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mpv
###
##############
a movie player
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:Author: wm4
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:Date: 2013-07-08
:Copyright: GPLv3
:Version: git
:Manual section: 1
:Manual group: multimedia
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SYNOPSIS
========
| **mpv** [options] [file|URL|-]
| **mpv** [options] --playlist=PLAYLIST
| **mpv** [options] files
| **mpv** [options] {group of files and options}
| **mpv** [bd]://[title][/device] [options]
| **mpv** dvd://[title|[start\_title]-end\_title][/device] [options]
| **mpv** \vcd://[/device]
| **mpv** \tv://[channel][/input_id] [options]
| **mpv** radio://[channel|frequency][/capture] [options]
| **mpv** \pvr:// [options]
| **mpv** \dvb://[card\_number@]channel [options]
| **mpv** \mf://[filemask|\@listfile] [-mf options] [options]
| **mpv** cdda://track[-endtrack][:speed][/device] [options]
| **mpv** [file|mms[t]|http|httpproxy|rt[s]p|ftp|udp|smb]:// [user:pass\@]URL[:port] [options]
DESCRIPTION
===========
**mpv** is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video
file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. Special input URL
types are available to read input from a variety of sources other than disk
files. Depending on platform, a variety of different video and audio output
methods are supported.
Usage examples to get you started quickly can be found at the end of this man
page.
INTERACTIVE CONTROL
===================
mpv has a fully configurable, command-driven control layer which allows you
to control mpv using keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote control (with
LIRC). See the ``--input-`` options for ways to customize it.
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Keyboard Control
----------------
LEFT and RIGHT
Seek backward/forward 10 seconds. Shift+arrow does a 1 second exact seek
(see ``--hr-seek``).
UP and DOWN
Seek forward/backward 1 minute. Shift+arrow does a 5 second exact seek (see
``--hr-seek``).
PGUP and PGDWN
Seek forward/backward 10 minutes.
[ and ]
Decrease/increase current playback speed by 10%.
{ and }
Halve/double current playback speed.
BACKSPACE
Reset playback speed to normal.
< and >
Go backward/forward in the playlist.
ENTER
Go forward in the playlist, even over the end.
p / SPACE
Pause (pressing again unpauses).
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\.
Step forward. Pressing once will pause movie, every consecutive press will
play one frame and then go into pause mode again.
q / ESC
Stop playing and quit.
Q
Like ``q``, but store the current playback position. Playing the same file
later will resume at the old playback position if possible.
U
Stop playing (and quit if ``--idle`` is not used).
\+ and -
Adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
/ and *
Decrease/increase volume.
9 and 0
Decrease/increase volume.
( and )
Adjust audio balance in favor of left/right channel.
m
Mute sound.
\_
Cycle through the available video tracks.
\#
Cycle through the available audio tracks.
TAB (MPEG-TS and libavformat only)
Cycle through the available programs.
f
Toggle fullscreen (see also ``--fs``).
T
Toggle stay-on-top (see also ``--ontop``).
w and e
Decrease/increase pan-and-scan range.
o
Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time.
d
Toggle frame dropping states: none / skip display / skip decoding (see
``--framedrop``).
v
Toggle subtitle visibility.
j and J
Cycle through the available subtitles.
F
Toggle displaying "forced subtitles".
x and z
Adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
V
Toggle subtitle VSFilter aspect compatibility mode. See
``--ass-vsfilter-aspect-compat`` for more info.
r and t
Move subtitles up/down.
s
Take a screenshot.
S
Take a screenshot, without subtitles. (Whether this works depends on VO
driver support.)
I
Show filename on the OSD.
P
Show progression bar, elapsed time and total duration on the OSD.
! and @
Seek to the beginning of the previous/next chapter.
D (``--vo=vdpau``, ``--vf=yadif`` only)
Activate/deactivate deinterlacer.
A
Cycle through the available DVD angles.
c
Change YUV colorspace.
(The following keys are valid only when using a video output that supports the
corresponding adjustment, or the software equalizer (``--vf=eq``).)
1 and 2
Adjust contrast.
3 and 4
Adjust brightness.
5 and 6
Adjust gamma.
7 and 8
Adjust saturation.
(The following keys are valid only when using the corevideo video output
driver.)
command + 0
Resize movie window to half its original size.
command + 1
Resize movie window to its original size.
command + 2
Resize movie window to double its original size.
command + f
Toggle fullscreen (see also ``--fs``).
command + [ and command + ]
Set movie window alpha.
(The following keys are valid if you have a keyboard with multimedia keys.)
PAUSE
Pause.
STOP
Stop playing and quit.
PREVIOUS and NEXT
Seek backward/forward 1 minute.
(The following keys are only valid if you compiled with TV or DVB input
support and will take precedence over the keys defined above.)
h and k
Select previous/next channel.
n
Change norm.
u
Change channel list.
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Mouse Control
-------------
button 3 and button 4
Seek backward/forward 1 minute.
button 5 and button 6
Decrease/increase volume.
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Joystick Control
----------------
left and right
Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
up and down
Seek forward/backward 1 minute.
button 1
Pause.
button 2
Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time.
button 3 and button 4
Decrease/increase volume.
USAGE
=====
Every *flag* option has a *no-flag* counterpart, e.g. the opposite of the
``--fs`` option is ``--no-fs``. ``--fs=yes`` is same as ``--fs``, ``--fs=no``
is the same as ``--no-fs``.
If an option is marked as *(XXX only)*, it will only work in combination with
the *XXX* option or if *XXX* is compiled in.
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.. note::
The suboption parser (used for example for ``--ao=pcm`` suboptions)
supports a special kind of string-escaping intended for use with external
GUIs.
It has the following format::
%n%string_of_length_n
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.. admonition:: Examples
``mpv --ao=pcm:file=%10%C:test.wav test.avi``
Or in a script:
``mpv --ao=pcm:file=%`expr length "$NAME"`%"$NAME" test.avi``
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Per-File Options
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----------------
When playing multiple files, any option given on the command line usually
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affects all files. Example::
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mpv --a file1.mkv --b file2.mkv --c
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=============== ===========================
File Active options
=============== ===========================
file1.mkv ``--a --b --c``
file2.mkv ``--a --b --c``
=============== ===========================
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Also, if any option is changed at runtime (via input commands), they are not
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reset when a new file is played.
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Sometimes, it is useful to change options per-file. This can be achieved by
adding the special per-file markers ``--{`` and ``--}``. (Note that you must
escape these on some shells.) Example::
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mpv --a file1.mkv --b --\{ --c file2.mkv --d file3.mkv --e --\} file4.mkv --f
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=============== ===========================
File Active options
=============== ===========================
file1.mkv ``--a --b --f``
file2.mkv ``--a --b --f --c --d --e``
file3.mkv ``--a --b --f --c --d --e``
file4.mkv ``--a --b --f``
=============== ===========================
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Additionally, any file-local option changed at runtime is reset when the current
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file stops playing. If option ``--c`` is changed during playback of
``file2.mkv``, it is reset when advancing to ``file3.mkv``. This only affects
file-local options. The option ``--a`` is never reset here.
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CONFIGURATION FILES
===================
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Location and Syntax
-------------------
You can put all of the options in configuration files which will be read every
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time mpv is run. The system-wide configuration file 'mpv.conf' is in your
configuration directory (e.g. ``/etc/mpv`` or ``/usr/local/etc/mpv``), the
user-specific one is ``~/.mpv/config``.
User-specific options override system-wide options and options given on the
command line override either. The syntax of the configuration files is
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``option=<value>``; everything after a *#* is considered a comment. Options
that work without values can be enabled by setting them to *yes* and disabled by
setting them to *no*. Even suboptions can be specified in this way.
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.. admonition:: Example configuration file
::
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# Use opengl video output by default.
vo=opengl
# Use quotes for text that can contain spaces:
status-msg="Time: ${time-pos}"
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Putting Command Line Options into the Configuration File
--------------------------------------------------------
Almost all command line options can be put into the configuration file. Here
is a small guide:
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======================= ========================
Option Configuration file entry
======================= ========================
``--flag`` ``flag``
``-opt val`` ``opt=val``
``--opt=val`` ``opt=val``
``-opt "has spaces"`` ``opt="has spaces"``
======================= ========================
File-specific Configuration Files
---------------------------------
You can also write file-specific configuration files. If you wish to have a
configuration file for a file called 'movie.avi', create a file named
'movie.avi.conf' with the file-specific options in it and put it in
``~/.mpv/``. You can also put the configuration file in the same directory
as the file to be played, as long as you give the ``--use-filedir-conf``
option (either on the command line or in your global config file). If a
file-specific configuration file is found in the same directory, no
file-specific configuration is loaded from ``~/.mpv``. In addition, the
``--use-filedir-conf`` option enables directory-specific configuration files.
For this, mpv first tries to load a mpv.conf from the same directory
as the file played and then tries to load any file-specific configuration.
Profiles
--------
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To ease working with different configurations, profiles can be defined in the
configuration files. A profile starts with its name in square brackets,
e.g. ``[my-profile]``. All following options will be part of the profile. A
description (shown by ``--profile=help``) can be defined with the
``profile-desc`` option. To end the profile, start another one or use the
profile name ``default`` to continue with normal options.
.. admonition:: Example mpv profile
::
[vo.vdpau]
# Use hardware decoding (this might break playback of some h264 files)
hwdec=vdpau
[protocol.dvd]
profile-desc="profile for dvd:// streams"
vf=pp=hb/vb/dr/al/fd
alang=en
[extension.flv]
profile-desc="profile for .flv files"
flip=yes
[ao.alsa]
device=spdif
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TAKING SCREENSHOTS
==================
Screenshots of the currently played file can be taken using the 'screenshot'
input mode command, which is by default bound to the ``s`` key. Files named
``shotNNNN.jpg`` will be saved in the working directory, using the first
available number - no files will be overwritten.
A screenshot will usually contain the unscaled video contents at the end of the
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video filter chain and subtitles. By default, ``S`` takes screenshots without
subtitles, while ``s`` includes subtitles.
The ``screenshot`` video filter is not required when using a recommended GUI
video output driver. It should normally not be added to the config file, as
taking screenshots is handled by the VOs, and adding the screenshot filter will
break hardware decoding. (The filter may still be useful for taking screenshots
at a certain point within the video chain when using multiple video filters.)
OPTIONS
=======
.. include:: options.rst
.. include:: ao.rst
.. include:: vo.rst
.. include:: af.rst
.. include:: vf.rst
.. include:: encode.rst
.. include:: input.rst
.. include:: changes.rst
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
=====================
There are a number of environment variables that can be used to control the
behavior of mpv.
``HOME``
Used to determine mpv config directory: ``$HOME/.mpv``
``TERM``
Used to determine terminal type.
``MPV_HOME``
Directory where mpv looks for user settings. Overrides ``HOME``, and mpv
will try to load the config file as ``$MPV_HOME/config``.
``MPV_LOCALEDIR``
Directory where mpv looks for gettext translation files (if enabled).
``MPV_VERBOSE`` (see also ``-v`` and ``--msglevel``)
Set the initial verbosity level across all message modules (default: 0).
The resulting verbosity corresponds to that of ``--msglevel=5`` plus the
value of ``MPV_VERBOSE``.
``MPV_LEAK_REPORT``
If set to ``1``, enable internal talloc leak reporting. Note that this can
cause trouble with multithreading, so only developers should use this.
``LADSPA_PATH``
Specifies the search path for LADSPA plugins. If it is unset, fully
qualified path names must be used.
``DISPLAY``
Standard X11 display name to use.
FFmpeg/Libav:
This library accesses various environment variables. However, they are not
centrally documented, and documenting them is not our job. Therefore, the
list is incomplete.
Notable environment variables:
``http_proxy``
URL to proxy for ``http://`` and ``https://`` URLs.
``no_proxy``
List of domain patterns for which no proxy should be used.
List entries are separated by ``,``. Patterns can include ``*``.
libdvdcss:
``DVDCSS_CACHE``
Specify a directory in which to store title key values. This will
speed up descrambling of DVDs which are in the cache. The
``DVDCSS_CACHE`` directory is created if it does not exist, and a
subdirectory is created named after the DVD's title or manufacturing
date. If ``DVDCSS_CACHE`` is not set or is empty, libdvdcss will use
the default value which is ``${HOME}/.dvdcss/`` under Unix and
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the roaming application data directory (``%APPDATA%``) under
Windows. The special value "off" disables caching.
``DVDCSS_METHOD``
Sets the authentication and decryption method that libdvdcss will use
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to read scrambled discs. Can be one of ``title``, ``key`` or ``disc``.
key
is the default method. libdvdcss will use a set of calculated
player keys to try and get the disc key. This can fail if the drive
does not recognize any of the player keys.
disc
is a fallback method when key has failed. Instead of using player
keys, libdvdcss will crack the disc key using a brute force
algorithm. This process is CPU intensive and requires 64 MB of
memory to store temporary data.
title
is the fallback when all other methods have failed. It does not
rely on a key exchange with the DVD drive, but rather uses a crypto
attack to guess the title key. On rare cases this may fail because
there is not enough encrypted data on the disc to perform a
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statistical attack, but on the other hand it is the only way to
decrypt a DVD stored on a hard disc, or a DVD with the wrong region
on an RPC2 drive.
``DVDCSS_RAW_DEVICE``
Specify the raw device to use. Exact usage will depend on your
operating system, the Linux utility to set up raw devices is raw(8)
for instance. Please note that on most operating systems, using a raw
device requires highly aligned buffers: Linux requires a 2048 bytes
alignment (which is the size of a DVD sector).
``DVDCSS_VERBOSE``
Sets the libdvdcss verbosity level.
:0: Outputs no messages at all.
:1: Outputs error messages to stderr.
:2: Outputs error messages and debug messages to stderr.
``DVDREAD_NOKEYS``
Skip retrieving all keys on startup. Currently disabled.
``HOME``
FIXME: Document this.
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EXIT CODES
==========
Normally **mpv** returns 0 as exit code after finishing playback successfully.
If errors happen, the following exit codes can be returned:
:1: Error initializing mpv. This is also returned if unknown options are
passed to mpv.
:2: The file passed to mpv couldn't be played. This is somewhat fuzzy:
currently, playback of a file is considered to be successful if
initialization was mostly successful, even if playback fails
immediately after initialization.
:3: There were some files that could be played, and some files which
couldn't (using the definition of success from above).
Note that quitting the player manually will always lead to exit code 0,
overriding the exit code that would be returned normally. Also, the ``quit``
input command can take an exit code: in this case, that exit code is returned.
FILES
=====
``/usr/local/etc/mpv/mpv.conf``
mpv system-wide settings (depends on ``--prefix`` passed to configure)
``~/.mpv/config``
mpv user settings
``~/.mpv/input.conf``
input bindings (see ``--input-keylist`` for the full list)
EXAMPLES OF MPV USAGE
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=====================
Quickstart Blu-ray playing:
- ``mpv bd:////path/to/disc``
- ``mpv bd:// --bluray-device=/path/to/disc``
Quickstart DVD playing:
``mpv dvd://1``
Play in Japanese with English subtitles:
``mpv dvd://1 --alang=ja --slang=en``
Play only chapters 5, 6, 7:
``mpv dvd://1 --chapter=5-7``
Play only titles 5, 6, 7:
``mpv dvd://5-7``
Play a multiangle DVD:
``mpv dvd://1 --dvdangle=2``
Play from a different DVD device:
``mpv dvd://1 --dvd-device=/dev/dvd2``
Play DVD video from a directory with VOB files:
``mpv dvd://1 --dvd-device=/path/to/directory/``
Stream from HTTP:
``mpv http://example.com/example.avi``
Stream using RTSP:
``mpv rtsp://server.example.com/streamName``
demux_lavf: add support for libavdevice libavdevice supports various "special" video and audio inputs, such as screen-capture or libavfilter filter graphs. libavdevice inputs are implemented as demuxers. They don't use the custom stream callbacks (in AVFormatContext.pb). Instead, input parameters are passed as filename. This means the mpv stream layer has to be disabled. Do this by adding the pseudo stream handler avdevice://, whose only purpose is passing the filename to demux_lavf, without actually doing anything. Change the logic how the filename is passed to libavformat. Remove handling of the filename from demux_open_lavf() and move it to lavf_check_file(). (This also fixes a possible bug when skipping the "lavf://" prefix.) libavdevice now can be invoked by specifying demuxer and args as in: mpv avdevice://demuxer:args The args are passed as filename to libavformat. When using libavdevice demuxers, their actual meaning is highly implementation specific. They don't refer to actual filenames. Note: libavdevice is disabled by default. There is one problem: libavdevice pulls in libavfilter, which in turn causes symbol clashes with mpv internals. The problem is that libavfilter includes a mplayer filter bridge, which is used to interface with a set of nearly unmodified mplayer filters copied into libavfilter. This filter bridge uses the same symbol names as mplayer/mpv's filter chain, which results in symbol clashes at link-time. This can be prevented by building ffmpeg with --disable-filter=mp, but unfortunately this is not the default. This means linking to libavdevice (which in turn forces linking with libavfilter by default) must be disabled. We try doing this by compiling a test file that defines one of the clashing symbols (vf_mpi_clear). To enable libavdevice input, ffmpeg should be built with the options: --disable-filter=mp and mpv with: --enable-libavdevice Originally, I tried to auto-detect it. But the resulting complications in configure did't seem worth the trouble.
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Play a libavfilter graph:
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``mpv avdevice://lavfi:mandelbrot``
demux_lavf: add support for libavdevice libavdevice supports various "special" video and audio inputs, such as screen-capture or libavfilter filter graphs. libavdevice inputs are implemented as demuxers. They don't use the custom stream callbacks (in AVFormatContext.pb). Instead, input parameters are passed as filename. This means the mpv stream layer has to be disabled. Do this by adding the pseudo stream handler avdevice://, whose only purpose is passing the filename to demux_lavf, without actually doing anything. Change the logic how the filename is passed to libavformat. Remove handling of the filename from demux_open_lavf() and move it to lavf_check_file(). (This also fixes a possible bug when skipping the "lavf://" prefix.) libavdevice now can be invoked by specifying demuxer and args as in: mpv avdevice://demuxer:args The args are passed as filename to libavformat. When using libavdevice demuxers, their actual meaning is highly implementation specific. They don't refer to actual filenames. Note: libavdevice is disabled by default. There is one problem: libavdevice pulls in libavfilter, which in turn causes symbol clashes with mpv internals. The problem is that libavfilter includes a mplayer filter bridge, which is used to interface with a set of nearly unmodified mplayer filters copied into libavfilter. This filter bridge uses the same symbol names as mplayer/mpv's filter chain, which results in symbol clashes at link-time. This can be prevented by building ffmpeg with --disable-filter=mp, but unfortunately this is not the default. This means linking to libavdevice (which in turn forces linking with libavfilter by default) must be disabled. We try doing this by compiling a test file that defines one of the clashing symbols (vf_mpi_clear). To enable libavdevice input, ffmpeg should be built with the options: --disable-filter=mp and mpv with: --enable-libavdevice Originally, I tried to auto-detect it. But the resulting complications in configure did't seem worth the trouble.
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AUTHORS
=======
mpv is a MPlayer fork based on mplayer2, which in turn is a fork of MPlayer.
MPlayer was initially written by Arpad Gereoffy. See the ``AUTHORS`` file for
a list of some of the many other contributors.
MPlayer is (C) 2000-2012 The MPlayer Team
This man page was written mainly by Gabucino, Jonas Jermann and Diego Biurrun.