My MPV Config File

# default configuration that applies to every file
[default]

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# Video
# try to use high quality opengl output, with standard opengl, classic xv, and wayland as fallbacks
# note: opengl has numerous quality/performance trade-off options.
# as per the mpv(1), "opengl-hq" is just an alias for "opengl:lscale=lanczos2:dither-depth=auto:fbo-format=rgb16"
vo=opengl-hq,opengl,gl,xv,x11,wayland,

# set the window title using the media filename (see Property Expansion section of mpv(1))
title="${filename}"

# add black borders so the movies have the same aspect ratio of the monitor
# for wide screen monitors
vf=expand=::::16:9/9:16
vf=eq

# for non wide screen traditional monitors, alternative to the above item
#vf=expand=::::1:4/3:16

# disable screensaver
stop-screensaver="yes"

# execute a command every 30 seconds
# useful to disable a non-standard-compliant screensavers and to work around buggy behaviours
# BE WARNED: to avoid dangerous commands is your responsibility
#heartbeat-cmd="xscreensaver-command -deactivate &" # stop xscreensaver

# custom heartbeat frequency in seconds
#heartbeat-interval=600

# correct pitch when speed is faster or slower than 1.0
af=scaletempo

# allow to seek in a file which is still downloading whilst watching it
# from manpage:"this switch has no effect in the typical case" (usually done automatically by demuxers)
#idx=yes

# skip displaying some frames to maintain A/V sync on slow systems
framedrop=yes
# more intense frame dropping (breaks decoding)
#framedrop=hard

# default value of 320kB is quite low, especially on slow media
cache=4000

# save screenshots
screenshot-jpeg-quality=80
screenshot-template=~/Pictures/mpv-screenshots/mpv-screenshot%n

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# Subtitles setup

# scale the subtitles to the 3% of the screen size
sub-scale=1.40

# disable retarded VSFilter compatibility
ass-force-style=Kerning=yes

sub-text-font="Ubuntu"

sub-text-font-size=48

sub-text-color="#edd400"
#yellow = #edd400
#orange = #f57900

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# On Screen Display

#osc=no # I don't like mouse stuff
osd-font="HelveticaNeue-Light"

# make the OSD progress bar be big and centered like in mplayer and mplayer2
osd-bar-align-y=0

osd-bar-h=7

osd-border-size=1

osd-color='#CCFFFFFF'

osd-border-color='#99000000'

# custom terminal seek bar
term-osd-bar-chars = "──╼ ·"

osd-level=3
################################################################################
# Audio
# use alsa for audio output, choose pulse, or oss4 as fallback
ao=alsa,pulse,oss,pcm,

# prefer using 5.1 channels audio (defaults to 2 - see mpv --channels=help)
# mixing is handled by libavcodec unless using "--af-add=pan" (see below)
channels=5.1

# set volume to 100 and use the sound server to actually control the volume
volume=100

# epic immersion for the poor
# af-add=bs2b

# gapless audio play
gapless-audio

# allow to increase the maximal volume to 600%
softvol-max=600

################################################################################
# Languages
slang=eng,en,

alang=eng,en

################################################################################
# Profiles
[pseudo-gui]
terminal=no
force-window=yes
idle=yes
screenshot-directory=~/Pictures/mpv-screenshots/

# profile for up-mixing two channels audio to six channels
# use --profile 2chto6ch to activate
[2chto6ch]
af-add=pan=6:1:0:.4:0:.6:2:0:1:0:.4:.6:2

# profile to down-mixing six channels audio to two channels
# use --profile 6chto2ch to activate
[6chto2ch]
af-add=pan=2:0.7:0:0:0.7:0.5:0:0:0.5:0.6:0.6:0:0