{"id":7978,"date":"2018-07-23T16:26:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T16:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7978"},"modified":"2018-07-27T08:08:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T08:08:56","slug":"mpv-media-player-0-29-0-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/07\/mpv-media-player-0-29-0-released\/","title":{"rendered":"MPV Media Player 0.29.0 Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mpv-logo245.png\" alt=\"MPV media player logo\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6054\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MPV media player, an open-source fork of mplayer2 and mplayer, reached 0.29.0 release with numerous changes.<\/p>\n<p>MPV 0.29 now requires FFmpeg 4.0 or newer, and it features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ao\/openal: Add better sample format and channel layout selection<\/li>\n<li>ao\/openal: Add support for direct channels output<\/li>\n<li>cocoa-cb: initial implementation via opengl-cb API<\/li>\n<li>context_drm_egl: Introduce 30bpp support (requires Mesa 18.0.0_rc4 or later)<\/li>\n<li>osx: add some more menu bar items as suggested by Apples&#8217;s HIG<\/li>\n<li>vo_gpu: make screenshots use the GL renderer<\/li>\n<li>x11: support Shift+TAB as an input key bind<\/li>\n<li>ytdl_hook: support native dash demuxer, if present<\/li>\n<li>ao_alsa, ao_pulse: reduce requested buffer size<\/li>\n<li>audio: change format negotiation, remove channel remix fudging<\/li>\n<li>client API: deprecate opengl-cb API and introduce a replacement API<\/li>\n<li>demux: lower demuxer cache default sizes from 400MB\/400MB to 50MB\/150MB<\/li>\n<li>osx: always deactivate the early opengl flush on macOS<\/li>\n<li>scripting: change when\/how player waits for scripts being loaded<\/li>\n<li>vo_gpu: various improvements to HDR peak detection<\/li>\n<li>vo_gpu: various improvements to HDR tone mapping<\/li>\n<li>wayland_common: update to stable xdg-shell<\/li>\n<li>ytdl_hook: parse youtube playlist urls to set start index if <code>--ytdl-raw-option=yes-playlist=<\/code> is specified<\/li>\n<li>build: drop support for SDL1 (only applied to ao_sdl)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also many new command options, bug fixes and minor enhancements.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mpv-mediaplayer-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mpv-mediaplayer-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mpv-mediaplayer-450x254.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mpv-mediaplayer-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mpv-mediaplayer.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While no Ubuntu packages available at the moment, you may download the source and see more details at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/github.com\/mpv-player\/mpv\/releases' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-large arconix-button-tan'>MPV Release Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~mc3man\/+archive\/ubuntu\/mpv-tests\" target=\"_blank\">This PPA<\/a> now includes MPV 0.29 for Ubuntu 18.04.<\/p>\n<p>Simply open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run following commands one by one to add the PPA and install mpv 0.29 in Ubuntu 18.04:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man\/mpv-tests\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install mpv<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MPV media player, an open-source fork of mplayer2 and mplayer, reached 0.29.0 release with numerous changes. 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