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diff --git a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst index 341f97924a..896c0fda00 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ q Q Like ``q``, but store the current playback position. Playing the same file - later will resume at the old playback position if possible. + later will resume at the old playback position if possible. See + `RESUMING PLAYBACK`_. / and * Decrease/increase volume. @@ -1088,6 +1089,33 @@ Additional options that can be tried: - without audio ``--framedrop=no --speed=1.01`` may help for live sources (results can be mixed) +RESUMING PLAYBACK +================= + +mpv is capable of storing the playback position of the currently playing file +and resume from there the next time that file is played. This is done with the +commands ``quit-watch-later`` (bound to Shift+Q by default) and +``write-watch-later-config``, and with the ``--save-position-on-quit`` option. + +The difference between always quitting with a key bound to ``quit-watch-later`` +and using ``--save-position-on-quit`` is that the latter will save the playback +position even when mpv is closed with a method other than a keybinding, for +example if you shutdown your system without closing mpv beforehand, unless of +course mpv is terminated abruptly and doesn't have the time to save (e.g. with +the KILL Unix signal). + +mpv also stores options other than the playback position when they have been +modified after playback began, for example the volume and the fullscreen state, +and restores their values the next time the file is played. Which options are +saved can be configured with the ``--watch-later-options`` option. + +When playing multiple playlist entries, mpv checks if one them has a resume +config file associated, and if it finds one it restarts playback from it. For +example, if you use ``quit-watch-later`` on the 5th episode of a show, and +later play all the episodes, mpv will automatically resume playback from +episode 5. + +More options to configure this functionality are listed in `Watch Later`_. PROTOCOLS ========= |