[Feature Request] A prompt to quick switch to exoplayer in case of HDR videos if the default player is MPV. about findroid

[BartemX]

And maybe for the TV version we should have it the other way around, exoplayer as standard and mpv as backup, as most TV's these days are HDR

[sjiawjbssj]

A setting to skip the prompt and always switch would be nice too. You could show a toast to let the user know the player was switched.

[peerless2012]

Or maybe use mpv only ?

[realFPS]

Or maybe use mpv only ?

Why would one choose tonemapping over native HDR? Sure if the device in question doesn't support hdr then mpv is good but nowadays even all midrange androids have basic hdr support. Who wouldn't want true colors reproduction?

[peerless2012]

If mpv not work fir hdr or dv, you might be right. As i know, ffmpeg support dv already, why mpv not support dv or hdr？

[Jcuhfehl]

Ffmpeg isn't a video player. I'm not sure it can actually properly encode/decode dovi, but it isn't particularly relevant to mpv, because its problem is that it can't communicate the correct color space to your device. It can only tonemap the hdr video to the sdr it can actually display. Exoplayer can play hdr because it's more closely integrated with the android os (it's literally developed by google)
Edit: no ffmpeg can't properly handle dovi because it's a proprietary codec (someone should ban dolby from developing that useless stuff)