Questions tagged [mpv]

The [mpv] tag is for questions about programmatically interacting with the mpv media player or its C library.

mpv is a free, open source, and cross-platform media player. It is a fork of mplayer2 and MPlayer. It shares some features with the former projects while introducing many more.

mpv can be controlled via a command line interface and/or via a JSON-based IPC protocol. It also has a C API which makes it usable as a library.

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Tiny BASH MPV Cut & Join Script - Bash does not read line correctly in my script

I have created a script that takes the filename of screenshots from MPV player and grabs the time codes and cuts the video. I like MPV because it is very fast on big movie files and hitting s (screenshot) for every in and out cut is very easy. I…
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Using mpv for video background on multiple monitors

How can one use mpv to play a video as background on i3wm separately on 3 different screens/ workspaces? I currently use 3 monitors on my i3 setup and wanted to use mpv to set up a live wallpaper. The problem I am facing right now is that it plays…
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