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Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by neurostimulant on Monday July 18, 2022 @12:36PM (#32140238)
And with `--vo=tct` argument, you can watch youtube videos directly on your terminal! No GUI necessary!

    mpv --vo=tct "https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
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Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by kitsunesoba on Monday July 18, 2022 @02:04PM (#32141343)
Or if you want to play something without video at all for e.g. music livestreams, that can be done too. Example below uses the famous lofi girl stream.

    mpv --no-video --vo=null --ytdl-format='bestaudio/best' 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfKfPfyJRdk'
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Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by badocr on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:15PM (#32142285)
> mpv --no-video --vo=null --ytdl-format='bestaudio/best' 'lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to'

With --ytdl-format='bestaudio' there's no need to disable the video track or use the null vo.

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Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by kitsunesoba on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:56PM (#32142850)
Maybe that behavior is Linux-exclusive? Under macOS and Windows, if I only use --ytdl-format='bestaudio/best' with livestreams mpv will spawn a window with the video.
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Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by badocr on Monday July 18, 2022 @06:01PM (#32144538)
I'm on Windows as well. Just get rid of the 'best' argument for '--ytdl-format'. Also, 'bestaudio' is mostly only known as a keyword for Youtube videos.
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Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by t-3 on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:26PM (#32140823)
It can also use SDL or DRM to render video on the console. I use this for viewing video and images (even pdfs, with imagemagick) without a graphical environment.
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Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by anthk on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:43AM (#32149400)
Check fbpdf2, fbida and links -g.
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