MPV Setup

Install MPV §

Install MPV from SourceForge repository | Windows Set it as default for video player

Bypass HDR over exposure in Windows §

Issue: Over-exposure in screenshots and recordings with HDR in Windows 11 To overcome this you can use one of the two workarounds:

Disable HDR in Windows Settings §

Disable HDR while watching a video

Add settings to MPV config §

Use Vulkan rendering engine in MPV (Vulkan does not support HDR) We will be using a config file for MPV to switch rendering engine to Vulkan

1. Go to %appdata%\mpv

   

2. Create a mpv.conf with the following content: This config file will use Vulkan API and MPV will automatically use English subtitle if it found one, disable/enable feature as you see fit

# Start in fullscreen mode by default.
# fs=yes

# Use a large seekable RAM cache even for local input.
# cache=yes

# Use extra large RAM cache (needs cache=yes to make it useful).
# demuxer-max-bytes=500M
# demuxer-max-back-bytes=100M

# Disable the behavior that the player will pause if the cache goes below a
# certain fill size.
# cache-pause=no

# Turn on English subtitle automatically
slang=eng,en

# Pervent HRD from over-saturation, (Vulkan dont have HDR)
vo=gpu
gpu-api=vulkan

More features §

Preview:

• This bar will always be shown until you remove it in setting. I find this useful when watching series, for long movie I disable this feature.

  

• Peek is just preview into the past/future.

  

Common setup §

1. Find your MPV installation location. If your MPV is portable version, then go to your MPV folder. If you used an installer, you can search for MPV and open file location.

   

2. If scripts folder does not exist, create one

Red progress bar §

Paste progressbar.lua file into your scripts folder progressbar.lua

Peek §

Paste osc.lua and thumbfast.lua into your scripts folder thumbfast.luaosc.lua