{"id":4172,"date":"2026-11-06T02:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/mpv-4-20-adds-dvd-and-blu-ray-menu-support-wayland-hdr-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T02:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:00:46","slug":"mpv-4-20-adds-dvd-and-blu-ray-menu-support-wayland-hdr-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/mpv-4-20-adds-dvd-and-blu-ray-menu-support-wayland-hdr-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"mpv 4.20 Adds DVD and Blu-ray Menu Support, Wayland HDR, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest release of mpv<\/a>, the open-source media player, adds DVD and Blu-ray menu navigation, Wayland HDR improvements and a range of other features.<\/p>\n

mpv 0.42 can navigate DVD menus and both Blu-ray menu formats: HDMV and BD-J. BD-J requires Java. The release also adds support for DVD-Audio, a format designed for higher-resolution sound. DVD and Blu-ray ISO files can now be played directly without mounting them first.<\/p>\n

A new network backend based on libcurl<\/code> brings HTTP\/2, HTTP\/3 and connection reuse. Depending on the stream, this may help playback start faster or run more smoothly.<\/p>\n

For Wayland users, mpv now supports session management and can register its window with compatible compositors. The window can be named using --wayland-session=<\/code>, and a new window with the same name can replace an existing session. The update also brings Wayland colour management without Vulkan and improves HDR colour-space signalling for Linux DRM displays.<\/p>\n

Other changes include:<\/p>\n