JRVR, or JRiver Video Renderer, is our new in-house video renderer, designed from the ground up to be cross-platform and offer high-quality video playback on all devices.
JRVR is in active development, and is available now on Windows, Linux and Mac.
PhilosophyJRVR is designed with a few key ideas in mind
1) Cross-Platform
A cross-platform renderer allows us to offer a consistent video experience on all supported platforms, on Windows, Linux and Mac
2) High-Quality Video
High-Quality processing and presentation of the videos is the primary goal of JRVR. Including full support for HDR and other modern video technologies.
3) Ease of Use ("It just works!")
The experience should be good out of the box, and only get better with a bit of configuration, and not require hours of research to tune hundreds of options
4) Efficiency/Scalability
Low-end machines can still play video just fine. And we want to enable them to do so in high-quality. At the same time, faster machines can use more advanced features to get even more out of the videos.
JRVR may not be a full replacement for madVR for the hard core enthusiast, but it should work very well for the typical video user. And this is our goal. A solution that offers high-quality video for everyone, at no to very little setup effort.
DesignJRVR is designed on a flexible framework, supporting the Vulkan graphics API, D3D11 on Windows, as well as OpenGL, depending on what is available on your system.
This design allows JRVR to run on any system, from a high-end Windows desktop, down to a Raspberry Pi, with almost the same features.
On Linux and Mac, you should already be seeing improved performance and higher quality right now, in comparison to our old video renderer.
How to Use?On Windows, you can opt-into using JRVR in Options -> Video -> Video Mode: Red October JRVR
JRVR is the default renderer on Linux and Mac, you can confirm it is enabled in Options -> Video -> Video Renderer
Status and PlansJRVR is still in active development. For the current status and future plans, check our dedicated topic:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,131214.0.htmlTechnologyJRVR uses the excellent
libplacebo rendering library for all heavy lifting.
JRVR on the Wikihttps://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/JRVR_-_JRiver_Video_Renderer