Try turning off the cache just to see if that affects the start time, --cache=no. This would only be an issue if the file loading is slow.
Otherwise try running it with strace to see what's happening during the dead time. strace mpv <filename>
- [gentoo-user] mpv startup times...is this guy waiting for so... tuxic
- [gentoo-user] Some Addtions to: mpv startup times...is ... tuxic
- Re: [gentoo-user] Some Addtions to: mpv startup tim... Neil Bothwick
- Re: [gentoo-user] Some Addtions to: mpv startup... Adam Carter
- Re: [gentoo-user] mpv startup times...is this guy waiti... Maxim Wexler
- [gentoo-user] Re: mpv startup times...is this guy waiti... Kai Krakow
