How to configure MPlayer

This howto is not for configuring mplayer's installation, its for configuring MPlayer's operation

MPlayer is a highly configurable video player. You can configure default settings, keyboard/mouse bindings.

Configuration files

• Global
  • /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
• Local
  • ~/.mplayer/config
  • ~/.mplayer/input.conf
  • ~/.mplayer/menu.conf

Configuration

Configuration will set the default settings when MPlayer loads.

• Config file
  • ~/.mplayer/config

• Have MPlayer list all options
  • Execute: mplayer −list−options
    • Example list-options

Configuration format is one command per line, and # for comments

• Config
  • OPTION="PARAMETER"
• Example
  • vo="xv"

Input Keyboard/joystick/mouse/LIRC bindings

Bindings for the keyboard, mouse, and joystick are set in input.conf, and can be placed in ~/.mplayer/input.conf. LIRC is configured in the standard ~/.lircrc. The format of the config file is one binding per line, and # are comments.

• Format
  • KEY<space>COMMAND<space>PARAMETER
  • Example: RIGHT seek +10

• Commands
  • In depth description of each command view
    • MPlayer slave.txt
  • List of command usable in you MPlayer compilation.
    • Execute: mplayer -input cmdlist
      • Example input cmdlist

• Keys/Inputs
  • For a full key list
    • Execute: mplayer -input keylist
      • Example input keylist
  • Keyboard
    • all normal keys are used normally
      • Example 'm' is m
    • Special Characters: RIGHT, LEFT, UP, DOWN, PGUP, PGDWN, ESC, ENTER, SPACE, HOME, END, INS, DEL, F1-F12
    • Backspace: BS
    • Keypad
      • With num-lock ON
        • KP0-KP9, KP_DEL, KP_ENTER
      • With num-lock OFF
        • KP1-FP9, KP_INS, KP_DEL, KP_ENTER
      • (+ - / *) are the same as the other part of keyboard
  • Joystick
    • JOY_RIGHT, JOY_LEFT, JOY_UP, JOY_DOWN, JOY_BTN0, JOY_BTN1, JOY_BTN2, JOY_BTN3
  • Mouse
    • Left click: MOUSE_BTN0
    • Middle click: MOUSE_BTN1
    • Right click: MOUSE_BTN2
    • Double click
      • Left double click: MOUSE_BTN0_DBL

• Example of input.conf
  • input.conf

References

• MPlayer control
• input.conf
• MPlayer slave.txt
  
  
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