diff --git a/dotfiles/mpv.conf b/dotfiles/mpv.conf
index 7d46050..2d2cf07 100644
--- a/dotfiles/mpv.conf
+++ b/dotfiles/mpv.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-# the default is pretty slow
-ytdl-format='best'
+# ytdl-format='best'
+ytdl-format='bestvideo[height<=1080][vcodec!=vp9]+bestaudio/best'
+ytdl-raw-options="cookies=~/.cache/cookies-youtube-com.txt,mark-watched="
 osd-fractions
 save-position-on-quit
 keep-open=yes
+
+cache-pause-initial=yes
+cache-pause-wait=10