Usage Instructions (GLSL / MPV) (v4.x)

Installing and Setting Up Anime4K for mpv on Windows

If you wish to use another media player, look at their documentation on how to install GLSL shaders and modify the shader accordingly if needed.

Download the latest release of mpv here.
Open mpv (this will create the mpv config file location for you).
Download the template files, and extract it (open the .zip file).
- Optimized shaders for lower-end GPU:
  (Eg. GTX 980, GTX 1060, RX 570)
  - Download the template files here.
  - Or click here to install manually.
    - Copy & Paste the code from input.conf and mpv.conf in your input.conf and mpv.conf file.
    - Then download and extract the shaders from releases and put them in the shaders folder.
- Optimized shaders for higher-end GPU:
  (Eg. GTX 1080, RTX 2070, RTX 3060, RX 590, Vega 56, 5700XT, 6600XT)
  - Download the template files here.
  - Or click here to install manually.
    - Copy & Paste the code from input.conf and mpv.conf in your input.conf and mpv.conf file.
    - Then download and extract the shaders from releases and put them in the shaders folder.
Open File Explorer and type in %APPDATA%/mpv, then hit Enter.
Move the input.conf, mpv.conf and the shaders folder into the mpv folder.
That's it, Anime4K is now installed and ready to use!

Anime4K has 3 major modes: A, B, and C. Each mode is optimized for a different class of anime degradations.
- Mode A is automatically enabled, if you use our template (this can be change in mpv.conf).
To enable each mode manually:
- Press CTRL+1 to enable Mode A (Optimized for 1080p Anime).
- Press CTRL+2 to enable Mode B (Optimized for 720p Anime).
- Press CTRL+3 to enable Mode C (Optimized for 480p Anime).
- Press CTRL+0 to clear all shaders (Disable Anime4K).
For more explanations and customization options, see the Advanced Usage Instructions.