MPV

Easily cut videos with this mpv Lua extension.

Installation:

git clone -b release --single-branch "https://github.com/familyfriendlymikey/mpv-cut.git" ~/.config/mpv/scripts/mpv-cut

Start the video with mpv.

• Press c to begin a cut.
• Seek to a later time in the video.
• Press c again to make the cut.
• To cancel a cut, press C.

It saves a copy of the video in the same directory as the original file.

For other options, see the usage.

Play DVDs

To play DVDs with encrypted content, install libdvdcss (Arch Linux).

Then insert the DVD and run the next command and it should just work.

mpv dvd://

Use Hardware Video Decoding

Relevant part in the man page

~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf

hwdec=auto-safe

When hardware decoding is used, it shows up when loading the video file. You can test while playing a video by pressing CTRL-h to toggle between the mode auto-safe and no.