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Mpv

Command-line

  • Start in fullscreen:

      mpv --fs video.webm
  • Play file again once it finishes:

      mpv --loop video.webm
  • Disable video and play only audio (works with youtube-dl):

      mpv --no-video video.webm
  • Play files in random order:

      mpv --shuffle *.mp3

Keyboard Control

Audio

  • Cicle through available audio tracks: #

  • Adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 seconds: <Ctrl>+`` + or + - ``

  • Increase/Decrease volume: / or `` * ``

  • Increase/Decrease volume: 9 or 0

  • Mute sound: m

Playback

  • Seek backward 5 seconds: <LeftArrow>

  • Seek forward 5 seconds: <RightArrow>

  • Seek forward/backward 1 minute: <UpArrow> or <DownArrow>

  • Seek forward/backward 10 minutes: <Shift>+<PgUp> or <Shift>+<PgDown>

  • Jump to previous/next chapter: <PgUp> or <PgDown>

  • Decrease/Increase playback speed by 10%: [ or ]

  • Halve/Double playback speed: { or }

  • Reset playback speed to normal: <Backspace>

  • Toogle pause playback: p or <Space>

  • Stop playing and quit: q

  • Stop playing and quit saving the playback position: Q

  • Toggle fullscreen playback: f

  • Exit fullscreen mode: f

  • Toggle infinite looping: L

  • Toggle stay-on-top: T

Playlist

  • Previous/Next item on playlist: < or >

  • Go to next item on playlist: <Enter>

OSD

  • Show progress bar and times on OSD: o or P

  • Toggle between normal and playback time/duration OSD: O

  • Show filename OSD: I

Subtitles

  • Next/Previous subtitle: j or J

  • Adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 seconds: x or z

  • Move subtitles up/down: r or t

  • Toggle subtitle visibility: v

Video

  • Cicle through available video tracks: _

  • Play frame by frame forward/backwards: . or ,

  • Increase/Decrease pan-and-scan range: w or e

  • Toggle deinterlacer: d

  • Take a screenshot: s

  • Take a screenshot without subtitles: S

  • Adjust contrast: 1 or 2

  • Adjust brightness: 3 or 4

  • Adjust gamma: 5 or 6

  • Adjust saturation: 7 or 8

  • Zoom to half original size: <Alt>+0

  • Zoom to original size: <Alt>+1

  • Zoom to double original size: <Alt>+2