#665 SMPlayer wit mp, Option vf-add: pp doesn't exist, Fatal error

[Redbaron]

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, SMPlayer ver: 14.9.6672, mpv ver:mpv git-33dd914 built on 2015-01-09T20:43:46. On some video files I get errors:
Option vf-add: pp doesn't exist.
Error parsing option vf-add (option parameter could not be parsed)
Setting commandline option --vf-add=pp failed.
Exiting... (Fatal error)

There is no Option vf-add for mpv. I disabled Deinterlace by default,Enable postprocessing by default and Set quality to 1. Same error.

[Ricardo Villalba]

--vf-add=pp works for me, but I compiled mpv from sources.

How did you get mpv? Is the package provided by ubuntu?

If you disable postprocessing then --vf-add=pp won't be used.

[Ricardo Villalba]

According to the mpv documentation the pp filter is only available if FFmpeg/Libav has been compiled with libpostproc.

In svn r6675 smplayer checks if the pp filter is available,

[Redbaron]

My mpv deb package is from https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/mpv-tests, the version is 2:0.7.2+git10. When I run mpv with --list-options parameter I only get:

--vf* Object settings list (default: )
--vf-defaults Object settings list (default: )

Is --vf-add same as --vf* option? And just pp is not avalable because of libpostproc is not included? I read somewhere on forums that mpv removed support for libpostproc for some reason.

As I mentioned I disabled all postprocesing features from preferences but still on some video files smplayer adds this option.

Can I get deb package of r6675 version from somewhere?

[Redbaron]

Forgot to mention this error appeared when I updated smplayer:amd64 from 14.9.0.6668-1~trusty1 to 14.9.0.6672-1~trusty1.

[Ricardo Villalba]

You can run "mpv --vf help" to know if the pp filter is available.

I'll upload soon the new version to the PPA.

[Ricardo Villalba]

smplayer 14.9.0.6675 is now available here:

https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/ubuntu/testing

[Redbaron]

Updated. Now it works on all video files without error. Thanks for fix. Output of "mpv --vf help":

Available video filters:
crop : cropping
expand : expanding
scale : software scaling
format : force output format
noformat : disallow one output format
flip : flip image upside-down
rotate : rotate
mirror : horizontal mirror
lavfi : libavfilter bridge
screenshot : screenshot to file
noise : noise generator
eq : Software equalizer
gradfun : gradient deband
unsharp : unsharp mask & gaussian blur
swapuv : UV swapper
hqdn3d : High Quality 3D Denoiser
ilpack : 4:2:0 planar -> 4:2:2 packed reinterlacer
dsize : reset displaysize/aspect
softpulldown : mpeg2 soft 3:2 pulldown
pullup : pullup (from field sequence to frames)
delogo : simple logo remover
phase : phase shift fields
divtc : inverse telecine for deinterlaced video
sub : Render subtitles
yadif : Yet Another DeInterlacing Filter
stereo3d : stereoscopic 3d view
buffer : buffer a number of frames
dlopen : Dynamic library filter
vavpp : VA-API Video Post-Process Filter
vdpaupp : vdpau postprocessing

But when I enable "Enable post processing by default" and "Quality :6" mpv command line is:

Command line: '/usr/bin/mpv' '--no-config' '--no-quiet' '--terminal' '--no-msg-color' '--slave-broken' '-v' '--no-fs' '--demuxer=lavf' '--vd-lavc-threads=8' '--sub-auto=fuzzy' '--vo=xv:adaptor=0' '--ao=pulse' '--stop-screensaver' '--no-input-default-bindings' '--input-x11-keyboard=no' '--no-input-cursor' '--cursor-autohide=no' '--no-keepaspect' '--wid=113246259' '--monitorpixelaspect=1' '--osd-scale=1' '--sub-ass' '--embeddedfonts' '--ass-line-spacing=0' '--sub-scale=1' '--sub-codepage=utf8:UTF-8' '--vid=1' '--aid=1' '--sub-pos=100' '--volume=60' '--cache=2048' '--start=68' '--osd-level=0' '--index=default' '--audio-channels=2' '--af-add=drc=1' '--af-add=scaletempo' '--af-add=equalizer=0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0' '--softvol=yes' '--softvol-max=110' '--ytdl' '--hwdec=auto' '--term-playing-msg=MPV_VERSION=${=mpv-version:}

Does that mean that postprocessing in not used anymore?

And also not connected to this ticket but can you add --hwdec parameter support?

[Ricardo Villalba]

Postprocessing is done with the pp filter. If the pp filter is not available then obviously the option does nothing.

Yes, I'll add support for --hwdec

[Jan Lachnitt]

I am getting the same error on Linux Mint 17 since updating mpv from version 2:0.7.2~trusty to version 2:0.7.3+git1~trusty.

[Ricardo Villalba]

The problem is fixed in svn r6675. Update.