Native versus MPV?

[hstamas 168]

Apologizing in advance as I am sure somewhere this is already answered but Im not finding anything comprehensive in search.

What are the advantages of using the native player over MPV or vice versa?

If I really dont care about transcoding (my machine can handle it and I am the only user) should I stick with one over the other?

My biggest concern is that the audio goes over to my receiver correctly (5.1) and if I have something HDR that it makes my TV switch to that.

Thanks and Merry Christmas all!

[vdatanet 1574]

The native player has limited media support, for example it doesn't support MKV. Instead, it supports refresh rate and dynamic range matching.

The MPV player supports more formats but does not support refresh rate and dynamic range matching.

[hstamas 168]

Thanks @vdatanet

Will it transcode mkv files or just plain not play them at all?

 

[vdatanet 1574]

14 minutes ago, hstamas said:

Thanks @vdatanet

Will it transcode mkv files or just plain not play them at all?

 

If the codec is supported it will be repackaged using HLS streams, if it's not supported it will be transcoded.

[Seanmac6 4]

And this is why infuse firecore is still winning hopefully one day
emby will overtake infuse though

[Seanmac6 4]

20 hours ago, Seanmac6 said:

And this is why infuse firecore is still winning hopefully one day
emby will overtake infuse though

disregard my last silly message lol since version 1.6.9 been playing real smoothly for me
and even got closer to truly looking like the native player just need to add the volume bar
and info icons
 

[Seanmac6 4]

29 minutes ago, Seanmac6 said:

disregard my last silly message lol since version 1.6.9 been playing real smoothly for me
and even got closer to truly looking like the native player just need to add the volume bar
and info icons
 

also when pause video just show still image 

[Luke 39644]

On 12/23/2022 at 10:51 PM, Seanmac6 said:

disregard my last silly message lol since version 1.6.9 been playing real smoothly for me
and even got closer to truly looking like the native player just need to add the volume bar
and info icons
 

HI, yes we are working on adding these features. Thanks for the feedback !