Just use both mpv and mpcqt depending on the scenario. I made wrappers for both media players
~/.local/bin/mediaplayer
setsid ~/Applications/mpv-master/build/mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui --stop-screensaver=always --volume=84 --geometry=50%:50% --autofit=500 --autofit-smaller=360x800 --force-window --loop-playlist \
--cache=yes --cache-secs=60 --demuxer-seekable-cache=yes --demuxer-max-bytes=200M "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
~/.local/bin/mediacenter
setsid mpc-qt "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
and here is a bonus fun one for playing videos as puzzles in vlc
~/.local/bin/puzzlevid
setsid vlc --video-filter=puzzle --puzzle-rows=4 --puzzle-cols=4 --no-audio "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
