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R. L. Dane

#TIL (completely by accident) that #mpv can view images!

$ mpv --loop=inf foobar.jpeg

(Without the --loop, it just shows it for one second and exits)

P.S. mpv --keep-open foobar.jpeg seems to be the better option, kudos to @xoip

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xoip Sep 16, 2024

@RL_Dane there is --keep-open --force-window --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui

Ah, --keep-open seems to work the best. The other two options don't seem to be necessary, at least in my setup.

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Radio Azureus Sep 16, 2024

@RL_Dane @xoip

About a year ago when I typed in man mpv I got immediately to a proper man page linked from a German man serverGoogle

Now I have to jump to DuckDuckGo to get the same results

Since #mpv is #MPlayer with a gui it's nice yet not surprising it does static images too

#MEncoder also has some nice goodies
I make ogm files when I encode streams with it. Vorbis goes multichannel {5.1+} with no issues

#ffMPeg will blow your socks off with its Easter Eggs 🥚

https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/mpv/mpv.1.en.html

mpv(1) — mpv — Debian stretch — Debian Manpages

mpv's manpage is all I'd need to read if stuck on a desert island for 20 years. XD
According to my little function it's over 300 pages!

manlength ()
{
local output lines pages;
local linesperpage=48;
if output=$(man "$@" | wc); then
echo " Pages Lines Words Chars";
lines=$(echo "$output" | awk '{print $1}');
pages=$(echo "$lines/$linesperpage" | bc -l);
printf "%7.1f%s\n" "$pages" "$output";
fi
}