compile mpv with hardware acceleration (mmal) on RPi, no windows borders

compile-mpv-mmal-rpi.md

mpv

The latest working mpv version for this guides is 0.27.2, tested on 2018-03-13-raspbian-stretch.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && 
sudo apt-get install -y git devscripts equivs &&
sudo apt-get install -y libgles2-mesa-dev

sudo rpi-update &&
sudo reboot

mkdir -p ~/src/mpv &&
git clone https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv-build.git ~/src/mpv-build &&
cd ~/src/mpv-build &&
echo --enable-mmal >> ffmpeg_options

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/vc/lib/pkgconfig/ &&
export LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/vc/lib 

./use-mpv-custom v0.27.2 &&
./update 

sed -i '0,/check_cc(lib="EGL")/s//check_cc(lib="EGL", linkflags="-lGLESv2")/' mpv/wscript

rm -f mpv-build-deps_*_*.deb &&
mk-build-deps -s sudo -i

time dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -b -j"$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"

sudo dpkg -i ../mpv_*.deb

With what flags should I open mpv using this? And are these instructions up to date?

@rien333 you can choose rpi-background in your mpv config file:

echo "# ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf

##################
# video settings #
##################

rpi-background=yes
fs=yes

##################
# other settings #
##################

# youtube-dl format filter
# FROM https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/1321
#   https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720][fps<=?30][vcodec!=?vp9]+bestaudio/best
" | tee ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf

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