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mpv

Manual

play youtube audio only

mpv link_to_youtube_vid --no-video

Config

/etc/mpv/mpv.conf
#
# mpv configuration file
#
# Configuration files are read system-wide from /usr/local/etc/mpv.conf
# and per-user from ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
#
# https://mpv.io/manual/stable/

##################
# video settings #
##################

# use high quality renderer
#vo=opengl-hq
# interpolate frames
vo=opengl-hq:interpolation

# vsync
video-sync=display-resample

# force starting with centered window
geometry=50%:50%

# Enabling this inserts the yadif video filter in order to deinterlace
deinterlace=yes

##################
# audio settings #
##################

# Specify default audio driver (see --ao=help for a list).
ao=pulse

##################
# other settings #
##################

# Read ahead about 10 seconds of audio and video packets.
demuxer-readahead-secs=10

# Enable hardware decoding if available. Often, this requires using an certain
# video output, otherwise no hardware decoding will be used.
hwdec=auto