This release requires FFmpeg 4.0 or newer. This release has replaced the internal Vulkan rendering abstraction with libplacebo's more up-to-date implementation.

Features

Added

• vo_gpu: vulkan: hwdec_cuda: Add support for Vulkan interop
• command: support for async commands
• input: support for named arguments
• cocoa-cb: add support for mac 10.14 Dark mode and run time switching
• vo_gpu: switch to Vulkan API implementation based on libplacebo
• context_drm_egl: Add support for presentation feedback
• vo_gpu: implement error diffusion for dithering
• vo/gpu: hwdec_vdpau: Support direct mode for 4:4:4 content
• vo_gpu: hwdec_vaapi: Add Vulkan interop
• video, TOOLS: add vf_fingerprint and a skip-logo script
• vo_gpu: d3d11: add support for presentation feedback
• vo_drm: 30bpp support
• cocoa-cb: add support for 10bit opengl rendering
• video: add pure gamma TRC curves for 2.0, 2.4 and 2.6
• vo_drm: Implement N-buffering and presentation feedback
• Reintroduce vo_wayland as vo_wlshm
• video: add zimg wrapper
• wayland: add presentation time
• input: add gamepad support through SDL2

Changed

• cocoa-cb: use libmpv's advanced rendering control and timing
• vo_gpu: improve tone mapping desaturation
• vo_gpu: redesign peak detection algorithm
• vo_gpu: allow boosting dark scenes when tone mapping
• osc: improve look of seekranges
• vo_gpu: x11: remove special vdpau probing, use EGL by default
• demux: sort filenames naturally when playing a directory / archive
• stream_dvb: rewrite channel switching, remove old stream control
• filters: extend vf_format so that it can convert color parameters

Removed

• demux, stream: rip out the classic stream cache
• vo_gpu: removed internal Vulkan implementation
• Remove libdvdread support in favor of libdvdnav
• demux, stream: remove much of the optical disc support
• Remove classic Linux analog TV support, and DVB runtime controls
• demux, stream: remove old rar support in favor of libarchive
• vo_gpu: remove mali-fbdev
• vo_gpu: remove vdpau/GLX backend
• vf_vapourynth: remove Lua backend
• vo_gpu: remove hwdec_d3d11eglrgb

Options and Commands

Added

• command: add a subprocess command
• vo_gpu: added --tone-mapping-max-boost, --hdr-peak-decay-rate, --hdr-scene-threshold-low/high
• player: add --demuxer-cache-wait option
• Implement backwards playback
• demux: add a on-disk cache
• demux, command: add another stream recording mechanism, dump-cache command
• ao_pulse: add --pulse-allow-suspended
• command: add video-add/video-remove/video-reload commands
• demux_cue: added --demuxer-cue-codepage to select CUE sheet charset
• input: add keybind command
• command: add sub-start & sub-end properties
• video/d3d11: added --d3d11-adapter to select a rendering adapter by name
• vo_gpu/d3d11: added --d3d11-output-format for configuring swap chain format

Changed

• vo_gpu: split --linear-scaling into --linear-upscaling and --linear-downscaling
• vo_gpu: split --tone-mapping-desaturate into strength and exponent
• drm: rename --drm-osd-plane-id to --drm-draw-plane, --drm-video-plane-id to --drm-drmprime-video-plane, --drm-osd-size to --drm-draw-surface-size

Deprecated

• options: deprecate --video-aspect, replaced by --video-aspect-override
• options: deprecate --record-file, --spirv-compiler

Removed

• options: remove deprecated --chapter option
• demux: remove "program" property
• stream: remove "disc-titles", "disc-title", "disc-title-list", and "angle" properties
• cocoa-cb: remove --macos-title-bar-style, replaced by --macos-title-bar-material and --macos-title-bar-appearance
• spirv: remove support for --spirv-compiler=nvidia (shaderc is the only remaining option)

Fixes and Minor Enhancements

• context_drm_egl: implement n-buffering
• cocoa-cb: add support for custom colored title bar
• vo_gpu: x11egl: support Mesa OML sync extension
• demux, demux_edl: add extension for tracks sourced from separate streams
• context_drm_egl: Use eglGetPlatformDisplayEXT if available
• vo_gpu: vulkan: add Android context
• wayland: use xdg-decoration if available
• vo_gpu: glx: use GLX_OML_sync_control for better vsync reporting
• demux: runtime option changing for cache and stream recording
• x11: fix ICC profiling for multiple monitors
• zsh completion: move generation to runtime and improve

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 v0.29.1..v0.30.0 in the git repository or by visiting either https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/compare/v0.29.1...v0.30.0 or https://git.srsfckn.biz/mpv/log/?qt=range&q=v0.29.1..v0.30.0