feature req: slideshow over all video files in a directory

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feature req: slideshow over all video files in a directory

Closed this issue 9 months ago · 2 comments

maybe there is an easy way to do this that I'm overlooking, but what I'd really like is to point it at a directory full of videos, and have it randomly select one to play, switching based on the setting of --slideshow. is there a way to do this right now?

Answer 1 · 2024-01-02T16:56:32.000Z

I don't understand. It already does that.
And you can add the "randomly" part in with shuffle added to --mpv-options like so:
mpvpaper --slideshow 5 -o "shuffle" HDMI-A-1 /my/videos/

Answer 2 · 2024-01-03T07:03:48.000Z

yep, this is what I was looking for, thanks! wasn't clear to me that would work, since the docs mostly just say "playlist", and that doesn't == "directory" to me. thanks!