[Nadya]

>mpv immediately exits when the video is finished playing which is actually nice sometimes, but also can be annoying if you wanted to rewind the last 10 seconds or something or if you seek forward too quickly (maybe mpv has a setting for this though).

There is a setting for this called "After Playback". By default it is "close" but you can also "play next" (video in the folder, useful if shows are organized by folder and by episode) and other options, including "do nothing" or "play from beginning".

I'm at work so don't remember exactly where to change this setting.

[tripzilch]

I guessed as much, didn't look for it because until typing the above comment I never realised this was one of my minor annoyances with mpv :) Will change the setting in my config soon :)

[Nadya]

The naming was from a different media player. I also mixed up "Play Next" with a different media player unfortunately. I believe mpv requires you add the next items to the playlist. However if you intend to play the folder anyways, you should just call the subdirectory and mpv will treat it as a playlist.

But I found the relevant mpv config I was thinking of:

    --idle=<no|yes|once>
    Makes mpv wait idly instead of quitting when there is no file to play. Mostly useful in input
    mode, where mpv can be controlled through input commands.