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Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

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1113 points Bluestein | 5 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 1.059s | source
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adamomada ◴[17 Aug 24 21:21 UTC] No.41278075[source]▶
Mac users can get a very nice front end to mpv with https://iina.io

Bonus trivia: Plex Media Player uses mpv as the video player

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1. causality0 ◴[17 Aug 24 21:22 UTC] No.41278088[source]▶
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.
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2. Larrikin ◴[17 Aug 24 21:26 UTC] No.41278104[source]▶
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.
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3. SSLy ◴[17 Aug 24 22:59 UTC] No.41278730[source]▶
plex uses terribly old build of mpv with questionable config
4. causality0 ◴[18 Aug 24 00:28 UTC] No.41279186[source]▶
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.
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5. Hamuko ◴[18 Aug 24 06:07 UTC] No.41280443{3}[source]▶
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...