my mpv recommendations

My recommendations for configuring mpv media player.

By and large I recommend non-default settings that "just work", providing an optimal experience without the need for manually enablement and fine-tuning.

recommendations

If you have low specs, set profile=fast. If you have high specs, set profile=high-quality. If you have mid specs, set neither.¹²

vo=gpu-next is the in-dev update of the default driver: it's higher quality, faster, and has new features (such as HDR support enabled); it may contain bugs, but I haven't noticed any.³⁴

deinterlace=auto enables deinterlacing when interlaced video is detected.⁵

drm-vrr-enabled=auto enables VRR support when your system reports availablity.⁶

hwdec=auto enables well supported hardware decoding drivers. Hardware decoding should be most efficient, but can cause errors.⁷

autofit-larger=75%x75% sets the window size for high resolution videos to a manageable size.⁸

autofit-smaller=33%x33% sets the window size for low resolution videos to a manageable size.⁸

fs=yes opens files in fullscreen by default.⁹

Footnotes

1. https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/etc/builtin.conf ↩

2. https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/13257#issuecomment-1885576168 ↩

3. https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#video-output-drivers ↩

4. https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/GPU-Next-vs-GPU ↩

5. https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-deinterlace ↩

6. https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#video-output-drivers-drm-vrr-enabled ↩

7. https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-hwdec ↩

8. https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-autofit ↩ ↩²

9. https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-fullscreen ↩