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Make a playlist of Youtube videos and play it with MPV.

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It is possible with MPV to play a playlist, which is a list of URL`s one on each line, and this will be played in order by MPV. This is very easy to do.

Make a playlist in VIM. This example works just fine. You do not need any special characters, just one URL on each line.

playlist.txt
1
2
3
4
5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2QIlGorKUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5YkVhk-LZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg2YtRDdiIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBQIRvESE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2on6lf5T6I0

Then play the MPV playlist like this. It works just fine for playing a collection of your favorite music.

jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ mpv --playlist=playlist.txt 
[playlist] Reading plaintext playlist.
Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2QIlGorKUg
 (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (vp9 1920x1080 11.988fps)
 (+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (opus 2ch 48000Hz)
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz stereo 2ch float
VO: [gpu] 1920x1080 yuv420p
AV: 00:02:05 / 00:05:17 (39%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 157s/20MB
[ffmpeg] tls: Error in the pull function.
[ffmpeg] https: Will reconnect at 5062624 in 0 second(s), error=Input/output error.
AV: 00:05:16 / 00:05:17 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 0.0s
 
Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5YkVhk-LZk
AV: 00:05:16 / 00:05:17 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 0.0s
 (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (vp9 1920x1080 11.988fps)
 (+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (opus 2ch 48000Hz)
AV: 00:06:15 / 00:06:15 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 0.0s
 
Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg2YtRDdiIo
AV: 00:06:15 / 00:06:15 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 0.0s
 (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 1920x1080 11.987fps)
 (+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (opus 2ch 48000Hz)
AV: 00:04:06 / 00:04:07 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 0.0s
 
Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBQIRvESE0
AV: 00:04:06 / 00:04:07 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 0.0s
 (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (vp9 1080x1080 25.000fps)
 (+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (opus 2ch 48000Hz)
AV: 00:04:06 / 00:04:07 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 0.0s
VO: [gpu] 1080x1080 yuv420p
AV: 00:00:22 / 00:05:13 (7%) A-V:  0.000 Cache: 290s/21MB
 
 
Exiting... (Quit)

I have tried playing Youtube playlists with MPV directly and it stops after the first video, so this is a good way to get around this. It works perfectly for playing a playlist of music with MPV easily.


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