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negative of the image with this option. Not supported by all video output
drivers.
+--hwdec=<api>
+ Specify the hardware video decoding API that should be used if possible.
+ Whether hardware decoding is actually done depends on the video codec. If
+ hardware decoding is not possible, mpv will fall back to software decoding.
+
+ <api> can be one of the following:
+
+ :no: always use software decoding (default)
+ :vdpau: works with nvidia drivers only, requires ``--vo=vdpau``
+ :vda: OSX
+ :crystalhd: Broadcom Crystal HD
+
--identify
Deprecated. Use ``TOOLS/mpv_identify.sh``.