Windows: provide an EDID friendly monitor name for the `display-names` property
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Description
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
This is necessary on Windows because the default display name format provided by the display-names property of mpv is \\.\DISPLAY#, which are completely useless for setting persistent profiles as the numbers can change between boots or display configurations.
This was initially requested in https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/11543#issuecomment-1497136348 .
There is currently a script of display-name.lua that implements this requirement, but it requires an external program of MultiMonitorTool.exe to work. I am more looking forward to providing native support in the display-names property of mpv.
Alternative behavior of the wanted feature
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing mpv's existing display-names property implementation and the linked display-name.lua script to understand the requested naming behavior. Compare that behavior with the current Windows \\.\DISPLAY# names; done means native Windows support provides stable, EDID-friendly names without requiring MultiMonitorTool.exe.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100