mpv-config

My mpv configuration.

Profiles

• no_vp is the default, it uses all the settings you see described here.
• vp is also available, it also uses everything except the video codec is set to always use VP9 instead.

Video and Audio Settings

• Use GPU-accelerated video output by default.
• Resolution of 1080p or next best, FPS of 60 or next best, NEVER use vp9 codec, always use best audio.

Subtitle Settings

• Use embedded fonts (if available).
• External subs don't have to match the file name exactly to autoload.
• Set subtitle language to english.
• Disable display of subtitles, but still load them if available.
• Search for subtitles in any sub-directory labeled: ass, srt, sub, subs, or subtitles.

Cache Settings

• Cache is enabled.
• Size of 2GB in total, caches both backwards and forwards.
• Cache is seekable.

Screenshot Settings

• Format: PNG
• Compression: None
• Tag colorspace as metadata.
• Allow high bit-depth screenshots.
• Save screenshots to /home/valley/pictures/mpv.

Misc Settings

• Save position of video automatically.
• Disable screensaver during media playback.
• Log mpv to /home/valley/.config/mpv/mpv.log.
• Automatically prefetch/buffer files later in the playlist.

Scripts

I claim none of these scripts.

• acompressor: Disabled by default, it is used to make the volume more tolerable for certain media that loves to have quiet talking and booming sound effects. Press [n] to toggle.
• uosc: A new UI for mpv.
• ytdl_hook: Enabled by default, it prefetches/buffers youtube videos later in the playlist.

Keybindings

Everything was left default, except for a few that were added:

• 0x21ff73: This is an extra button on the left-hand side of my mouse, below the MBTN_{FORWARD,BACK} buttons. This quits while saving the current position of the video to watch later. This is not needed since I already have mpv confugured to save the position by default.
• MBTN_FORWARD: This is an extra button on the left-hand side of my mouse. Pressing it skips forward by 60 seconds.
• MBTN_BACK: This is an extra button on the left-hand side of my mouse. Pressing it skips backward by 60 seconds.
• MBTN_MID: This is an extra button behind the mouse wheel. Pressing it takes a screenshot.
• MENU: Show UOSC's menu (which is customizable in input.conf).
• F1: Toggles subtitle visibilty. Not needed since this already has a default keybinding of v, but by the time I knew that I had already gotten used to pressing F1.