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Player panels

This section explains what the different panels do.

Subtitle settings

Subtitle typography settings

Settings to change the styling of subtitles.

Subtitle typography settings panel
Subtitle typography settings panel
Subtitle typography settings panel
Subtitle typography settings panel

Toggle bold

Toggle bold.

Toggle italic

Toggle italic.

Subtitle justification

How multi line subtitles are justified.

  • - Left justification
  • - Center justification
  • - Right justification
  • None selected - Auto justification

Reset

Reset all subtitle typography settings.

Font family

Select font family. Options includes "Sans Serif" (default) and all fonts placed in the mpv-config/fonts subdirectory for Storage location.

Font size

Select font size.

Border style

Border style of subtitles.

Border size

Border size of subtitles.

Shadow offset

Displacement of subtitle shadow.

Subtitle colors settings

Settings to change the color of subtitles.

Subtitle colors settings panel
Subtitle colors settings panel
Subtitle colors settings panel
Subtitle colors settings panel

To change a color, first select one of three possibles properties to change color for, then use the sliders to change the color. The properties are as follows:

  • - Color for text.
  • - Color for background/outline.
  • - Color for text shadow.

Reset

Reset text colors.

Subtitle miscellaneous settings

Subtitle miscellaneous settings panel
Subtitle miscellaneous settings panel
Subtitle miscellaneous settings panel
Subtitle miscellaneous settings panel

Override ASS/SSA subtitles

Switch to toggle whether to style ass/ssa subtitles.

Subtitle scale

Add scaling of subtitles.

Subtitle position

Vertical position of subtitles.

Subtitle delay

Subtitle delay panel
Subtitle delay panel
Subtitle delay panel
Subtitle delay panel

Set subtitle(s) delay. Tap the dropdown to set the delay either for the primary, secondary, or both subtitles. Note that the subtitle speed can only be set for the primary subtitle. Instead of trying to fine tune the delay manually, you can also use the Voice heard and Text seen buttons. If the text appears before it should, press the Text seen button when the subtitle appears and then the Voice heard when the voice for said subtitle is heard.

Set as default

Set the current delay and speed as the default. Press to reset both the delay and speed.

Audio delay

Audio delay panel
Audio delay panel
Audio delay panel
Audio delay panel

Set audio delay. Instead of trying to fine tune the delay manually, you can also use the Sound heard and Sound spotted. If the sound appears before it should, press the Sound heard button when some sound is heard and then the Sound spotted when said sound should be played.

Set as default

Set the current delay as the default. Press to reset both the delay.

Video filters

Filters panel
Filters panel
Filters panel
Filters panel

Brightness

Video brightness.

Saturation

Video saturation.

Contrast

Video contrast.

Gamma

Video gamma.

Hue

Video hue.