Use `ffplay` to play images in a folder by file orders

Question

ffplay is a tool to play images inside a folder without saving a video. See command options here

But the problem is the filenames in my folder do not have a pattern, as they are sampled unevenly.

Let's consider a worst case

./myfolder
./myfolder/1.jpg
./myfolder/5.jpg
./myfolder/132.jpg
./myfolder/2699.jpg
./myfolder/121484.jpg
./myfolder/223655.jpg
...

How to play those images by the order generated from the system (file order)?

Answer 1

Use mpv to play, find to list the images, and sort to provide version/natural order.

mpv --mf-fps=25 mf://@<(find . -name '*.jpg' -print | sort -V)

This method has the added advantage of allowing seeking unlike ffplay.