Can't find youtube-dl.conf

[Thor7]

Hello...I'm a noob user of linux, I've been using Manjaro for a couple of days...I installed youtube-dl, but I can't find any file named youtube-dl.conf on the whole system.

[dstftw]

There is no such file by default you should create it yourself.

[Thor7]

I created one...but can't paste it in /etc/

[dstftw]

You need root access to paste into /etc.

[Thor7]

ok, thanks....you said that such a file is not there by default but I find it strange that in the manual it was phrased

On Linux, the system wide configuration file is located at /etc/youtube-dl.conf and the user wide configuration file at ~/.config/youtube-dl/config.

[dstftw]

"Located" does not necessarily imply created by default.

[Thor7]

actually it kind of does....someone should edit the manual,clearely stating that it needs to be created and it's not already there.
ps: how do I display MPV video stats while playing a file?

[Hrxn]

Well, think of it like that: In almost all cases, no matter what program, these config files do not exist by default, never.

[Thor7]

I'm a new linux user...I had no idea...btw...
1.MPV config file needs to be also created?
2.how do I display MPV video stats while playing a file?

[Hrxn]

1. Yes
2. Not sure what you mean. Something like this: https://github.com/Argon-/mpv-stats?

You need the script file from there. And yes, this file also needs to be put in the right place, manually.

[Thor7]

what settings do you use in your MPV config file?could you share them please?

[Hrxn]

First of all, for reference, the full mpv manual is here: https://mpv.io/manual/master/

I use mpv primarily on Windows, so the configuration is a bit different, because you can't use all the options on other platforms in the same way.

If I use mpv on Linux, I only used the default configuration, to be honest.

The default/example mpv.conf is here: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/etc/mpv.conf
The default/example input.conf is here: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/etc/input.conf

I basically use just some options like this:

no-osc
keep-open
geometry=50%:20%
on-top=yes
audio-file-auto=no
sub-auto=no
hwdec=no

[dstftw]

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