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tbeseda ◴[17 Aug 24 21:14 UTC] No.41278019[source]▶
If anyone is looking for the mpv core with a GUI on macOS, take a look at IINA https://github.com/iina/iina
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arch1t3cht ◴[17 Aug 24 21:58 UTC] No.41278331[source]▶
IINA has issues with color space conversions. I've heard that the specific issue is that it always (incorrectly) assumes a BT601 matrix for all videos, though I haven't verified it myself and cannot really right now. (I did verify its colors differing from stock mpv before writing this comment, though.) Various mpv wrappers exists, but for reasons like these stock mpv is the only fully reliable version.
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ksec ◴[18 Aug 24 05:18 UTC] No.41280276[source]▶
Have you filled a bug report about this?
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latexr ◴[18 Aug 24 09:40 UTC] No.41281267[source]▶
I’m not the person you asked, and I don’t have that issue, but this common trend of replying to any criticism with “have you filed a bug report?” rubs me the wrong way.

I have opened detailed issues on IINA which describe a bug, how to reproduce, and the correct behaviour (according to their own docs), and they’ve just sat there unacknowledged for years.

IINA’s issue count is twice as big as mpv’s, despite being a UI covering a single OS. Personally I don’t think it’s worth it over vanilla mpv, which I’ve recommended even to non-technical users who like it.

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1. ksec ◴[18 Aug 24 12:58 UTC] No.41282113[source]▶
I fully understand your frustration, as this is what I felt about many other projects.

But surprisingly it was only IINA that got my problem fixed when I reported it with how to reproduce and correct behaviour. Hence why I asked if he had filed any bug report.