SwitchWave

SwitchWave
General
Author	averne
Type	Media players
Version	1.0.1
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2024/11/02
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SwitchWave is a powerful media player designed for the Nintendo Switch, offering a seamless and feature-rich experience for both casual viewers and video enthusiasts. Built on FFmpeg and MPV, it ensures stability, broad compatibility, and hardware-accelerated playback, delivering smooth media performance on the Switch.

Features

• Custom hardware acceleration backend for FFmpeg, with dynamic frequency scaling. The following codecs can be decoded:
  • MPEG1/2/4
  • VC1
  • H.264/AVC (10+ bit not supported by hardware)
  • H.265/HEVC (12+ bit not supported by hardware)
  • VP8
  • VP9 (10+ bit not supported by hardware)
• Custom graphics backend for mpv using deko3d, supporting:
  • Playback at 4k60fps
  • Direct rendering (faster software decoding)
  • Custom post-processing shaders
• Custom audio backend for mpv using native Nintendo APIs, supporting layouts up to 5.1 surround
• Network playback through Samba, NFS or SFTP
• External drive support using libusbhsfs
• Rich and responsive user interface, even under load

Setup

• Download the latest release, and extract it to the root of your sd card (be careful to merge and not overwrite folders)
• Network shares can be configured through the app, as can mpv settings via the built-in editor (refer to the manual)
• Most relevant runtime parameters can be dynamically adjusted during playback through the menu, or failing that, the console (manual)

Screenshots

Changelog

v1.0.1

• Fixes playback of files with very long paths in the recent tab.
• Fixes a rare corruption of native screenshots.
• Miscellaneous UX improvements.

v1.0

• First Release.

Credits

• Behemoth for the screenshot button overriding method.

External links

• Gbatemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/switchwave-a-hardware-accelerated-media-player.662393/
• Github - https://github.com/averne/SwitchWave