Stream directly to mpv.exe on Windows 10?

[ghost]

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How can I stream youtube-dl directly to my custom mpv.exe on Windows 10?
The "stdin" and the command is for linux only and does not work on Windows
Fully download takes long time and i don't want to wait.

[qkolj]

Download youtube-dl.exe from the official download page and place it in the same directory as mpv.exe. After you have done that, running mpv.exe <link to the video> in command prompt from that directory should work as intended.

[dstftw]

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#how-do-i-stream-directly-to-media-player

[ghost]

It actually works. Thank you very much!