Why Use MPV?

MPV Player is a player based on the project libmpv, it wraps this library and utilizes it to decode and play videos and audio. Just like libvlc and the VLC Player. But MPV is more lightweight and configurable, which can achieve a better watching experience.

Download And Install

You can get the newest version of MPV player on Windows via this link: mpv.net

Or you can use the cross-platform version: mpv.io

When your installation is done, you can play almost any kind of video, as libmpv is based on FFmpeg, which provides wide support for video codecs and container formats.

Shortcuts

It's useful to remember a few shortcuts, which provide faster access than a GUI.

• s to save screenshot
• t or i to show stats
• [ and ] to adjust playback speed

Here is a quick reference to MPV shortcuts: link

Configuration

Here is the most important part: you can fully control MPV player's behavior using a config file. Go to the installation folder of MPV and create a folder called portable_config, then create a mpv.conf inside it.

Here are some basic configuration settings:

# use high quality render settings
profile=gpu-hq
cscale=catmull_rom
deband=yes
blend-subtitles=video
video-sync=display-resample

# reduce pull down judder
video-sync=display-resample
# interpolation=yes
tscale=oversample
icc-cache-dir="~~/icc_cache"
# enable hardware decoding
hwdec=d3d11va
# try all codecs with hwaccel
hwdec-codecs=all
gpu-shader-cache-dir="~~/shaders_cache"

keep-open=yes
save-position-on-quit=yes
screenshot-format=png
sub-auto=fuzzy

You can copy-and-paste these settings, or search the Internet and customize your own mpv.conf based on your own computer setup.

Oh, by the way, you can customize shortcuts using the input.conf in the same path.

Shaders

MPV supports third-party shaders, which can enhance your video viewing experience.

In my case, I'm going to use Anime4K; download the latest release and move those something.glsl or something.hook files into your config folder.

And if you are using Anime4K, adding these lines into input.conf will enable keyboard control of the shaders:

# Optimized shaders for higher-end GPU
CTRL+1 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_VL.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode A (HQ)"
CTRL+2 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_Soft_VL.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode B (HQ)"
CTRL+3 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Deblur_DoG.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_VL.glsl;~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl.glsl;"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode C (HQ)"

CTRL+0 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders clr ""; show-text "GLSL shaders cleared"

If this doesn't work for you, check whether those filenames match your shader files in the config folder.

After that, you can toggle the shader while playing a video!

VapourSynth

VS is an open-source non-linear video frame processing plugin that uses Python as its scripting language. MPV supports inserting VS into the video playback process in the form of filters.

To use VapourSynth, you need to install it first:

Download the latest zip file from this link: VapourSynth, then extract it to the MPV installation folder.

Next, download Python, as the plugin uses Python to execute scripts: Python

pip

If you're using an embedded version of Python and the latest version of VapourSynth, follow these steps.

The latest version of VapourSynth requires you to download the package from pip, but the embedded version of Python does not include pip, which means you cannot use pip install directly.

You can get pip with the following steps:

1. Go to the embedded Python installation folder
2. Edit the python312.__pth file, uncomment the line import site.
3. Download get-pip.py via this link: get-pip to this folder.
4. Run python get-pip.py

When you finish these steps, you can use ./Scripts/pip install VapourSynth to install the package.

mvtools

After installing VapourSynth, you can use mvtools to frame-interpolate video. Acquire mvtools via this link: mvtools, then extract libmvtools.dll into {installation path}/vs-plugins.

The last step is to get the Python script that calls mvtools: link

Download the file and put it in the config path (portable_config).

Modify Input

You have now set up all plugins; all you need to do is call them. Add this line to your input.conf:

CTRL+v vf toggle vapoursynth="~~/{filename}.vpy"

Then just press Ctrl+v to enjoy a 60-fps and high-resolution anime viewing experience!

References

mpv 播放器的使用【入门】

跨平台播放器mpv 配置入门

mpv播放器的使用引导