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

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1113 points Bluestein | 2 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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entropie ◴[17 Aug 24 20:15 UTC] No.41277586[source]▶
I started to use it on linux a few years ago.

Now its on every device, even on my android tablet. Its perfect. Minimalistic, sane defaults, fast and just works.

It can even play natively over ssh. Its awesome

> mpv sftp://mit@nyx/home/mit/Work/merged.mp4

Recently I needed a hotkey to rotate a video (which seems not like any player can easily do this; for mpv it was a 'r cycle_values video-rotate "90" "180" "270" "0"' in the in input.conf)

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ivanjermakov ◴[17 Aug 24 20:36 UTC] No.41277758[source]▶
You can also play videos over http, many websites are supported, even YouTube:

    mpv <yt link>
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1. account42 ◴[19 Aug 24 12:34 UTC] No.41290491[source]▶
I wish seeking word work better in this mode though. There is no reason seecon should freeze the player for minutes or indefinitely if the whole video can be downloaded from start to finish in seconds.
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2. ivanjermakov ◴[19 Aug 24 15:20 UTC] No.41291805[source]▶
I agree. With decent bandwidth it's more convenient to first download video with yt-dlp and then play it with mpv