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won't play when launched from Finder

os:mac

Status: Open.

Bug

#17921 In mpv-player/mpv;

· Hill-98 opened on May 13, 2026

[RFC] mac: fix open file from finder and clean ups

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 18225

#18225 In mpv-player/mpv;

· Akemi opened on Jul 5, 2026

Video freeze on right mouse click with fullscreen exclusivity in use

os:win

Status: Open.

Bug

#18181 In mpv-player/mpv;

· Doofussy2 opened on Jun 25, 2026

ao_avfoundation: stop requesting media while paused

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 18390

#18390 In mpv-player/mpv;

· aliceisjustplaying opened on Aug 19, 2026

curl error handling + early logging

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 18385

#18385 In mpv-player/mpv;

· sfan5 opened on Aug 18, 2026

command: unset metadata key if string is empty

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 18377

#18377 In mpv-player/mpv;

· myQwil opened on Aug 16, 2026

vo_gpu_next: only re-upload OSD textures when they change

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 18352

#18352 In mpv-player/mpv;

· rlauuzo opened on Aug 8, 2026

autoload.lua: exit early when path is a directory

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 17928

#17928 In mpv-player/mpv;

· FM256 opened on May 16, 2026

libmpv: add D3D11 render API backend

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 17764

#17764 In mpv-player/mpv;

· kasper93 opened on Apr 17, 2026

vo/opengl/formats: use R8 and RG8 formats on GL2.1 and ES2 if available

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 18264

#18264 In mpv-player/mpv;

· anarsoul opened on Jul 14, 2026

vo_gpu_next: use pl deinterlace shader for bwdif instead of sw filter

Status: Open (in progress).

mpv-player/mpvnumber 17394

#17394 In mpv-player/mpv;

· llyyr opened on Feb 10, 2026