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v0.41.0

We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.41.0.

Key highlights:

The libplacebo based gpu-next is now the default, instead of gpu
Vulkan hardware decoding is preferred over other APIs
New context_menu.lua script for right-click context menus
AAudio backend for modern, JNI-free audio output on Android
Improved default color management for gpu-next, and handling on Wayland
Color representation protocol support for Wayland
Tablet input support for Wayland
Clipboard writing support for Wayland and a clipboard backend for X11
Ambient light support on Linux (using sysfs ALS)
Built-in helpers to register mpv as a media app on Windows
This release requires FFmpeg 6.1 or newer and libplacebo 6.338.2 or newer.

Features
New
clipboard-wayland: support clipboard writing
wayland: add support for wp-color-representation-v1
wayland: tablet input support
vo_gpu_next: add support for blend-subtitles=video
meson: add mpv-register and mpv-unregister helpers on Windows
context_menu.lua: add this script
select.lua: add edit-config-file and edit-input-conf
osc.lua: add indicator for buffering/loading
osdep/linux-als: support 'ambient-light' property on Linux
clipboard-x11: add x11 clipboard backend
ao/aaudio: implement native AAudio backend for Android
Changed
vd_lavc: prefer Vulkan hwdec when available
vd_lavc: prefer non-copy hwdec before falling back to -copy variant
vo: move vo_mediacodec_embed to not be the default on Android
sub/osd_libass: don't rerender OSD if not changed
vo: prefer vo_gpu_next over vo_gpu by default
vo_gpu_next: respect ICC profile color space over any metadata
vo_gpu_next: linearize sRGB as a pure 2.2 power function
meson: warn if building with SDL2 due to known problems
osxbundle: make bundle category configurable and default to video
ao_pipewire: avoid setting any media.role by default
Options and Commands
Added
sub: add control for libass caching options (glyph-limit, bitmap-max-size)
vo: add options to control background tile appearance (transparency)
command: add default and forced flags to the track add commands
vo_gpu_next: add options to control subtitle peak for HDR output
video/out/d3d11: add d3d11 composition mode support
vd_lavc: add --hwdec-threads
stream_bluray: add --bluray-angle
vo_gpu_next: add options to control output colorspace metadata more precisely
sub: make --sub-fix-timing configurable
vo_gpu_next: add --hdr-reference-white
audio/out: add --audio-set-media-role
Changed
options: revert --prefetch-playlist default back to 'no'
vo_gpu_next: change --target-colorspace-hint to 'auto' by default
options: handle runtime --wid change
options: reduce swapchain-depth to 2 by default
screenshot: add osd and scaled flags to screenshot commands
Fixes and Minor Enhancements
vo_kitty: add auto-multiplexer-passthrough option
vd_lavc: enable FFv1 hwaccel by default
clipboard-wayland: prevent reading from hung up fd
demux_mkv: fix compilation after deprecated definitions removal
filters: handle flipping video if displaymatrix indicates so
player/scripting: fix race condition when destroying clients
{osd,msg}: use PU codepoints for escape codes instead of invalid UTF-8
vo_dmabuf_wayland: only load needed hardware decoding drivers
video/image_writer: tag accurate bit depth
demux_lavf: fix unconstrained cache size with wrapped AVFrame packets
libarchive: fix reading name of certain UTF-8 files
sub/sd_lavc: fix decoding with libaribb24
ao_avfoundation: fix memory leak
osc.lua: fix volume icon not updating while paused
context_wayland: implement target_csp for wayland
vo_gpu: fix target colorspace for redrawn frames
vo_dmabuf_wayland: don't set HDR metadata on SDR transfers
vo_gpu_next: don't do partial updates on hint luminance
sub/ass_mp: add missing padding for ass packer
stream_dvb: allow to enforce DVB-S/T for old zap format channels.conf
demux_libarchive: fix reading archives with '%' in stream URL path
vo_gpu_next: allow UINT upload if no other format is supported
ytdl_hook.lua: fix incorrect default format used with yt-dlp
vo_gpu_next: allow unsetting LUTs
stream_bluray: use bd_get_main_title() to get main title
vo_gpu_next: when tone-mapping, set better maxCLL value
stream_libarchive: seek source stream to 0 before probing
path-unix: support ~~desktop path expansion
ytdl_hook.lua: don't crash if playlist entries don't have an usable URL
mac/vulkan: fix frame not displayed when paused
mac/common: render first frame on init if possible
video/out/w32_common: support --wid=0
demux_mkv: map and expose hearing/visual impaired flags
player/misc: show percentage progress for --stream-dump
command: fix null dereference for invalid command in input-commands
cplugin: fix missing init of pfn_mpv_get_time_ns
vo_dmabuf_wayland: actually reuse OSD buffers
mp_image: add support for AVAlphaMode
vo_gpu_next: add --border-background=blur and --background-blur-radius
demux/cue: fix crash when there are no tracks
vf_format: add some basic HDR10 metadata
vo/context_android: fix surface tearing on resize
meson: remove redundant 'sdl2' option
mac/common: fix window position on multi monitor setups
vo_gpu_next: limit min_luma to 1000:1 contrast ratio in SDR mode
ao_pipewire: fix some incorrect channel mappings
wayland: correct geometry handling for rotated outputs
demux: clear packet pool when upper memory limit is lowered
mp_image: add ycgco-{re,ro} support
wayland: convert luminance values to libplacebo space
vo: trigger manual redraws at most at slightly over display fps
osxbundle: add new macOS 26 compatible App icon
wayland: support color-management-v1 version 2

Streamlined CLI options

MPlayer's options parser was improved to behave more like other CLI programs, and many option names and semantics were reworked to make them more intuitive and memorable.

On Screen Controller

While mpv has no official GUI, it has a small controller that is triggered by mouse movement.

High quality video output

mpv has a OpenGL based video output that is capable of many features loved by videophiles, such as video scaling with popular high quality algorithms, color management, frame timing, interpolation, and more.

GPU video decoding

mpv leverages the FFmpeg hwaccel APIs to support VDPAU, VAAPI, DXVA2, VDA and VideoToolbox video decode acceleration.

Embeddable

A straightforward C API was designed from the ground up to make mpv usable as a library and facilitate easy integration into other applications.

Active development

mpv is under active development, focusing on code refactoring and cleanups as well as adding features.