Biraj2004/biraj-mpv-conf v1.0.3

Play in MPV v1.0.3 (Web - Extension)

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What's Changed in v1.0.3

⚡ Ultra-Fast Playback & Window Rendering

• Instant Player Window Spawning (--force-window=immediate): MPV now renders its GUI window in under 100 ms while online streams and yt-dlp metadata buffer asynchronously in RAM.
• Direct Stream URL Extraction in 0 ms: When streaming via Stremio Web (web.stremio.com & app.strem.io), active stream URLs are extracted directly from the video element without simulating UI menu clicks or waiting for clipboard roundtrips.
• Decoupled Windows Process Group: Launcher utilizes DETACHED_PROCESS | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP with standard streams redirected to DEVNULL. The launcher spawns and exits in under 15 ms with zero process locks to the browser.
• Clean Handoff Feedback: Eliminated redundant "Opening in MPV..." toasts since the player window renders instantly, while keeping all actionable error and reload notifications active.

🛠️ Reliability & Native Host Improvements

• WindowsApps Python Alias Bypass: Fixed Install_Native_Host.bat to detect and skip the Windows 10/11 0-byte Microsoft Store execution alias stub (WindowsApps\python.exe), preventing launch delays and failures.
• Expanded Python Support: Added automatic path detection for Python 3.9 through Python 3.14+ across user and system directories.
• Robust Media Playback Lock: Halts and mutes browser audio immediately on YouTube and Stremio upon handoff to prevent concurrent audio playback and duplicate network bandwidth consumption.
• Universal Context Menu & Action Support: Added page context support to right-click menus and enabled toolbar extension icon click-to-play.

Quick Installation (3 Steps)

1. Download Archive: Download and extract play-in-mpv-v1.0.3.zip.
2. Load Extension in Browser:
   • Navigate to chrome://extensions (or brave://extensions / edge://extensions).
   • Enable Developer mode (top-right toggle).
   • Click Load unpacked and select the extracted extension/ folder.
   • Copy your 32-character Extension ID.
3. Register Native Host:
   • Double-click mpv_native_host\Install_Native_Host.bat.
   • Select option 1 and paste your Extension ID.

Prerequisites

• MPV Player: zhongfly mpv-winbuild (recommended) placed in C:\Program Files\mpv\, or via winget: winget install --id shinchiro.mpv.
• yt-dlp: winget install --id yt-dlp.yt-dlp.
• Python: Python 3.9+ installed and on system PATH (standard library only; zero pip dependencies).

Assets Attached

• play-in-mpv-v1.0.3.zip: Full standalone distribution bundle.