Mpv

Introduction

mpv is a free open source media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. Powerful scripting capabilities can make the player do almost anything.

https://mpv.io

Usage

Usage:   mpv [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options:
 --no-audio        do not play sound
 --no-video        do not play video
 --fs              fullscreen playback
 --sub-file=<file> specify subtitle file to use
 --playlist=<file> specify playlist file
 --list-options    list all mpv options
 --h=<string>      print options which contain the given string in their name

Keyboard Shortcuts

https://defkey.com/mpv-media-player-shortcuts

Playing Media Over SSH

mpv sftp://username:password@192.168.0.252"/path/to/Movie Name (2020).avi"

Seek To Time Before Playing

mpv --start=    seek to given (percent, seconds, or hh:mm:ss) position

Subtitles

Save the subtitles file with exactly the same name as the video file and mpv will play them automatically.

e.g.

Movie Name (2024) - HD.mp4
Movie Name (2024) - HD.eng.srt

I have still yet to work out how to play both the video file and the subtitles over a network.