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foxpy

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Registered: 2021-01-18

Posts: 10

mpv does not play some of small modules (tracking music, chiptune)

There are already some issues on mpv github. The first one describes the original problem I ran into: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/8466
I have also opened a second issue here: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/8474

As I can see, the whole world slowly switches from legacy unmaintained (correct me if I am wrong) libmodplug to libopenmpt. ArchLinux still ships libmodplug and links both ffmpeg and mpv to it. There are AUR packages for both libopenmpt and libopenmpt-modplug wrapper ensuring backwards compatibility to libmodplug.
I have installed this: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libopenmpt/
and this: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libopenmpt-modplug/
After that, I have installed https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ffmpeg-git/ to ensure it correctly links to new libopenmpt-modplug package which replaces libmodplug.
Finally, I have installed https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mpv-git/
The issue still remains unresolved, mpv does not play small modules.

If someone has any idea what I could try next to make it work, please share your ideas! Currently I am just trying to find a source of bug so I can at least form a proper bug report somewhere.
Sample file for your needs: https://share.rfnull.com/mpv-issue-1/hard_day.mod

latalante1

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Registered: 2018-08-30

Posts: 110

Re: mpv does not play some of small modules (tracking music, chiptune)

mpv --demuxer-lavf-format=libmodplug hard_day.mod

foxpy

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Registered: 2021-01-18

Posts: 10

Re: mpv does not play some of small modules (tracking music, chiptune)

mpv --demuxer-lavf-format=libmodplug hard_day.mod

Nice idea!

mpv --demuxer-lavf-probescore=20 hard_day.mod

also works.

Last edited by foxpy (2021-01-18 14:31:30)