Mpv: reverse colors

[schachmat]

I would like to watch lecture recordings with inverted colors since

• my screen burns in bright colors
• the contrast between video (bright white) and terminal (dark) is quite annoying

So far I did not find an mpv option that allows me to watch videos with reverse colors.

[qmega]

--vf=eq=1:-1

[ghost]

--vf=eq=1:-1

Not sure what that does, but looks pretty much inverted. So, closing.

[ChrisK2]

Not sure what that does, but looks pretty much inverted. So, closing.

It inverts luma, so only brightness gets inverted, colors remain. Should still solve OP's question.

[qmega]

You could also use --hue=100 (or -100) to invert the colors, but that wouldn't make a bright video dark, which seems to be what OP wants. Or you could use both, which would do something.

Also, vf=eq is apparently really slow and might kill your battery if you're on a netbook with hardware decoding or something.

[schachmat]

Thanks qmega, that solved it for me. Pretty well hidden in the manpage though.

[japrogramer]

hey guys, this is better, faint text in video is not buried by the gamma:contrast

$mpv --vf=sub,lavfi="negate" $(xclip -o | awk "{print $1}")

[PhilipKigo]

To negate colors for better visibility use the flag vf-lavfi=[negate]
To negate all videos edit .config/mpv/mpv.conf using a text editor like nano/vim/kwrite/gedit and paste that flag.
To negate one video on the commandline use mpv --vf-lavfi=[negate] <videofile>

[egils-consulting]

This is an old issue. For mpv 0.32 use this:
how to invert colors in mpv
mpv --vf=negate --hwdec=no <videofile>

[arbitrary-dev]

Also, to toggle with I key in the player itself:

$ cat ~/.config/mpv/input.conf
I cycle-values vf "sub,lavfi=negate" ""

[egils-consulting]

@arbitrary-dev Could you add that to the bottom of the FAQ?

[Akemi]

that's nothing for the FAQ.