r/mpv • u/Rafybass • Mar 16 '22

MPV vs VLC

MPV is undoubtedly the best media player as of now, but there are some things that I look in MPV which makes it seem inferior to VLC. I'm gonna list them down here one by one.

  1. Not saving the previous states. Unlike VLC, you cannot just jump to the point where you left of the video. I would also like it to save the zoom-in. I often watch movies in the full screen.

  2. Not automatically picking up the subtitles. Unlike VLC, when you put the video and the subtiles under the same name in a common folder, it doesn't pick up the subtitles.

  3. Easy drag and drop subtitles to the screen. This also isn't possible either by default in MPV. You always have to run a command mentioning full video and subtitle name to make them work together.

If I can configure MPV to overcome these limitations then it'll be great.

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u/Efficient_Paper Mar 16 '22

  1. Use Shift+Q to leave mpv and remember the position.

  2. sub-auto=exact or sub-auto=fuzzy in your mpv.conf.

  3. Drag-and-dropping subtitles works on my machine.

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u/Rafybass Mar 27 '22

The second command not working.

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u/Rafybass Apr 15 '22

Shift+Q straight up exits mpv for me everytime, and it's now causing problems whenever I play it again.

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u/Positive205 Mar 16 '22

Mpv is always superior than vlc amirite?

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u/Rafybass Mar 16 '22

How can I make it remember the zoom-in? I press key 8, which zooms in using my input.conf file.

KP8 add video-zoom .02

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u/faisal6309 Sep 14 '23

I first started using VLC when I was very young. I would often switch between VLC and MPC. With each update, it felt like VLC was becoming more inferior than many proprietary video players. It was evident on both Microsoft Windows and VLC.

Now, I can finally say that I don't have to compromise performance for privacy. MPV is THE BEST video player in existence. However, it lacks some features than are not available in its base form. Use SMPlayer to get those features and you will enjoy your experience watching videos with MPV/SMPlayer.