I don't know how vlc is able to do it; I guess it takes sort of time-stamp of a movie and puts it in cache or somewhere like that. This is the way it works in vlc –
a. You see a media file, say it consists of 1.5 hours,
b. At some point, say after 15-30 minutes or whenever you feel, you stopped because you had some other work, a call came or anything which disrupted your viewing.
c. After some time you start the media file again. In vlc in the top-right corner it would give a small button saying continue from where you left off.
d. If you select that button/option, it starts playing the media file from where you last left off.
I have also seen using 2-3 media files in succession and even then it remembers the position.
Is it possible to have similar functionality in mpv? Is there a way this already works, or this would be a feature request I would need to make at mplayer github?
Best Answer
You can run
mpv
with the--save-position-on-quit
option. e.g.Alternatively, if you want
mpv
to do that by default, you can add that option to its config file. For example:Or use your favourite text editor to add the same line. The
--
option prefix is not needed in the config file.If you want this option to be the default for all users on the system rather than just your own user, the config file to edit (as root) is
/etc/mpv/mpv.conf
ifmpv
was installed as a package. And probably/usr/local/etc/mpv/mpv.conf
if installed by compiling the source.