Change default behavior for cycling through audio tracks
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core:audio
core:option-param-conf
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Description
mpv switching through "no audio" among all available audio tracks. On the other hand, the vast majority of players* do not include pseudo "no audio" track in a cycle, by default.
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
Change default behavior to cycle only real audio streams.
- Suggested behavior is more convenient and current behavior has no benefits over it.
- Conformance with other players; follow user expectations.
Extra information
- For the sake of good order. This is not a question about how to change cycle behavior, like https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5396. This is a proposal to change the default behavior.
- See also https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/7639
* including, but not limited to, vlc, ffplay, mpc-hc; mpv GUI like SMPlayer, mpv.net
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- 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 reading related issues #5396 and #7639, then locate the current default for cycling audio tracks in mpv. The change is complete when the default cycle includes only real audio streams, while users can still configure the existing behavior if supported.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100