[ashlar]

i wonder if there is a half way project that would be easier for someone. The current version of DS is heavily baked in with access to settings etc which dont really need to be there are you can set all these in the MADVR app, all we really need is a renderer switch so we could choose KODI renderer or MADVR very much like MPC-BE/HC etc.

This should be easier for someone to do, it might even be easier to do this from scratch rather than work from the current DS code as it would really just be a baked in external player.

Here's a thing with this idea too, you say KODI devs cant be convinced to take on MADVR and bake it in, I agree that will never happen, however them may be able to be convinced to open up rendering so alternative renderers can be chosen like other desktop video players.

I think what would need to be ported to Kodi 18 is the section on media filters/rules and the video renderer itself. "That's it". All the portion on settings to specific filters configuration, madVR configuration, etc. could be done without. I understand why aracnoz chose to implement it but, at the end of the day, it's a "nice to have" not something mandatory.

I've asked, repeatedly, if something like this could be done as a binary addon. After all... Kodi now "supports" DRM based services, such as Amazon and Netflix. I guess there could/should be a way of achieving the above for an update to DSPlayer.