don't forget to enable hardware accelerated decoding.
i found it to be off by default in many installations.
press "i" during playback to see if it's being utilized. or simply compare CPU usage before and after (should be drastic). also radeontop and intel_gpu_top will help in debugging / getting it working.
I disabled hardware acceleration, it was on by default. I think seeking is faster with it off and I believe there was another advantage, which I don't remember now. I find that CPU usage is negligible, but YMMV.
On older hardware it makes a huge difference. Also very useful if you are on a battery, in my experience it can be the difference between 2 hours or 6 hours of battery life. I think it's off by default because hardware acceleration sometimes introduces visual artifacts but these are so minor I would prefer the extra 4 hours of battery life and not giving a hot laptop. YMMV and indeed it may not be noticeable on newer hardware and maybe not an issue if there are no batteries.
i found it to be off by default in many installations.
press "i" during playback to see if it's being utilized. or simply compare CPU usage before and after (should be drastic). also radeontop and intel_gpu_top will help in debugging / getting it working.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/mpv#Hardware_video_accelera...