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Mac users can get a very nice front end to mpv with https://iina.io https://iina.io Bonus trivia: Plex Media Player uses mpv as the video player

• causality0 2y ago
  That is... not a glowing endorsement. I've had more bugs and player failures from Plex than any other media software I've ever used.
  • Larrikin 2y ago
    Streaming or player errors? Plex has basically never failed to play any video I've ever given it, but a bad connection can totally ruin streaming. I wish they would implement pause and allow to buffer.
    • causality0 2y ago
      In my experience Plex has a serious problem with determining whether or not it's capable of playing a file back directly without converting. I regularly have to switch it to "convert automatically" to make a file play.
      • Hamuko 2y ago
        What can be directly played and not directly played are just lists of formats that Plex bakes into the app, and not really anything to do with mpv, right? https://github.com/ambroisemaupate/plex-profiles/blob/master/Chromecast.xml https://github.com/ambroisemaupate/plex-profiles/blob/master...
  • SSLy 2y ago
    plex uses terribly old build of mpv with questionable config
• arch1t3cht 2y ago
  IINA has various issues that mpv does not have, in particular with color space conversions (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41278331 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41278331 for a few more details)
• darthShadow 2y ago
  Adding onto this is Outplayer, which similarly uses MPV for its backend, for iOS & iPadOS.
• tvshtr 2y ago
  MPV is slowly becoming the major embedable media player on the PC side. It's in a bunch of stuff and that's great.