Questions tagged [mpv-media-player]

mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. Use this tag for issues with mpv or with a media player where mpv is used as its backend.

mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

It is a scriptable media player providing high video quality output. Although it is a minimal keyboard-driven media player, it provides a simple GUI providing the basic controls.

Due to its embeddable C API, it is used as a backend for other media players, such as the popular Celluloid and SMPlayer.

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Rotate video by a keyboard shortcut in mpv

I am currently using Ubuntu 19.10 with the unity DE and I always use mpv to play videos in Ubuntu. As mpv has few GUI options, there is no GUI option to rotate a video, but we can rotate it with the help of the command line. For example, we can…
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How can I change playback speed of mpv video player?

I love mpv player for its modern minimalist look, easy moving along a video simply with mouse scroll and robust rendering of .mp4 videos. However, I could not figure out how to change the playback speed as I can do easily in VLC's playback menu. I…
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GNOME system monitor and top showing different CPU usage

When I play a movie with SMPlayer (video:mpv) and I check my CPU usage with GNOME system monitor, it shows %4 or %5 CPU usage (1 second update interval), but htop shows %45 CPU usage: top shows the same load as htop : Since My CPU fan RPM goes…
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Prevent mpv's progress bar from covering video

I have managed to set mpv's progress bar as always visible by adding visibility=always to ~/.config/mpv/script-opts/osc.conf . However, the bar occludes part of the video. Is there a way to resize the video area so that it is not covered by the bar…
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How to change font style and size of subtitles in Celluloid?

How to change font family , font size , or even font color for subtitles in Celluloid ? There are no relevant options in the settings ( Preferences ) like in VLC or Totem.
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Changing Screenshot Directory for mpv Media Player in Ubuntu 17.10

I'm using mpv Media Player in Ubuntu 17.10, and whenever I take a screenshot it goes to the home directory. Is there any way to change the directory for the screenshots taken?
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MPV player won't quit

In Ubuntu 17.10, MPV runs fine, but I can't use Ctrl + q or right-click → Quit from the dock. I have been manually opening System Monitor and selecting End Process . Is this a known bug? Am I missing something?
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Where is MPV save state location?

Where does mpv save or log the state when using --save-position-on-quit or Shift + q ? This is used to save the exit state in order for the video to start playing from where it was left off when exiting mpv .
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MPV player is not controlled by bluetooth device (play/pause) on Ununtu 22.04

I play a video in MPV and try to pause/play using my Bluetooth headset's buttons (JBL). Sometimes it works, but mostly it doesn't. With VLC player controls work perfectly. How can this be fixed?
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Launching mpv from a .desktop entry with the clipboard as argument

I'm trying to make a submenu entry on a .desktop application file that launches a youtube address with mpv. The youtube url is copied from the clipboard. Inside gnome-terminal this works fine: xclip -o | xargs mpv But if I make a .desktop action…
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MPV no audio issue

I installed MPV and I found that on playing any media file (mp3,mp4,webm etc.) doesn't play any audio. I have tried to add in mpv.conf file : # ===== Audio ===== ao=alsa audio-device=auto But still no audio. What could be the issue ? UPDATE 1 Output…
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While using MPV player on Ubuntu 22.04 black screen appears

I am using mpv player on Ubuntu 22.04 with Wayland. Every minute of playing, the system goes to sleep. There are no traces in log files. With 18/20.04 mpv works well. I found this in the ArchWiki for mpv : mpv may not suspend GNOME's Power Saving…
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Maintain aspect ratio while rotating the video through MPV media player

I am currently using the mpv media player in Kubuntu 21.04. To rotate the video by keyboard, I edited the ~/.config/mpv/input.conf file and added: r cycle_values video-rotate 90 180 270 0 Now, whenever I play a video with mpv and press r , the video…
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MPV | configure shortcut to play next video file in a folder

OS: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS Hey there! A friend advertised mpv to me as the holy grail of media players, so I installed it, and I was wondering how to set a custom shortcut for going to the next file in a folder! Example: name@computer:~/Videos$ ls 1.mkv…
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How do I mute videos by default in MPV

I always use mpv media player to play media files (video/audio). But I want that "whenever I open a video/audio through MPV, it should be by default mute". I tried to add cycle mute to the last line of input.conf file. But it didn't work.
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