ISiscream26·Nov 3, 2024Submission
Mpv-retro-shaders – mpv ports of some libretro shaders
2 points · Open discussionhhirtz
mpv-retro-shaders
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hhirtz / mpv-retro-shaders
mpv-retro-shaders
mpv ports of some libretro shaders for use with native-resolution encodes of Tool Assisted Speedruns
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mpv ports of some libretro shaders for use with native-resolution encodes of Tool Assisted Speedruns
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My favorite feature of mpv so far is being able to apply CRT shaders in real time to content. This solution also handles properly downscaling HD videos into actual 240p buffers…
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Aug 12 | 2024-08-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-08-19 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 19 | 2024-08-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-08-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 26 | 2024-08-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-09-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2 | 2024-09-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-09-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | 2024-09-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-09-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | 2024-09-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-09-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | 2024-09-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-09-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | 2024-09-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | 2024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-10-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | 2024-10-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-10-21 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | 2024-10-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-10-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | 2024-10-28 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-11-04 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesMy favorite feature of mpv so far is being able to apply CRT shaders in real time to content. This solution also handles properly downscaling HD videos into actual 240p buffers that then gets upscaled to your screen resolution by the shader.
https://i.imgur.com/akmgzxX.png
https://github.com/hhirtz/mpv-retro-shaders
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