Since I switched to native Linux, I really missed IrfanView for image viewing but mpv is filling that gap quite nicely.

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A personal walkthrough of using mpv as a media viewer for both videos and images on Linux, covering configuration options, default and custom key bindings, and a Lua extension for zoom reset. The author shares their mpv.conf and input.conf setups that enable features like auto-playlist cycling, panscan cropping, image-specific GPU settings, and window scaling. Comparisons are drawn to IrfanView and VLC, with mpv praised for its speed, minimal resource usage, and extensibility.

mpv Is the MVP of Video and Image Viewing — Nick Janetakis