Homebrew SwitchWave: a hardware-accelerated media player

[TheStonedModder]

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SwitchWave is a media player for the Nintendo Switch, which aims at providing a smooth and feature-complete experience, for both quick playback and video enthusiasts.
It builds on ffmpeg and mpv for stability and broad compatibility.

Release | Source code​

Features

• Hardware decoding for all codecs supported by the Switch (MPEG1/2/4, H264, H265, VP8, VP9, VC1, and MJPEG)
• Rich, dynamic interface for all relevant playback settings
• Built-in config editor for mpv and in-app settings
• Efficient GPU video rendering using deko3d
• Native audio backend supporting up to 5.1 channel layouts
• Network playback of SMB, NFS and SFTP shares
• External USB drive support via libusbhsfs

Installation
Uncompress the release archive to the root of your SD card (be careful to not overwrite folders).
The release archive is bundled with sensible settings for mpv, which can be completed in-app via the editor.
A help tab is provided for usage reference.

Screenshots
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Heck yea very cool! This might pair really well if/when I can get the Stremio source code ported

Great work

 

[cucholix]

Sadly western digital se usb hdd isn’t detected with libusbhsfs https://github.com/DarkMatterCore/libusbhsfs/issues/12

 

[ikynx]

how does it compare to NXMP?

 

[averne]

New release: https://github.com/averne/SwitchWave/releases/tag/v1.0.1
This fixes the playback issue of files very long paths reported by @DiscostewSM, a rare corruption when taking native screenshots, along with some minor improvements to the UI//UX.

 

[ikynx]

New release: https://github.com/averne/SwitchWave/releases/tag/v1.0.1
This fixes the playback issue of files very long paths reported by @DiscostewSM, a rare corruption when taking native screenshots, along with some minor improvements to the UI//UX.

just tested, works brilliantly, you did what nxmp could never do: work reliably! Now regarding the UI/UX, are you open to comments / enhancement suggestions? it's currently pretty rough. Dunno what wiggle room you have with the libs you are using. Anyway, cheers, great job!

Post automatically merged: Nov 1, 2024

oh by the way, does your app support AV1? NXMP seems to and its using mpv too.

 

[averne]

just tested, works brilliantly, you did what nxmp could never do: work reliably! Now regarding the UI/UX, are you open to comments / enhancement suggestions? it's currently pretty rough. Dunno what wiggle room you have with the libs you are using. Anyway, cheers, great job!

Post automatically merged: Nov 1, 2024

oh by the way, does your app support AV1? NXMP seems to and its using mpv too.

AV1 works with software decoding, unfortunately the switch CPU is not fast enough to really sustain 1080p in my experience.
And sure don't hesitate to throw suggestions in, but indeed imgui is mostly designed for desktop use, so the touch interface in particular is not perfect.

 

[proconsule54]

I missed the news. A BIG ONE!

I am very glad to see this player! I have HUGE respect for @averne, he is a far better coder then i will ever be!
To point the diff between NXMP and this terrific player is that is coded by the one who made possible the HW decoding on switch, NXMP uses mpv and ffmpeg made by averne. also looking at the coding style is clear that switchwave is far better coded, is far more stable and so on.
I was sure that when averne release this one will be the NXMP end.

This will be the definitive player for switch and probably one of the best player ever on a console!

Thanks @averne for all your help and hints you gave me.
Now is time to show up to all how skilled you are!

 

[Topken]

Anyone give 10bit 264 anime releases a try?

 

[averne]

Anyone give 10bit 264 anime releases a try?

Decoding will work but in software, the hardware is not capable of decoding 10-bit h264.

 

[Topken]

Hardly anything is which is part of the issue. Hows the performance when software decoding 1080p 10bit h264?

 

[randy_w]

Hardly anything is which is part of the issue. Hows the performance when software decoding 1080p 10bit h264?

Depends on bitrate. Went through my old stash on my nas, almost all 10 bit BDRip releases are in HEVC, but i did find a few AVC 10 bit releases. Only had problem with one scene ([DHR&Makari&Airota][Sound! Euphonium S1+S2+Movie][BDRip][1080P]):

Video started to lag and got a ton of dropped frames. Checked bitrate on computer, it's actually around 25-30mbps:

Other 10 bit AVC videos played without any issue, bitrate is usually below 10mbps, highest I've seen is around 15mbps, so i think anything below 15mbps should play smoothly. Tbh not a huge deal, most 10bit BDRips are in HEVC anyway which can be decoded with hardware, there aren't many releases using 10 bit AVC.

Btw watched ET on my switch last weekend, it's the 4k HDR10 HEVC release, highest bitrate is around 70mbps and it played buttery smooth, not a single dropped frame. Thanks again for this awesome release!

 

[Topken]

I am talking about the 10bit h264 KICK that anime releases got on in the early/mid 2010s AKA before bdray rips in hevc took off. Instead of going standard 8bit for anime releases in h264 they upped it to Hi10bit releases becuase of banding and other issues with 8bit

Basically those labled as Hi10p

 

[averne]

There are also a few options you can use to speed up software decoding, like vd-lavc-fast, vd-lavc-skiploopfilter and vd-lavc-skipidct (at the cost of visual fidelity).

 

[TotalJustice]

Congrats on the release! Would you mind me adding this to the hb appstore?

 

[Growingcow]

This is really awesome. Just 2 question, can you fully navigate the player without having to use the controllers? I don't see a way to navigate or quiet whatever I'm watching with having to use the physical buttons.

Is there a lock screen function so that pressing something by accident does not trigger anything?

 

[josete2k]

Hi, is it possible to add an option to exit to home screen instead to hbmenu?

 

[darkverger]

Could you upload your project to the hb app store please?

 

[JK_]

Could you upload your project to the hb app store please?

I don't think it works like that. If it did, nothing I write would be there or updated. I don't mind it being there or anything, but I think they do it themselves?

 

[darkverger]

I don't think it works like that. If it did, nothing I write would be there or updated. I don't mind it being there or anything, but I think they do it themselves?

I believe if you are the dev you can get in contact with them in the ForTheUsers discord and they will put it in the app store.

 

[petspeed]

TotalJustice already asked in this thread whether he can add it to the Appstore...