We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.39.0, with more than 5 months of development since the last version. This release brings numerous improvements and fixes across nearly all components.

Key highlights:

• A new select.lua script, allowing users to easily choose files from playlists, tracks, chapters, output devices, and more.
• A native replacement for autoload.lua has been implemented. See --autocreate-playlist in the manual.
• NVIDIA RTX and Intel VSR scaling are now supported via the d3d11va filter.
• Media controls are now supported on Windows.
• Track selection has been improved, especially for multi-component languages like fr-CA.
• A new fifth page has been added to stats.lua, displaying track information.
• Compatibility with dmabuf-wayland has been significantly enhanced.
• Multi-touch support has been introduced.

This release requires FFmpeg 6.1 or newer and libplacebo 6.338.2 or newer.

Features

New

• vf_d3d11vpp: add support for Intel VSR and NVIDIA RTX scaling modes
• demux: add --autocreate-playlist
• audio: add pitch-shifting feature
• win32: add Media Control support
• various: allow changing GPU API options at runtime
• vo_gpu_next: support --gamma-factor
• vf_vapoursynth: upgrade to VapourSynth API v4
• select.lua: add this script
• console.lua: implement a command parser to complete more things
• demux_mkv: demux Block Additional Mappings
• cocoa-cb: add support for macOS color space transformation (EDR/HDR)
• powershell-completion: add PowerShell command line completion
• input: implement VO dragging deadzone
• win32: support multitouch
• wayland_common: support multitouch
• demux/packet: add support for ITU T.35 metadata in Matroska
• demux: support VVC Matroska demux
• terminal-win: support mouse input events
• x11_common: detect wm support for _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR

Changed

• loadfile: improve the format of terminal track information
• options: add secondary-{sid,sub-delay} to watch_later_options
• input: map Num 5 to distinct value when numlock is off
• input.conf: make Alt+BS reset panscan
• msg: don't use bold colors and instead use bright ones

Options and Commands

Added

• sub: add ass-video-aspect-override option
• input/keycodes: add KP_ADD/SUBTRACT/MULTIPLY/DIVIDE keycodes
• demux_playlist: use --directory-filter-types for --autocreate-playlist
• options: add --{video,audio,image}-exts
• player: don't decrement --ab-loop-count=N and add remaining-ab-loops
• player: don't decrement --loop-file=N and add remaining-file-loops
• sub: add (sub/osd)-border-style; renaming sub options
• input.conf: add zoom, pan, scale and rotate keybinds for numpad
• wayland: add a --wayland-present option
• mac/menu: add option to disable default shortcuts
• stats.lua: display file tags
• osc.lua: add option to use display fps for update interval
• osc.lua: add option to make rendering smoother
• opengl: add --egl-output-format, --egl-config-id
• vf_vapoursynth: add parameter to pass arbitrary string to script
• options: add --osd-playlist-entry
• {osc,stats}.lua: add 'auto' value to vidscale option
• input/cmd: add nonrepeatable prefix
• player: add option-info/<name>/expects-file
• command: add dolby-vision-profile and dolby-vision-level to track-list
• scripting: add mp.input.select()
• command: add normalize-path command
• OSC: implemented user configurable colors
• ao_wasapi: add --wasapi-exclusive-buffer option
• stats.lua: add option to disable scale with video size
• stats.lua: add option to control plot border width
• player/command: add track-list/N/decoder
• sd_ass: add sub-vsfilter-bidi-compat to enable vsfilter bidi compat
• {x11,w32}_common: implement --show-in-taskbar option

Changed

• sub: merge vsfilter-aspect and vsfilter-blur-compat options
• input.conf: swap the positions of values for ctrl+h binding
• video/csputils: remove space from choice option for chroma loc
• input.conf: add KP_DIVIDE/KP_MULTIPLY key bindings
• external_files: allow specifying --cover-art-whitelist filenames
• x11_common: handle runtime keepaspect/keepaspect-window change
• video/out/gpu/context: convert --gpu-api to object settings list
• playlist: let playlist-next go to first item if player is idle
• playlist: let playlist-prev go to last item in playlist
• options: remove deprecated auto choice for --mute
• player/command: alias playback-time to time-pos
• input.conf: change 'u' binding to cycle between 'force' and default
• options: make sub-ass-override default to 'scale'
• sd_ass: only set sub-scale for 'scale', 'force' or 'strip'
• player/command: mark sub-text-ass as deprecated
• player/command: add sub-text/ass-full sub-property
• player/command: move sub-text-ass to a sub-property

Removed

• command: remove deprecated packet-*-bitrate properties
• console.lua: remove the scale script-opt
• osc.lua: remove scaleforcedwindow

Fixes and Minor Enhancements

• wayland: fix vertical resizing
• stats.lua: don't use ASS tags when use_ass is false
• video/out/wayland_common: set key state only on keyboard_enter keys
• input: add MP_KEY_STATE_SET_ONLY
• vo_gpu: use fallback colorspace for Dolby Vision
• video/out/wayland_common: don't pass mouse inputs on resizing edges
• hwdec_vulkan: allow using multiple decoding family queues
• hwdec_vulkan: update to new libavutil queue family API
• drm_prime: fix use of formats with modifiers
• build: bump minimum Windows version to 10
• input/ipc-win: support fd:// for --input-ipc-client
• player/command: fix --force-window=yes acting like immediate
• sd_ass: fix margin y scale with font size
• sd_ass: fix sub scale with window when use_margins is enabled
• loadfile,select.lua: print bitrates of tracks
• wayland: avoid potential floating point errors while scaling
• vo_dmabuf_wayland: don't use -ve margins in window size calculation
• ytdl_hook.lua: allow changing try_ytdl_first during runtime
• wayland: fix missed int -> double conversion for cursor scaling
• player/loadfile: enable streams in order of types when loading file
• misc/natural_sort: avoid implementation-defined behavior in comparison
• demux: allow refresh seek for non-video streams
• demux_edl: fix infinite loop on empty EDL files
• d3d11: return minimum bitdepth for display output and swapchain
• stats.lua: add page 5 for currently selected tracks information
• autoload.lua: fix options update
• input: prevent MBTN_LEFT conflict with VO dragging
• TOOLS/autoload.lua: fix directory_mode and ext options
• player/video: fix incorrect VO frame duration and frame drops
• x11: correct position coordinates if mpv was launched with --fs
• vo_vaapi: fix use-after-free when quitting
• vo_vaapi: fix use-after-free of current frame
• playloop: don't loop when seeking to the end of cover art while paused
• build: dynamically generate mpv.desktop file protocols
• wayland: use wl->callback_surface for idle inhibitor creation
• wayland: cap xdg_wm_base at 4 if wm_capabilities aren't supported
• {options,player}: fix stream leaks
• console.lua: increase margins from the bottom-left corner
• external_files: detect language tags with hyphens
• player/loadfile: match language and subcodes
• player: normalize paths for resuming playback
• demux_mkv: fix image detection
• demux_mkv: make V_QUICKTIME codec detection generic
• osd: show left arrow when playing backwards
• wayland: set wl->scaling if there is no wl->current_output yet
• sub/osd: fix rounding when rescaling bitmap subtitle rects
• zsh-completion: complete --gpu-context
• stats.lua: show osd-dimensions property
• sub/lavc_conv: don't override style of converted teletext pages
• mac: make display-names unique to allow specific selection
• vo_dmabuf_wayland: use wl_fixed_from_int when setting viewport source
• vo_dmabuf_wayland: fix scaling for subsurface positioning
• demux: also read "CUESHEET" tag from stream metadata
• stats.lua: filter input bindings by typing them
• vo_{tct,sixel,kitty}: implement mouse support
• terminal-unix: ignore unhandled mouse CSI sequences
• terminal-unix: support mouse escape codes
• sd_ass: fix margins for all styles when overriding PlayResX
• stats.lua: inherit OSD styles
• options: fix runtime update of teletext-page
• ytdl_hook: add some more yt-dlp tags
• vulkan: don't tolerate suboptimal swapchain configurations
• vd_lavc: add Vulkan hardware decoding to autoprobe
• sub/osd: add log if osd rendering takes too long time
• vo_gpu_next: allow setting antiring value for cscale
• f_auto_filters: don't set interlaced-only for userdeint
• vo_dmabuf_wayland: reject formats not supported by the GPU
• ytdl_hook: make path and json available to other scripts

This listing is not complete. Check DOCS/client-api-changes.rst for a history of changes to the client API, and DOCS/interface-changes.rst for a history of changes to other user-visible interfaces.

A complete changelog can be seen by running git log v0.38.0..v0.39.0 in the git repository or by visiting https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/compare/v0.38.0...v0.39.0.