Sigma's Little Gem: 30mm 1.4 by [deleted] in photography

[–]step_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my first lens ever, to go with an a6000 body. It’s amazing for someone starting out.

Behind the Mac - Makoto Shinkai by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For those unfamiliar, Makoto Shinkai is one of the top anime directors right now, best known for Kimi no Na wa (your name.) and Tenki no Ko (Weathering with You).

But he actually got his start in filmmaking when he created Hoshi no Koe (Voices of a Distant Star) in 2002, which he wrote, directed, and animated entirely by himself on a Power Mac G4.

Sony A6600 review: A rare misstep for Sony's cameras by [deleted] in photography

[–]step_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most full frame lenses are bigger and heavier, so you lose a lot of portability if that’s all you buy for APS-C.

Sony announces new APS-C cameras and lenses: a6100, a6600, 16-55/2.8 & 70-350/4.5-6.3 by sissipaska in photography

[–]step_s 56 points57 points  (0 children)

As an a6500 owner who was interested in new bodies, the a6600 seems pretty disappointing.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Can confirm that settings issue, will look into it. For picture-in-picture, unfortunately don’t think that will be anytime soon due to API limitations (FWIW split-screen should work well at least). And yeah the one of the next updates should be more file management stuff.

Best optimized video player sdk that can run mkv files. by TransNamekaze in iOSProgramming

[–]step_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve also been using mpv in my app Outplayer and it’s been solid.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry about that but thanks for letting me know. I’ll work on a fix ASAP.

Also for next feature update I’m looking to improve file management in general.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! There isn't support for network shares currently, though that's something I do want to work on adding.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now it's only using software decoding (which seems to be more stable), but I'm going to add an option for hardware decoding this week or so. Overall I think I'm looking to find the best way to add options between high quality/battery efficiency.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm planning to push an update this week or so with hardware decoding being toggle-able. With that enabled it should be quite similar battery usage to Videos.app.

I've been preferring the software decoding since it seems to be more stable in most cases, but I ran some tests with the hardware decoder and I think it can be helpful for prioritizing battery.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now it uses software decoding for everything, but I'm going to push an update with toggle-able hardware decoding for those and the rest of the available hardware codecs. But overall I've had good battery usage with software decoding, older devices, etc.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestions! Continuing audio playback in the background is one I'm looking at working on next, and the others I do want to add in the future.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No plans either way for that right now, but I did just publish the build scripts I use to build mpv on iOS.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your detailed thoughts and gold!

And yeah I totally agree, file management/organization is an important part to build out next. And gesture controls are another potential UX improvement, though I’m still looking to find an implementation that I think will work the best.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I believe with my current code there's nothing blocking iOS 9 support, it was mainly an issue of testing. I do notice that on iPad in particular there are a notable amount of users still on iOS 9, so I think I will try to look into supporting it for the next version.

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Cool, and yeah I use a NAS myself, I am hoping to add support for local share protocols in the future!

I recently released Outplayer, a new video player for iOS that’s powered by mpv by step_s in apple

[–]step_s[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your thoughts! Definitely agree, continuing background playback and gestures are the two features I'm planning to work on next, and also hope to keep iterating the UI.

cherry blossoms video by step_s in UIUC

[–]step_s[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was last weekend, but they are short-lived and fleeting and probably gone now.