing is requested (either using the ``D`` key, by default mapped to
the command ``cycle deinterlace``, or the ``--deinterlace`` option).
``deint=<method>``
Select the deinterlacing algorithm.
no
Don't perform deinterlacing.
first-field
Show only first field (going by ``--field-dominance``).
bob
bob deinterlacing (default).