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Because some video would not be played in the Mint 19.2 default version of mpv, I have fixed that by updating to a newer version from PPA, as said here.

In the default version I was able to configure the on screen display so that it showed the older default mpv GUI

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instead of the new default one

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by editing a line in the file ~/.config/mpv/lua-settings/osc.conf:

layout=box

As indicated here.

Now that would not work.

At the new version PPA page I read that

Osc config options now go into ~/.mpv/lua-settings/osc.config refer to manpage or pdf in /usr/share/doc/mpv

But that didn't work.

Looking up that pdf, it seems to me it contains the same info as here:

The OSC offers limited configuration through a config file script-opts/osc.conf placed in mpv's user dir and through the --script-opts command-line option. Options provided through the command-line will override those from the config file.

It seems to me that is not specific to the new version; it was referring already to the older versions of mpv that I used; I never followed that setting (is it /.mpv/script-opts/osc.conf?) with the default version, but as said above ~/.config/mpv/lua-settings/osc.conf (following instructions here). None of those work with my new version though.

So, I have tried without success to make those settings in

  • ~/.mpv/lua-settings/osc.config (as said at new version's PPA page)

  • ~/.config/mpv/lua-settings/osc.conf (which worked with the default version)

  • /.mpv/script-opts/osc.conf (if I have understood correctly the phrase " script-opts/osc.conf placed in mpv's user dir").

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Short answer: the correct file is ~/.config/mpv/script-opts/osc.conf. Some options are deprecated, e.g. seekbarstyle=slider.

Using the file ~/.config/mpv/lua-settings/osc.conf (which worked in older version) and running mpv in terminal, I see:

[osc] lua-settings/ is deprecated, use directory script-opts/ 
[osc] Invalid setting "slider" for seerekbarstyle

So, the needed file is ~/.config/mpv/script-opts/osc.conf.

As said here,

seekbarstyle

Default: bar

Sets the style of the playback position marker and overall shape of the seekbar: bar, diamond or knob.

The old setting was slider. The only available options are now bar, diamond or knob. (https://mpv.io/manual/master/#config-syntax)

The same options work in a command:

mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui --script-opts=osc-layout=box,osc-seekbarstyle=bar,osc-deadzonesize=0,osc-minmousemove=3 /path/to/mediafile

One could edit the /usr/share/applications/mpv.desktop file or create a new one ~/.local/share/applications/mpv.desktop with the line 

Exec=mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui --script-opts=osc-layout=box,osc-seekbarstyle=bar,osc-deadzonesize=0,osc-minmousemove=3-- %U

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