- About mpv.net
- Requirements
- Installation
- Context Menu
- Open > Open Files
- Open > Open URL
- Open > Show media search
- Open > Load external audio files
- Open > Load external subtitle files
- Play/Pause
- Stop
- Toggle Fullscreen
- Navigate > Previous File
- Navigate > Next File
- Navigate > Next Chapter
- Navigate > Previous Chapter
- Navigate > Jump Next Frame
- Navigate > Jump Previous Frame
- Navigate > Jump
- Pan & Scan > Increase Size
- Pan & Scan > Decrease Size
- Pan & Scan > Move Left
- Pan & Scan > Move Right
- Pan & Scan > Move Up
- Pan & Scan > Move Down
- Pan & Scan > Decrease Height
- Pan & Scan > Increase Height
- Pan & Scan > Reset
- Video > Decrease Contrast
- Video > Increase Contrast
- Video > Decrease Brightness
- Video > Increase Brightness
- Video > Decrease Gamma
- Video > Increase Gamma
- Video > Decrease Saturation
- Video > Increase Saturation
- Video > Take Screenshot
- Video > Toggle Deinterlace
- Video > Cycle Aspect Ratio
- Audio > Cycle/Next
- Audio > Delay +0.1
- Audio > Delay -0.1
- Subtitle > Cycle/Next
- Subtitle > Toggle Visibility
- Subtitle > Delay -0.1
- Subtitle > Delay 0.1
- Subtitle > Move Up
- Subtitle > Move Down
- Subtitle > Decrease Subtitle Font Size
- Subtitle > Increase Subtitle Font Size
- Volume > Up
- Volume > Down
- Volume > Mute
- Speed > -10%
- Speed > 10%
- Speed > Half
- Speed > Double
- Speed > Reset
- Extensions > Rating > 0stars
- View > On Top > Enable
- View > On Top > Disable
- View > File Info
- View > Show Statistics
- View > Toggle Statistics
- View > Toggle OSC Visibility
- View > Show Playlist
- View > Show Audio/Video/Subtitle List
- Settings > Show Config Editor
- Settings > Show Input Editor
- Settings > Open Config Folder
- Tools > Command Palette
- Tools > Show History
- Tools > Set/clear A-B loop points
- Tools > Toggle infinite file looping
- Tools > Cycle Hardware Decoding
- Tools > Execute mpv command
- Tools > Manage File Associations
- Help > Show mpv manual
- Help > Show mpv default keys
- Help > Show mpv.net default keys
- Help > Show mpv.net manual
- Help > About mpv.net
- Exit
- Exit Watch Later
- Command Line Interface
- Settings
mpv.net is a media player for Windows. Similar like VLC mpv.net is not based on DirectShow like MPC, mpv.net is based on libmpv which in return is based on ffmpeg.
libmpv provides the majority of the features of the mpv media player, a fork of mplayer. mpv focuses on the usage of the command line interface, mpv.net retains the ability to be used from the command line and adds a simple and easy to use GUI on top of it.
mpv.net is meant to be a small single person project, it's designed to be mpv compatible, can use the same settings as mpv and offers almost all mpv features because they are all contained in libmpv, this means the official mpv manual fully applies to mpv.net.
The target audience of mpv.net are Windows programmers and users that need something more advanced than common media players.
Furthermore mpv.net is well suited for Windows users who are interested to learn about the Linux operating system and portable apps, even though mpv.net self is not portable.
mpv.net is based on the .NET Framework and requires Windows 7 as minimum version of the Windows operating system. As of the writing of this manual the minimum required .NET Framework version is 4.7.2.
For optimal results a modern graphics card is recommended.
mpv.net is available as setup and as portable download in the 7zip and zip archive format, to unpack the portable download 7zip can be used, it is available at www.7-zip.org.
If you are new to mpv.net the portable download is recommended, for regular mpv.net users the setup is typically more easy to use.
The x64 editions require more memory and have the advantage of decoders being typically first and better optimized for x64.
x86 should though still be well supported and work.
File Associations can be created using the setup or from within the apps context menu under 'Tools > Manage File Associations'.
Windows 10 prevents apps to register as the default app, to define the default video or audio player app in Windows 10 go to the Windows settings under 'Settings > Apps > Default apps' or shell execute 'ms-settings:defaultapps'.
It's also possible to change the default application using the Open With feature of the context menu in Windows File Explorer.
The most important part of the user interface in mpv.net is the context menu, the menu can be customized as it is defined in the same file where the key bindings are defined.
The Open Files menu entry is one way to open files in mpv.net, it supports multi selection.
Another way to open files is the command line, it is used by the Windows File Explorer if file associations exist.
A third way is to drag and drop files on the main window.
The Open URL menu entry can be used to open URLs for example from YouTube.
mpv.net monitors the Windows clipboard and ask if URLs should be played in case it finds a URL in the clipboard.
mpv.net supports system wide media searches using the Everything indexing service installed by the popular file search tool Everything (www.voidtools.com).
Allows to load an external audio file. It's also possible to auto detect external audio files based on the file name, the option for this can be found in the settings under 'Settings > Show Config Editor > Audio > audio-file-auto'.
Allows to load an external subtitle file. It's also possible to auto detect external subtitle files based on the file name, the option for this can be found in the settings under 'Settings > Show Config Editor > Subtitles > sub-auto'.
Play/Pause using the command:
cycle pause
Stops the player and unloads the playlist using the command:
stop
Toggles fullscreen using the command:
cycle fullscreen
Navigates to the previous file in the playlist using the command:
playlist-prev
Navigates to the next file in the playlist using the command:
playlist-next
Navigates to the next chapter using the command:
add chapter 1
Navigates to the previous chapter using the command:
add chapter -1
Jumps to the next frame using the command:
frame-step
Jumps to the previous frame using the command:
frame-back-step
Seeking using the command:
no-osd seek sec
sec is the relative amount of seconds to jump, the no-osd prefix is used because mpv.net includes a script that shows the position when a seek operation is performed, the script uses a more simple time format.
Adds video zoom using the command:
add video-zoom 0.1
Adds negative video zoom using the command:
add video-zoom -0.1
add video-pan-x -0.01
video-pan-x, video-pan-y property
add video-pan-x 0.01
video-pan-x, video-pan-y property
add video-pan-y -0.01
video-pan-x, video-pan-y property
add video-pan-y 0.01
video-pan-x, video-pan-y property
add panscan -0.1
add panscan 0.1
Resets Pan & Scan, multiple commands in the same line are separated with semicolon.
set video-zoom 0; set video-pan-x 0; set video-pan-y 0
video-pan-x, video-pan-y property
Decreases contrast with the following command:
add contrast -1
Increases contrast with the following command:
add contrast 1
Decreases brightness using the following command:
add brightness -1
Increases brightness using the following command:
add brightness 1
Decreases gamma using the following command:
add gamma -1
Increases gamma using the following command:
add gamma 1
Decreases saturation using the following command:
add saturation -1
Increases saturation using the following command:
add saturation 1
async screenshot
Cycles the deinterlace property using the following command:
cycle deinterlace
Cycles the aspect ratio using the following command:
cycle-values video-aspect "16:9" "4:3" "2.35:1" "-1"
This uses a mpv.net command that shows better info then the mpv preset and also has the advantage of not showing no audio.
Adds a audio delay using the following command:
add audio-delay 0.1
Adds a negative audio delay using the following command:
add audio-delay -0.1
Shows the next subtitle track using the following command:
cycle sub
Cycles the subtitle visibility using the following command:
cycle sub-visibility
Adds a negative subtitle delay using the following command:
add sub-delay -0.1
Adds a positive subtitle delay using the following command:
add sub-delay 0.1
Moves the subtitle up using the following command:
add sub-pos -1
Moves the subtitle down using the following command:
add sub-pos 1
Decreases the subtitle font size using the following command:
add sub-scale -0.1
Increases the subtitle font size using the following command:
add sub-scale 0.1
Increases the volume using the following command:
add volume 10
Decreases the volume using the following command:
add volume -10
Cycles the mute property using the following command:
cycle mute
Decreases the speed by 10% using the following command:
multiply speed 1/1.1
Increases the speed by 10% using the following command:
multiply speed 1.1
Halfs the speed using the following command:
multiply speed 0.5
Doubles the speed using the following command:
multiply speed 2
Resets the speed using the following command:
set speed 1
A plugin the writes the rating to the filename.
Forces the player to stay on top of other windows using the following command:
set ontop yes
Disables the player to stay on top of other windows using the following command:
set ontop no
Shows info using a mpv.net command about the current file, shows length, position, formats, size and filename.
Show statistics using the following command:
script-binding stats/display-stats
Toggles statistics using the following command:
script-binding stats/display-stats-toggle
Toggles OSC Visibility using the following command:
script-binding osc/visibility
Shows the playlist for 5 seconds using the following command:
show-text ${playlist} 5000
Shows the Audio/Video/Subtitle list for 5 seconds using the following command:
show-text ${track-list} 5000
Shows mpv.net's config editor.
Shows mpv.net's key binding editor.
Opens the config folder which contains:
mpv.conf file containing mpv settings
mpvnet.conf file containing mpv.net settings
input.conf containing mpv key bindings
User scripts and user extensions
Shows the command palette window which allows to find mpv.net commands, it shows the command's location in the context menu and the key shortcut.
When enabled shows a file that contains the playback history containing the time and filename.
Enables to set loop start and end points using the following command:
ab-loop
Loops the current file infinitely using the following command:
cycle-values loop-file "inf" "no"
Cycles the hwdec property to enable/disable hardware decoding using the following command:
cycle-values hwdec "auto" "no"
Allows to execute mpv commands.
Allows to manage file associations.
Shows the mpv manual.
Shows the mpv default keys
Shows the mpv.net default keys
Help > Show mpv.net web site
Shows the mpv.net web site
Shows the mpv.net manual
Shows the mpv.net about dialog.
Exits mpv.net using the following command:
quit
Exits mpv.net and remembers the position in the file using the following command:
quit-watch-later
mpvnet implements a basic CLI to set mpv commands.
Example:
mpvnet --mute=yes <file|URL>
mpv.net is able to share the settings with mpv and mpv.net uses the same logic to decide from where the settings are loaded. The default location is:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\mpv\mpv.conf
If a directory named portable_config next to the mpvnet.exe exists, all config will be loaded from this directory only.
<startup>\portable_config\mpv.conf
In case there isn't any config folder mpv.net asks where to create it. If no mpv.conf file exists mpv.net generates it with the following defaults:
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/mpvConf.txt
Config files located in the same directory as mpvnet.exe are loaded with lower priority. Some config files are loaded only once, which means that e.g. of 2 input.conf files located in two config directories, only the one from the directory with higher priority will be loaded.
The key bindings and the context menu definitions are stored in the input.conf file, if it's missing mpv.net generates it with the following defaults:
https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net/blob/master/mpv.net/Resources/inputConf.txt