On Monday, 29 September 2025 10:55:04 British Summer Time Dale wrote: > Michael wrote:
> > Can you please show the content of your ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
>
> I use the one in /etc. I'm the only one on this thing anyway. Here is
> the contents of it.
The config file in /etc/mpv/encoding-profiles.conf is for encodings.
You will need an mpv.conf file, which might as well be in your ~/.config/mpv/
mpv.conf
> # Write your default config options here!
>
> #ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/best
> ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best
>
> --osd-on-seek=no
> --sub-create-cc-track=no
> --alang=en,eng
> title='${filename} - mpv'
> --cache=yes
> --cache-secs=480
> --log-file=/dev/null
The above syntax is for running options on the terminal and is incorrect for a
config file - see below.
> The one in /home is all commented out except for this one lonely line.
>
>
> --no-keepaspect-window
This won't work either.
> > As I understand it, sddm captures what applications are reporting within
> > the desktop session. I'm thinking if you silence the application, it
> > will stop printing logs.
> >
> > Did you try to find out in the terminal which mpv module is responsible
> > for
> > these errors you see in the sddm log and silence that one specifically, or
> > silence them all if you are not bothered to catch any problems reported by
> > mpv? For example when I silence messages from the vo/gpu and osd/libass
> > my
> > terminal output is *very* quiet.
>
> I looked at the man page again, like I've done in the past. It is a lot
> like reading Greek most of the time.
The mpv man page is H-U-G-E! Unless you have a lot of time and patience it is
best you search for terms you may be interested in.
> I did use Konqueror and the
> man:mpv trick to pull up the whole thing, and then search for module. I
> found this little gem. No idea if this works or not tho. It's from the
> man page but sometimes what it shows is only a guide, not what actually
> works.
>
>
> --msg-level=all=no
This will work on the terminal. To make it permanent remove the double dash
at the front of any option and add it in your config file.
Search in Konqueror, or by prefixing search terms with "/" in a terminal after
you run 'man mpv' for desired sections or terms. Search for "CONFIGURATION"
in order to find the section "CONFIGURATION FILES". This section explains the
correct syntax for mpv.conf.
Also, check /usr/share/doc/mpv-*/examples/mpv.conf.bz2 which has various
examples of customising the behaviour of mpv.
Once you get the syntax right, things should fall into place. :-)
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