MPlay MPlay command line options

Profiles

  • -default

  • -tools

  • -render

  • -flipbook

  • -viewer

  • -full

  • -minimal

Image options

-g

Group the command line images into separate sequences, based on base name and extension.

-u

Leave the images in the command line unsorted (in the order they appear).

-Z pad

Load only images that are padded to pad digits (or 0 for non-padded images only).

-z level

Load images zoomed to a certain percentage, where level is 12, 25, 33, 50, 66, 75 or 100.

-v

Flip all images vertically.

-B file

Set the background image(s). This will automatically enable transparency and background images.

-c

Load RGB color components only (no alpha).

-U

Use an unlimited amount of memory for images.

-m N

Limit memory usage to N MB.

-w width

Images loaded from STDIN are width pixels wide.

-h height

Images loaded from STDIN are height pixels high.

-S nframes

Load nframes images from STDIN in RGBA format.

-L lutfile

Sets lutfile as the lookup table for Cineon images.

-l w g iw

Sets the Cineon white point to w, the film gamma to g and the image white point iw.

-N

Leave Cineon files in their natural 10 bit log space.

-x aspect

Sets the pixel aspect ratio.

Playback Options

-C

Pre-cache all images at startup.

-f start end step

Sets the frame range (start to end) and frame step.

-p

Startup in playback mode.

-P mode

Sets the playback mode to 'loop', 'once' or 'zigzag'.

-r fps

Set the frames per second for realtime play.

-R

Turn on realtime play without specifying a rate.

UI Options

-b s|d

Startup in single (s) or double (d) buffer mode. Single buffer provides faster playback speed (default).

-F

Full image view mode; do not show any extra UI.

-K

Tell MPlay to listen on a socket for input images.

-k

Tell MPlay to listen on a socket for flipbook images. Images rendered to the ip device will be displayed.

-T

MPlay stays topmost window.

-V x y

Sets the viewport layout to x columns by y rows.

Audio Options

-a file

Load audio from file.

-A volume

Sets the volume scale (default 1).

-o fr sec

Aligns the animation frame fr to sec audio seconds.

-s on|off

Enable or disable the audio scrub sustain.