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The playback is extraordinarily smooth and pleasing. It's also very robust in playing corrupted/incomplete video files.
Review by MusiqueRabbit on
Aug 7, 2023 Version: 0.36.0 nightly
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by Esprit on
Jan 21, 2023 Version: 0.34.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by sottil on
May 27, 2022 Version: 5.7.0.0
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by Romsryu on
May 31, 2021 Version: 0.33
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Works well, light Media Player. can use hardware decoder (CPU with i-GPU or APU), tone mapping, tuning parameter, audio equalizer, and not consuming too much resource or eating your system.
maybe it's not for ordinary people who just click and watch, need configuration.
recommended for expert or advanced user, in my opinion, the best media player after Daum Pot Player
maybe it's not for ordinary people who just click and watch, need configuration.
recommended for expert or advanced user, in my opinion, the best media player after Daum Pot Player
Review by Amariami on
Mar 7, 2021 Version: 0.33.0-88-gd1be8bb606
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
MPV's a neat program-- it operates as a slightly obtuse CLI video player by default, but if you delve into it you'll see that it also serves as a nearly-complete ffmpeg frontend (including encoding) that can also play/preview the stuff you put through it.
Regarding the player's video quality: if you open the player's OSD, you'll see that the last step before output bilinear scaling; a lot of people seem to interpret this as some kind of smoothing filter. It's actually a no-op; ie, bilinear scaling from a resolution like (1920x1080) to itself (1920x1080 --> 1920x1080) won't actually do anything. Same for any of the "interpolatory" filters, if you feel like Googling something. Comparing unfiltered output from MPV to the unfiltered output of madVR (IE, with no enhancements in either and equivalent settings in both) shows them being fairly similar, as well. They also both more or less align with ImageMagick, which is a good thing since IM is sort of a reference for correct image rendering.
MPV is, however, configured to just use bilinear up/down/chroma scaling by default, which absolutely is rather blurry if you need to watch a video at something other than its native resolution. This brings me to my first problem with the software: while the documentation for mpv is actually astonishingly detailed, in its default configuration it barely has any advantages over anything, and you'll need to rely on the manual (or someone else's interpretation of it) to whip the program into shape.
My *other* criticism, and the reason I don't use mpv on a regular basis, is that it's extremely prone to dropping or mis-timing frames compared to madVR or even the EVR render in MPC-- at least on Windows. (It might be different on Linux, but madVR doesn't even exist to be compared to it there ...) This is unfortunately a deal-breaker for me, and a much bigger issue than simple still-image quality.
Regarding the player's video quality: if you open the player's OSD, you'll see that the last step before output bilinear scaling; a lot of people seem to interpret this as some kind of smoothing filter. It's actually a no-op; ie, bilinear scaling from a resolution like (1920x1080) to itself (1920x1080 --> 1920x1080) won't actually do anything. Same for any of the "interpolatory" filters, if you feel like Googling something. Comparing unfiltered output from MPV to the unfiltered output of madVR (IE, with no enhancements in either and equivalent settings in both) shows them being fairly similar, as well. They also both more or less align with ImageMagick, which is a good thing since IM is sort of a reference for correct image rendering.
MPV is, however, configured to just use bilinear up/down/chroma scaling by default, which absolutely is rather blurry if you need to watch a video at something other than its native resolution. This brings me to my first problem with the software: while the documentation for mpv is actually astonishingly detailed, in its default configuration it barely has any advantages over anything, and you'll need to rely on the manual (or someone else's interpretation of it) to whip the program into shape.
My *other* criticism, and the reason I don't use mpv on a regular basis, is that it's extremely prone to dropping or mis-timing frames compared to madVR or even the EVR render in MPC-- at least on Windows. (It might be different on Linux, but madVR doesn't even exist to be compared to it there ...) This is unfortunately a deal-breaker for me, and a much bigger issue than simple still-image quality.
Review by joe on
Sep 16, 2020 Version: 20200913 Nightly
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
MPV is surely the only original video player project born in these years and potentially it can be the most advanced video player. In some area it is superior to the trio MPC-HC + LAV + madVR: color management, better use of DXVA hardware acceleration, better online streaming video support, much better seeking, use of scripts to extend the functions, under constant development. The visual quality is not generally yet at the same level of the trio above, as September 2020.
Review by Ziggy1978 on
Sep 13, 2020 Version: 0.32
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Rating by Omicron on
Apr 23, 2020 Version: 0.32.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
The best video player I've ever used.
Review by BlackstarFallen on
Feb 13, 2020 Version: mpv media player 0.32.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
One of the best media player I've ever use. It is very slim on resources and customizable in my opinion. I have it set as my default media player. I love it.
Review by goodysmarts on
Feb 12, 2020 Version: mpv media player 0.32.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating it only.
Review by Alexunc on
Feb 12, 2020 Version: 0.32
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
Rating by angang on
Feb 4, 2020 Version: Nigthly
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 4/10
Value for money: 6/10
Overall: 2/10
Rating by leishz0r on
Nov 3, 2019 Version: 0.30.0
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by Nero on
Nov 3, 2019 Version: 0.30.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
MPV is a cross platform player, probably the most advanced for functionality and processing capabilities. There are a lot of options to customize the video and audio quality, good quality video scalers. MPC-HC + LAV + madVR deliver yet a better visual quality, but MPV is no slouch either.
My only regret: when there is a video at display native resolution, MPV apply bilinear scaling when there should be no scaling at all.
My only regret: when there is a video at display native resolution, MPV apply bilinear scaling when there should be no scaling at all.
Review by Ziggy1978 on
Nov 2, 2019 Version: 0.30
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by stax76 on
Oct 27, 2019 Version: 0.30
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by krishna on
Mar 12, 2019 Version: 0.29.1
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 9/10
Rating by SIMJEDI on
Jun 24, 2018 Version: 0.28.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
Try mpc-qt as a GUI, It's almost exact duplicate of mpc-hc, except uses mpv as engine!
Review by Gerry on
Nov 8, 2017 Version: 0.27.0
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by jmr on
Apr 24, 2017 Version: 025.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I'm really liking this media player. Once you learn the keyboard commands, you're all set. Simply drag your media file into the mpv window, sit back, and enjoy. Below are a few of the key controls I use frequently.
Volume Up = 0
Volume Down = 9
Full Screen = f
Exit Full Screen = ESC
Original Video Size = ALT+1
Double Video Size = ALT+2
Enable OSD = DEL
Disable OSD = DEL
Quit and Close mpv = q
All key controls are listed at the link below.
https://mpv.io/manual/stable/
Definitely give mpv a try. It'll be even better when more Windows frontends are available for it.
Volume Up = 0
Volume Down = 9
Full Screen = f
Exit Full Screen = ESC
Original Video Size = ALT+1
Double Video Size = ALT+2
Enable OSD = DEL
Disable OSD = DEL
Quit and Close mpv = q
All key controls are listed at the link below.
https://mpv.io/manual/stable/
Definitely give mpv a try. It'll be even better when more Windows frontends are available for it.
Review by Dr. TaaDow on
Dec 27, 2016 Version: 0.23.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I liked, simple, fast, lightweight, all you need is this
Review by remanyao on
Apr 12, 2016 Version: mpv 0.17.0 portable
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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