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mpv doesn't recognise ytdl_path as a key

I'm trying to use yt-dlp rather than youtube-dl due to the bottlenecking on download speeds in youtube-dl but I can't get it to work.

My mpv.conf file looks like:

script-opts=ytdl_hook-ytdl_path=/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

When trying to get mpv to run I get this warning:

[ytdl_hook] script-opts: unknown key ytdl_path, ignoring

Does anyone know what the problem is? I've read through the mpv docs and it says this should work.

mpv is version 0.27.2

Solution

  • I had the same problem as you, on mpv version 0.32.0. The problem is that the ytdl-hook settings category is not an option in these older versions. Your solutions are to update your mpv version or to create a link from youtube-dl to yt-dlp. Hope this helps.