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Why does my mpv on windows sound better than in mpv on linux?
I am not much of a tech guy, i just used a general mpv.conf for windows. now that i am using cachyos on my laptop, the audio kinda sounds bad, especially when i raise the volume above 100.
my windows mpv.conf was this:
# Increase max volume to 200%
volume-max=200
# Enable hardware decoding
hwdec=auto
# Optional: default volume level
volume=100
# Optional: disable on-screen controller (UI buttons)
# osc=no
# Smoother audio during speed changes
audio-pitch-correction=yes
save-position-on-quit=yes
audio-channels=auto
vo=gpu-next
gpu-api=d3d11
hwdec=nvdec
tone-mapping=bt.2390
hdr-compute-peak=yes
target-colorspace-hint=no
video-sync=display-resample
interpolation=yes
tscale=oversample
profile=gpu-hq
and current cachyos mpv.conf is this (I used ai to port the windows conf to linux since i don't know much):
# --- General Settings (Same as Windows) ---
volume-max=200
volume=100
save-position-on-quit=yes
audio-pitch-correction=yes
audio-channels=auto
loop-playlist=inf
# --- Linux/CachyOS Specific Graphics & HWDEC ---
vo=gpu-next
# Use vulkan for the best performance on modern Linux/Wayland
gpu-api=opengl
# For NVIDIA on Linux, 'nvdec' is still the preferred hardware decoder
hwdec=nvdec
# --- High Quality & Sync Settings ---
# 'gpu-hq' is now an alias for 'high-quality'; using the modern name is better
profile=high-quality
video-sync=display-resample
interpolation=yes
tscale=oversample
# --- Tone Mapping (Modernized for gpu-next) ---
# gpu-next handles HDR/Tone-mapping more intelligently; bt.2390 is still valid
tone-mapping=bt.2390
hdr-compute-peak=yes
# --- ModernZ Specific ---
# Since you're installing ModernZ, ensure the default OSC is disabled
osc=no
save-position-on-quit=yes
watch-later-options=start
how do i fix the audio and make it sound good. it sounds distorted and bad currently in linux but the windows sound smooth and good.
u/daddy69ice — 3 days ago