Ask Ubuntu
Ask Ubuntu

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.

59 questions
24
votes
1 answer

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…
Abhishek Kamal
  • 1,206
18
votes
2 answers

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…
Karlom
  • 804
14
votes
1 answer

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…
ICE
  • 2,075
6
votes
1 answer

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…
Quasímodo
  • 2,104
5
votes
1 answer

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.
Calico Cat
  • 1,456
5
votes
1 answer

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?
Kendots
  • 97
4
votes
2 answers

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?
Tom Mercer
  • 1,748
  • 4
  • 20
  • 38
4
votes
1 answer

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.
Usermaxn
  • 247
  • 2
  • 10
4
votes
1 answer

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…
B Jog
  • 43
3
votes
1 answer

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…
Abhishek Kamal
  • 1,206
3
votes
0 answers

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?
Untitled
  • 61
3
votes
0 answers

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…
Untitled
  • 61
3
votes
0 answers

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 …
Abhishek Kamal
  • 1,206
2
votes
1 answer

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…
User1986
  • 371
2
votes
2 answers

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.
Abhishek Kamal
  • 1,206
1
2 3 4