MPV
Cheatsheet
Key commands
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| f | Fullscreen. |
| Shift+# | Switch audio channel. |
| ( ) | Left, right audio channel. |
| s | Take screenshot. |
| Ctrl+t | Toggle stay-on-top. Play video on top of other windows. |
| j | Cycle through the available subtitles. |
| RIGHT | Next 10 seconds. |
| LEFT | Previous 10 seconds. |
| UP | Next minute. |
| DOWN | Previous minute. |
| PGUP | Next chapter. |
| PGDWN | Previous chapter. |
| Shift+i | Show full spec of video. e.g. A/V framerate, filesize, resolution, etc |
Play video fullscreen
mpv --fs videofile.avi
Play video at 70% of the volume
mpv --volume=70 videofile.avi
Play video at specific time
mpv --start=00:01:03 --end=00:02:01 videofile.avi
Play video at 50% of your screen size
mpv --autofit=50% videofile.avi
Repeat / Loop video
mpv --loop=4 videofile.avi
mpv --loop=inf videofile.avi
Show runtime by default
mpv --osd-level=2 videofile.avi
# Or, put osd-level=2 in ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf.
# Level 3 will show total video length.
Find and play videos
mpv -playlist <(find "$PWD" -type f)
# $PWD is required. Otherwise, it'll append relative path to the file descriptor's location.
# e.g: "/dev/fd/./path/to/video-file.avi", which would fail to open.
Play devices
mpv dvd://1 --dvd-device=/dev/sr0/or/iso/
mpv dvdnav://2 --dvd-device=/dev/sr0/or/iso/
mpv bd:// --bluray-device=/path/to/bd/
mpv cdda:// --cdrom-device=/path/to/bd/
Webcam
```bash mpv av://v4l2:/dev/video0
### Extract video file at a specific time
```bash
mpv videofile.avi -o excerptvideo.avi --start=00:01:00 --end=00:03:35
Extract audio from video file
mpv videofile.avi -o audiofile.mp3 --no-video
Extract audio from video file at a specific time
mpv videofile.avi -o audiofile.mp3 --no-video --start=00:01:00 --end=00:03:35
Extract audio from video file at a specific time for a relative length
mpv videofile.avi -o audiofile.mp3 --no-video --start=0 --length=10
Take screenshot a specific time.(--no-terminal: turn off output)
mpv videofile.avi --no-audio --vo=image --start=2% --frames=1 -o output.jpg
Encoding
cat /etc/mpv/encoding-profiles.conf # All preset profiles.
mpv infile -o outfile.avi --vf=fps=25 -ovc mpeg4 -ovcopts qscale=4 -oac libmp3lame -oacopts ab=128k
mpv infile -o outfile.mkv -ovc libx264 -ovcopts preset=medium,crf=23,profile=baseline -oac libvorbis -oacopts qscale=3
mpv infile -o outfile.mp4 -ovc libx264 -ovcopts preset=medium,crf=23,profile=baseline -oac aac -oacopts ab=128k
mpv infile -o outfile.mkv -of webm -ovc libvpx -ovcopts qmin=6,b=1000000k -oac libvorbis -oacopts qscale=3
Get duration
mpv video.avi --no-audio --vo=null --frames=1 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep '^V: ' | head -n1 | sed 's|.*/||' | sed 's/(.*//' | xargs
Print video info
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 mpv --no-audio --vo=null --frames=1
Subtitle
mpv --sub-visibility=no video.avi
mpv --sid=no video.avi
Screenshot
# In config file, Linux: ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf or Win32: ./portable_config/mpv.conf, where ./mpv.exe
# Redefine screenshot filename: filename (00:00:01.084) 0001.jpg
screenshot-template='%x\%F (%P) %04n'
screenshot-format=jpg
# https://mpv.io/manual/master/#options-screenshot-template
# https://mpv.io/manual/master/#options-screenshot-directory
# https://mpv.io/manual/master/#options-screenshot-format
# %x = same folder as the original video
# Always show total duration
osd-level=3