mpv-player / mpv-player/mpv

mpv sometimes exits with (End of file) when paused

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Description

Important Information

Sometimes when I pause playback while watching movies mpv exits. I had this problem on my PC and laptop both running Kubuntu 23.04 and Flatpak version of mpv.

Provide following Information:

  • mpv 0.35.
  • Kubuntu 23.04
  • Flatpak
  • KWin Wayland
  • Mesa 23.1.4 - kisak-mesa PP
Reproduction steps
  1. Open movie with mpv
  2. Try to pause it after some time
  3. Eventually it will close itself instead of pausing playback
Expected behavior

mpv should just pause playback

Actual behavior

it exits

Log file

Last messages from mpv ran with -v -v: log

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked verbose log and reproducing the pause-triggered exit with the listed mpv, Kubuntu, Flatpak, and KWin Wayland setup. Done means identifying the cause and confirming that pausing playback no longer makes mpv exit in the reported scenario.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, linux
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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