MANUAL Installation Guide

🛠️ MANUAL Installation (step‑by‑step)

This is if you want to manual install without the Installer, or simply you want to update it by yourself:

1. Download files

   • Download MPV (latest official zhongfly build):
     • Go to https://github.com/zhongfly/mpv-winbuild/releases.
     • Check in "Download Tips". There are 3 versions. Choose only ONE of the latest build matching your Windows version (64‑bit, 64‑bit‑legacy for older PCs, or ARM64) and download the .7z archive.
   • Download ffmpeg/ffplay:
     • Visit https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/.
     • Go to "git master builds".
     • Download the latest ffmpeg-git-essentials.7z.
   • Get MPV‑SW‑Capture:
     • Download the latest release of this repository (ZIP) in "Assets". Only the file with the name MPV-SW-Capture-v.X.Y.Z.zip.

2. Prepare the folder

   • Create a folder (e.g. MPV-SW-Capture) anywhere you like.
   • Open the latest MPV version (zhongfly build) you downloaded and extract only mpv.exe into that folder.
   • Open ffmpeg-git-essentials.7z, go to the bin folder, and copy ffplay.exe and ffmpeg.exe into the same folder where mpv.exe lives.
   • Open the latest MPV‑SW‑Capture release and extract all the files into this same folder.

   You should end up with something like:

   MPV-SW-Capture/
   ├── bezels/
   ├── scripts/
   ├── shaders/
   ├── Setup_MPV-SW-Capture.exe
   ├── ffmpeg.exe
   ├── ffplay.exe
   ├── input.conf
   ├── menu.conf
   ├── MPV-SW-Capture.bat
   ├── MPV-SW-Capture.exe
   ├── mpv.conf
   └── mpv.exe
   

3. First setup

   Connection

   • Connect your capture card to your PC using USB 3.0 (or USB 2.0).
   • Connect HDMI from your console to the input of the capture card.

   Setup file

   • Inside the folder, run Setup_MPV-SW-Capture.exe. You will find a GUI window similar to this:
     
   • If you have the files in the folder, you will see ffplay.exe: Found! and menu.conf: Found!
   • If you want to change your GUI Language to Spanish, press the ES button. You can swap wherever you want.
   • Press "Scan Device", it will list all audio and video devices currently attached. (If nothing is connected, the list will be empty. Connect your devices, and try pressing the button again.)
   • Choose the video device in the list and then the audio device (must be the same type as the capture card).
   • Choose Date Format, Auto Start Special Shaders, Default Record Video Time, Create Desktop Shorcut, to set your preferences.
   • When you are ready, press the green "Apply Setup" button.
   • If all is okay, you will receive a message with the changes.

• OPTIONAL: You can translate the MENU tu Spanish if you want. You must press "MENU: English <- -> Espanol". You can do it without using the main options (It's independent)

4. Launch the stream in MPV-SW-Capture
   • Run MPV-SW-Capture.exe (you can create a desktop shortcut for convenience).
   • If everything is set correctly, you will see your console with audio and video.
   • To access the menu, right‑click inside the window or press ESC. Double‑click toggles full screen.