MPV
MPV is an open-source command line media player.
Installation
With nix-shell
nix-shell -p mpv
With NixOS
environment.systemPackages = [
pkgs.mpv
];
With Home Manager
home.packages = [
pkgs.mpv
];
Configuration
With Home Manager
Basic
programs.mpv.enable = true;
Advanced
programs.mpv = {
enable = true;
package = (
pkgs.mpv-unwrapped.wrapper {
scripts = with pkgs.mpvScripts; [
uosc
sponsorblock
];
mpv = pkgs.mpv-unwrapped.override {
waylandSupport = true;
};
}
);
config = {
profile = "high-quality";
ytdl-format = "bestvideo+bestaudio";
cache-default = 4000000;
};
};
Tips and Tricks
Where to get scripts
To find more scripts run this in a terminal:
nix search nixpkgs mpvScripts
The scripts are also defined in the following Nixpkgs directory.
Where to find override options
The package override options are defined in the following Nixpkgs directory.
Troubleshooting
Error, unknown format
If you get the following sort of error, note that MPV currently uses the small ffmpeg version (ffmpeg_5) instead of the full version (ffmpeg_5-full).
$ mpv --log-file=foo.log av://v4l2:/dev/video5
[lavf] Unknown lavf format v4l2
Failed to recognize file format.
Exiting... (Errors when loading file)
To address this problem, you can use the following package configuration for ffmpeg.
programs.mpv = {
enable = true;
package = (
pkgs.mpv-unwrapped.wrapper {
mpv = pkgs.mpv-unwrapped.override {
ffmpeg = pkgs.ffmpeg-full;
};
}
);
};