# Load mpv's default quality settings
profile=high-quality
 
# Not too useful on modern hardware. 'auto-copy-safe' is a safe option to use if one wants to enable it. Defaults to 'no'.
#hwdec=no
 
# Video driver to use. The latest gpu-next is recommended.
vo=gpu-next
 
###### Vulkan on Linux, Windows or macOS (recommended)
gpu-api=vulkan
 
###### DirectX on Windows (recommended if issues on Vulkan on Windows)
#gpu-api=d3d11
 
###### Shaders ######
 
###### Luma up (use ArtCNN_C4F32 if the GPU can handle it)
glsl-shader="~~/shaders/ArtCNN_C4F16.glsl"
#glsl-shader="~~/shaders/ArtCNN_C4F32.glsl"
scale=ewa_lanczos
scale-blur=0.981251
 
###### Luma down
dscale=catmull_rom
 
###### Chroma up + down (not important but if the GPU is not being used much anyway, might as well)
#glsl-shader="~~/shaders/ArtCNN_C4F32_Chroma.glsl"
 
# fruit: 8-Bit/8-Bit+FRC display
# ordered: true 10-Bit/12-Bit display
# error-diffusion: high-end GPUs
dither=error-diffusion
dither-depth=auto
error-diffusion=sierra-lite # uncomment if not 'error-diffusion'
 
###### Antiring
scale-antiring=0.5
dscale-antiring=0.5
cscale-antiring=0.5
 
###### Debanding
deband=yes
deband-iterations=4
deband-threshold=35
deband-range=16
deband-grain=4

###### General
autofit=50%       # Open mpv as half the monitor resolution
keep-open=yes
snap-window=yes       # Snap to corners on Windows
cursor-autohide=1000
save-position-on-quit # Remember position when closing the player
osd-bar=no            # No huge box on screen when turning the volume
osd-font-size=32
volume=100
volume-max=100
audio-exclusive=no    # A hotkey for this inside input.conf (k cycle audio-exclusive)
 
###### Language & subtitles
sub-visibility=no      # Hide subtitles by default
alang=jp,jpn,ja,en,eng # Language priority for audio
slang=jp,jpn,ja,en,eng # Language priority for subtitles
sub-auto=fuzzy
sub-font='Arial'
sub-font-size=40
sub-border-size=1
sub-shadow-color=0.0/0.0/0.0/0.50
sub-shadow-offset=2
 
###### High-quality screenshots
screenshot-format=webp
screenshot-webp-lossless=yes
screenshot-high-bit-depth=yes
screenshot-sw=no
screenshot-directory="~~/screenshots"
screenshot-template="%f-%wH.%wM.%wS.%wT-#%#00n"

##### General
z          ignore
w          no-osd cycle sub-visibility
s          cycle sub
S          cycle sub down
F1         add sub-delay -0.1   
F2         add sub-delay +0.1
F5         no-osd screenshot
k          cycle audio-exclusive
p          add panscan -0.1
P          add panscan +0.1
 
WHEEL_UP   add volume   2
WHEEL_DOWN add volume  -2
RIGHT      seek   2 exact
LEFT       seek  -2 exact
UP         seek   5 exact
DOWN       seek  -5 exact
Ctrl+RIGHT seek  20 exact
Ctrl+LEFT  seek -20 exact
 
##### mpvacious
q          script-binding mpvacious-sub-seek-back
e          script-binding mpvacious-sub-seek-forward
x          script-binding mpvacious-sub-rewind
 
##### Better Chapters
MOUSE_BTN7 script_binding chapter_prev
MOUSE_BTN8 script_binding chapter_next
 
##### Bookmarker Menu
B          script_message bookmarker-menu
b          script_message bookmarker-quick-save
ctrl+b     script_message bookmarker-quick-load

# Refresh rate of the monitor (143.856 = 6* 23.976, which is the standard video framerate)
override-display-fps=143.856
 
# 'display-vdrop' is basically the same as 'audio', but with better debugging in Shift+i menu
# Read more about this here: https://mpv.io/manual/master/#options-video-sync
video-sync=display-vdrop

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+ Added
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* Change/information
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=== 2024-12-14
* Updated deprecated 'profile=gpu-hq' to 'profile=high-quality'
=== 2024-07-08
+ Added ArtCNN
+ Added a strong recommendation for 'gpu-next'
+ Added dither options
- Removed Anime4K section
- Removed FSRCNN, KrigBilateral and SSim references in favour of ArtCNN and built-in shaders
* Updated to mpv 38.0
* Changed the structure of the config
* Adjusted (lowered) antiring and deband values\
* Simplified the guide a bit
=== 2022-07-11
+ Added a bit about hwdec and vo to the config
+ Added a step to the tl;dr guide to uncomment the Luma up shader in the config
=== 2022-04-03
+ Added more comments to explain some of the config options
* Make Vulkan default option with an optional step for Windows to switch to DirectX
* Changed how paths are defined to make them work out of the box
=== 2022-03-14
+ Added a bit about the mpv version this guide is based on
+ Added gamut-mapping-mode in mpv git to the config
* Commented out gamut clipping settings by default
=== 2022-02-22
* Fixed section title links
* Modified some phrasings
- Removed API (DirectX, OpenGL, Vulkan) partiality
=== 2021-12-18
+ Added a quick guide
* Modified comments and structure of the config
=== 2021-10-24
+ Added gamut-clipping and hdr-compute-peak to the config
=== 2021-09-26
* Fixed a typo
=== 2021-08-31
* More about anime4K
* Fixed anchor links
=== 2021-08-01 ===
+ Added a bit about Adaptive Sharpening
=== 2021-07-10 ===
+ Added autosubsync script
+ Added a new source: artoriuz.github.io
+ Added a comparison: slow.pics/c/NTryj7wb
+ Added index
+ Added changelog
+ Added FSRCNNX
+ Added correct-downscaling=yes
- Disabled ThinLines
* Made the structure a bit clearer
* Moved the bit about refresh rates to its own section
 
=== Initial version ===