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title	description	published	date	tags	editor	dateCreated
MPV	Tips and tricks for the MPV media player	true	2025-06-19T06:33:21.983Z		markdown	2025-06-19T06:33:21.983Z

Upstream

https://mpv.io/

Useful configuration options

Here are some options that I find very useful.

Launch full-screen

Ref: https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-fs

--fullscreen, --fs

If launching from the command line, combine this option with --pause, --osc=no, and a key combination to move windows to another display, and you can seamlessly play a video on a secondary display without moving your mouse there. The existing terminal emulator window will accept keyboard input as if the video's window is in focus. You can do other things, and return to controlling the video without leaving the primary display. {.is-info}

Pause on launch

Ref: https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-pause

--pause

Disable OSD

Ref: https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-osc

--osc=no

This option disables all controls that could get painted over the video window.