wtf is mpv-atmos-patched?

mpv-atmos-patched provides ready-to-run, portable builds of mpv, the popular open source media player, with a fix compiled in that lets it pass Dolby TrueHD and Atmos audio straight through to a home theater receiver over HDMI without touching the audio. Builds are available for both Linux and Windows and are put together entirely in the open using GitHub Actions from the code in this repository. Each build bundles its own patched FFmpeg and codec libraries, so it does not rely on anything already installed on your system and cannot be broken by an unrelated system update. There are two variants to choose from. Stock plus Atmos is a normal, upstream-faithful mpv with only the Atmos and TrueHD fix added, for people who want the smallest possible change from official mpv. Enhanced plus Atmos adds extra streaming features on top, such as faster parallel downloading for network streams, live download speed display, caching of audio and subtitle tracks you are not currently using, in-app seekbar thumbnail previews, prefetching the next file in a playlist, and memory tuning for long playlists. The core fix addresses a real bug in FFmpeg's TrueHD handling. To send TrueHD or Atmos audio to a receiver unmodified, it has to be wrapped in a container format, and FFmpeg's existing code for this has trouble with certain Blu-ray remuxes that include larger timing gaps or discontinuous timing at scene branch points, which can cause dropouts or a receiver failing to lock onto the audio. This project applies an upstream FFmpeg fix for that problem ahead of its official merge, so passthrough audio plays reliably even across those tricky branch points. The README describes this project as built with heavy AI coding assistance from a single maintainer rather than a team, and it welcomes bug reports and suggestions through GitHub issues. Downloads are provided as AppImages, tarballs, installers, or portable ZIP files depending on platform and variant, always pointing at the latest release. The builds are distributed under the GPLv3 license.