Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

(mpv.io)

1113 points Bluestein | 5 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.827s | source

1. natrys ◴[18 Aug 24 10:58 UTC] No.41281580[source]▶

This is S tier software. I remember using this on a laptop with 2gb RAM years ago. The combo of mpv and youtube-dl could deal with large number of sites (not just youtube), when even the browser struggled.

replies(1): >>41281587 #

2. Sporktacular ◴[18 Aug 24 11:01 UTC] No.41281587[source]▶

>>41281580 (TP) #

I think youtube-dl is no longer under development. Any suggestions for an alternative?

replies(3): >>41281611 #>>41281613 #>>41281641 #

3. mzajc ◴[18 Aug 24 11:08 UTC] No.41281611[source]▶

>>41281587 #

youtube-dl is still under development (last commit at the time of writing was 2 weeks ago), but there are forks with more features, such as yt-dlp.[1]

[1] https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

4. natrys ◴[18 Aug 24 11:08 UTC] No.41281613[source]▶

>>41281587 #

yt-dlp[1] has now taken on that mantle. I think mpv nowadays just recognises yt-dlp as the de facto alternative, but if yours doesn't then you can just put this in your mpv.conf:

    script-opts=ytdl_hook-ytdl_path=yt-dlp

[1] https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

5. ◴[18 Aug 24 11:16 UTC] No.41281641[source]▶

>>41281587 #

↑