Glow
mpv Config File Generator for Windows (by MattMcManis)
plex-mpv-shim
Cast media from Plex Mobile and Web apps to MPV. (Unofficial) (by iwalton3)
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| 277 | 350 | |
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| 0.0 | 4.5 | |
| over 3 years ago | 4 months ago | |
| C# | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Glow
Posts with mentions or reviews of Glow.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-23.
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(O)h VL(C), we love you.
I think SMPlayer is the most popular and easy to use one, but it looks ugly as hell. mpv.net seems to be the next most popular and it looks just like the regular MPV with more features built into the GUI. Glow is a simple alternative to make your own config to control features, but I don't know if that is more customizable than VLC. Generally, if you want something specific, you do it yourself with MPV.
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Any 3rd party players on Windows that support Plex's library?
This player is highly configurable, but doesn't have GUI for its settings - you'll have to look up what you need on https://mpv.io/manual/stable/ and paste it into the config file (or you can use this config generator: https://github.com/MattMcManis/Glow). Alternatively, you can try using mpv.net (which has settings GUI), as an external mpv option in Plex MPV Shim settings - it may work if you launch mpv.net manually before casting, but I didn't try that yet.
plex-mpv-shim
Posts with mentions or reviews of plex-mpv-shim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-08.
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dipping into plex, using friends plex server to stream to my local monster 3080GTX laptop... i want upscaling from his 720p videos...
You could also use something like https://github.com/iwalton3/plex-mpv-shim
- Is there a way to use Plex with another player like VLC or MadVR?
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Plex IS getting worse and Im getting frustrated!
My best client experience is nvidia shield, and using plex-shim-mpv. It uses mpv as the client and supports every format I watch, specifically ASS subtitles for anime get direct played.
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HDR on Plex windows client washed out
I found this thread: https://github.com/iwalton3/plex-mpv-shim/issues/31 It seems that changing the config to use http (insecured connection) may solve this issue. I have remote access enabled and I'm signed in to the Plex server, so maybe that's why I didn't have those issues.
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Movie not filling the entire screen?
I just don't worry about it until I try and watch the movie and it has black bars, then I just use plex-mpv-shim to watch it, and handbrake it after.
- Plex Media Player for Linux abandoned... what to do?
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Why does Plex still have no Linux support?
Have you tried this? I use it all the time when watching stuff on Plex. It direct plays every thing I have minus 4K. Note it doesn’t offer the Plex gui. Instead I used my phone to find what I wanted using the Plex app and then cast it to the player
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having issues with video, Manjaro KDE
The plex experience in a browser was never great for me, whether it was transcoding or subtitles. Once I started using plex-mpv-shim, all those problems went away and it's a fast and seamless experience with directplay every time.
- Can physical keys be used as controls on a headless boot?
- [Jellyfin MPV Shim] Unable to connect to Jellyfin (expired SSL certificate?)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Glow and plex-mpv-shim you can also consider the following projects:
ScriptPlayer - ScriptPlayer is a video player that controls the Handy and lots of other toys in sync with videos.
Anime4K - A High-Quality Real Time Upscaler for Anime Video
mpv.net - 🎞 mpv.net is a modern media player for Windows that works just like mpv. [Moved to: https://github.com/mpvnet-player/mpv.net]
plex-media-player - Next generation Plex Desktop/Embedded Client
Flyleaf - Media Player .NET Library for WinUI 3/ WPF/WinForms (based on FFmpeg/DirectX)
jellyfin-tizen - Jellyfin Samsung TV Client
mpv.net - 🎞 mpv.net is a media player for Windows with a modern GUI.
Emby - Emby Server is a personal media server with apps on just about every device.
GARbro - Visual Novels resource browser
jellyfin-mpv-shim - MPV Cast Client for Jellyfin
x-ui - 支持多协议多用户的 xray 面板
PlexKodiConnect - Plex integration in Kodi done right