PMP 3.0 - Anyone Using It?

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was previously using the 2.39.0.1005 player but thought i would give 3.0 a try, is anyone else using it? a few observations…

  • i noticed that the 3.0 mpv-1.dll is only 14kb vs the 2.39 which was close to 60kb, why is this?

  • looking at the pmp log file, the 3.0 player doesn’t seem to read the contents of the mpv.conf file - the log file shows the mpv.conf path correctly, but none of the settings contained in the mpv.conf file appear in the log file.

  • lots of codec errors thrown up in the log file as follows:

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ INFO  ] "Updating some codecs: h264_decoder, hevc_decoder, mpeg2video_decoder, mpeg4_decoder, aac_decoder, dca_decoder, mp3_decoder, ac3_decoder, vp9_decoder" 

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "h264" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/h264_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "hevc" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/hevc_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "mpeg2video" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/mpeg2video_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 
2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "mpeg4" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/mpeg4_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 
2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "aac" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/aac_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "dca" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/dca_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "mp3" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/mp3_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "ac3" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/ac3_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ ERROR ] Codec "vp9" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/vp9_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:33 [ INFO  ] Codec update finished.

and

2019-12-04 15:01:50 [ ERROR ] Codec "h264" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/h264_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:50 [ ERROR ] Codec "ac3" exists on disk as "C:/Users/MEDIA/AppData/Local/PlexMediaPlayer/Codecs/20fed83-2696-windows-x86_64-standard/ac3_decoder.dll" but is not known as installed - broken codec? 

2019-12-04 15:01:50 [ ERROR ] Codec "mjpeg" does not exist and is not downloadable. 

2019-12-04 15:01:50 [ ERROR ] Codec "mjpeg" does not exist and is not downloadable. 

2019-12-04 15:01:50 [ ERROR ] Codec "mjpeg" does not exist and is not downloadable. 

2019-12-04 15:01:50 [ ERROR ] Codec "mjpeg" does not exist and is not downloadable.

any fixes to these issues?

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so is anyone using 3.0?

it was announced in 10/2019, three and a half months ago, and it seems that little or nothing has been done with it other than plex just throwing it out there and not following up on it?

i tried it but uninstalled it because the pmp log file was riddled with “errors” when using it, but i haven’t seen plex address it one way or another.

i’m pretty sure that earlier plex pmp builds are using a very old mpv version, and it would be nice if plex could catch up and offer a pmp with a recent mpv build, an error-free pmp build that hey’ve tested and approved.

a lot can be done with the newer mpv builds that can’t be done with older builds, including lua script/shader support, more functioning code support for mpv.conf file edits, and it looks like mpv guys are getting close to cracking the hdr nut as well, which will of course require a recent mpv build.

so what exactly is plex’s deal when it comes to mpv? are there any plans to keep up? the 3.0 stab doesn’t make it seem so.

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