[Linux] SMPlayer ignores mpv.conf

[Aqua1ung]

It appears that the --config=yes option in "Advanced" doesn't do anything: running latest SMPlayer installed using pacman from Arch. (Btw, should that be --config=yes or -config=yes?) I got mpv.conf placed in the usual spot (~/.config/mpv). I tried two mpv configurations (see below), to no avail. What am I doing wrong?

gpu-api=vulkan
vulkan-device='Intel(R) Arc(tm) B580 Graphics (BMG G21)'
hwdec=yes

hwdec=vaapi-copy
vaapi-device=/dev/dri/renderD129

Both configurations work just fine with mpv when launched from command line. (Btw, which of these mpv configurations is better?) And yes, "Multimedia engine" is set to /usr/bin/mpv, while "Hardware decoding" is on Auto.

[Edit: Please change the title to "mpv.conf"!]

[smplayer-dev]

You need to set the option disable_player_config to false in smplayer.ini

[Aqua1ung]

You need to set the option disable_player_config to false in smplayer.ini

Thanks. First of all, every time I change an(y) option in "Preferences," the disable_player_config reverts back to true. Is this a bug, or a feature?

Otherwise, having both --config=yes and disable_player_config=false still doesn't do anything--at least nothing expected, such as unloading video processing to my eGPU: as you may have guessed from inspecting the two mpv.conf configurations in the OP, unloading video processing to my eGPU is what I am trying to achieve.

[smplayer-dev]

You need to set the option disable_player_config to false in smplayer.ini

Thanks. First of all, every time I change an(y) option in "Preferences," the disable_player_config reverts back to true. Is this a bug, or a feature?

Be sure smplayer is not running when you modify smplayer.ini, otherwise smplayer will overwrite it.

[Aqua1ung]

Be sure smplayer is not running when you modify smplayer.ini, otherwise smplayer will overwrite it.

Thanks. Indeed, if smplayer is not running, the changes in smplayer.ini do stick. Thanks. (You may also want to think of exposing the disable_player_config setting in SMPlayer's "Preferences.")

What about the more important issue though: why doesn't --config=yes work in my context(s)? Would you be able to confirm that?

[smplayer-dev]

Without disable_player_config, SMPlayer uses the option --no-config, and I guess it takes precedence over --config=yes.

[Aqua1ung]

Like I said, I got both -config=yes and disable-player-config=false, yet SMPlayer still ignores mpv.conf (or doesn't apply it properly).

For the record, this is what mpv.conf contains:

hwdec=vulkan # Enables hardware-accelerated video decoding via Vulkan.
vo=gpu-next # Use gpu-next for video output (required by Vulkan).
gpu-api=vulkan # Forces Vulkan for rendering.
gpu-context=waylandvk # For Wayland with Vulkan.
hwdec-codecs=all # Enables hardware decoding for all supported codecs.
vulkan-device='Intel(R) Arc(tm) B580 Graphics (BMG G21)'

[Aqua1ung]

Alright, so I sorta managed to make SMPlayer use the eGPU, and here are some observations from playing around with it for the past few days:

1. SMPlayer will ignore mpv.conf no matter what, hence don't bother setting disable-player-config to false and -config to yes. These two just don't work: you'd be wasting your time, like I did;
2. copy all your mpv.conf directives into the "Here you can pass options and filters to MPlayer/mpv/Options" field under "Preferences/Advanced/Options for MPlayer/mpv";
3. In my particular case, I would have to tick the "Run MPlayer/mpv in its own window" box, as otherwise the video would still show in a separate and immutable mpv window. So far, I have not figured out how to make the video show in SMPlayer's own window.

[Raza-0007]

If you are just trying to include a custom mpv.conf file with smplayer, then all you need to do is to add the following command in Preferences->Advanced->Mplayer/mpv->Options

-include=C:\smplayer-mpv-conf\mpv.conf

where the above is the path to your mpv.conf text file.

This works with smplayer in its factory default settings. mpv.conf passed this way has precedence over the settings configured inside smplayer, so if you have set hwdec=none in smplayer preferences, and hwdec=auto in mpv.conf, then mpv will still run with a hwdec.

[Aqua1ung]

If you are just trying to include a custom mpv.conf file with smplayer, then all you need to do is to add the following command in Preferences->Advanced->Mplayer/mpv->Options

Thanks. This, indeed, works.