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mpv

mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line (it has own pseudo-gui). It supports a wide variety of media file formats (including images), audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

mpv also provide GPU video decoding, API, scripts, OSD, OSC, configurable keybinding and ton of other features.

I use it as my main video player

TODO: need to refactor this page

Keyboard bindings (keys are sensitive)

  • Show progression bar, elapsed time and total duration on the OSD.: o
  • Resize window: M-0, M-1, M-2
  • Half speed increase/decrease: [, ]
  • Double speed: {, }
  • Reset speed: BCK
  • Seek: h, j, k, l
  • Undo last seek: S-BCK
  • Frame forward/backward: ., ,
  • Next/Previous in playlist: <, >
  • Pause/Resume: SPC
  • Mute: m
  • Quit: q
  • Increase/decrease volume: /, *
  • Switch video / audio tracks: _, #
  • Toggle on top: T
  • Toggle duration display: O
  • Toggle subtitles: v
  • Switch subtitles: J S
  • Adjust subtitles delay +/-: z, Z
  • Adjust subtitles font: S-g, S-f
  • Adjust audio delay: C-+, C--
  • Loop: L
  • Take screenshot: s, C-s
  • Show lists: F8, F9
  • Show OSD state: F1
  • Show stats: i, I
  • Contrast: 1, 2
  • Brightness: 3, 4
  • Gamma: 5, 6
  • Saturation: 7, 8

mpv playlist manager

  • Show playlist: S-Return
  • Sort playlist by filename: C-p
  • Shuffle playlist: C-P
  • Reverse playlist: C-R
  • Save playlist: p
  • Load all files from current directory: P
  • Movement in playlist - up/down: up, down
  • Movement in playlist - page up/page down: PgUp, PgDown
  • Movement in playlist - first entry: Home
  • Movement in playlist - last entry: End
  • Remove selected entry from playlist: BCK
  • Open selected entry (or next file is playing): Enter
  • Select or Unselect the file under cursor (to reorder): Left, Right
  • Close playlist: Esc

Custom hotkeys

  • Recent menu: `

Learning

Plugins

TODO: add scripts from my nix dotfiles

Backlinks

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