>- the no ui idea is nice for opening a single file, but then you go to the rabbithole of millions of settings / config to do anything more complicated, playlists? ( why can't I drag and drop on the window )
I cannot relate to that. "ad-hoc" playlists or even adding more files while some are already playing works fine for me on macOS. There's a chance the built-in UI differs between operating systems, not sure.
>- it's hard to compile, so it's up to you to find up to date version on your distro
I consider that hardly the fault of the mpv project. Other than that, there are usually third-party providers for mpv binaries.
You could open the console to see errors. https://mpv.io/manual/master/#console
>- the no ui idea is nice for opening a single file, but then you go to the rabbithole of millions of settings / config to do anything more complicated, playlists? ( why can't I drag and drop on the window )
I cannot relate to that. "ad-hoc" playlists or even adding more files while some are already playing works fine for me on macOS. There's a chance the built-in UI differs between operating systems, not sure.
>- it's hard to compile, so it's up to you to find up to date version on your distro
I consider that hardly the fault of the mpv project. Other than that, there are usually third-party providers for mpv binaries.