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mpvconfig

2024-04-28_07-43-06_557_mpv

My personal mpv config.

[!NOTE] Releases of the modernX script are in a seperate repository - see here https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/releases.

Usage

Use git clone https://github.com/zydezu/mpvconfig mpv, and place it in the relevant directory. This will be typically located at \%APPDATA%\mpv\ on Windows and ~/.config/mpv/ on Linux/MacOS.

See the Files section in mpv's manual for more information.

Scripts and Associated Keybinds

Please note that many of these scripts have been slightly modified from their initial repositories. Compare the scripts to find the modifications.

Script and description	Keybinds
autoload loads files in the directory to play through	None
autoloop loops files by default that are smaller than a set duration	Ctrl+c - Copy file path or URL to clipboard<br>Ctrl+v - Paste file path or URL and play it<br>o - Open file location or URL in browser
modernx a modern OSC for mpv with many additional features	x - Cycle through audio tracks <br>c - Cycle through subtitle tracks <br>p - Pin or unpin the window <br>Tab - Show chapter list <br> For more: See repository
mpvcut allows clipping a segment of a video	z - Mark start segment <br> z (again) - Clip the video <br> Shift+z - Cancel the clip <br> a - Change mode (copy, encode, compress)
screenshotfolder saves screenshots to a designated folder	s - Take a screenshot
selectformat allows you to change the quality of internet videos on the fly	s - Take a screenshot
sponsorblock a fully-featured port of SponsorBlock for mpv	See repository
thumbfast show thumbnails when hovering the progress bar	None
input.conf an input configuration file	- - Decrease subtitle font size <br> + - Increase subtitle font size <br> Scroll wheel - Change volume

Updates

2024-10-21

Implement https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/pull/58
Implement https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/pull/59
Add dynamictimeformat option to modernX.lua

2024-10-17

Fix the 2K rendering profile (don't include only audio files with large album art in the condition)
Change subtitles styling

2024-10-08

Change subtitles styling
Better logging for autolyrics.lua

2024-10-03

Implement https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/50
Implement https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/51
Implement https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/54

2024-09-08

Implement https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/45

2024-08-13

Changed some configs
Added an option for a screenshot button to modernX.lua https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/pull/40
Update screenshotfolder.lua to not include file extensions in folder directories
Improved YouTube comment parsing and viewing in modernX.lua

2024-08-02

Fixed bitrate calculations in mpvcut.lua
Fixed mpvcut.lua breaking when 'compressing' audio files

2024-07-29

Fix https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/36, reverting the keyframe change (button functions are swapped)
Fix https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/35

2024-07-28

Fixed thumbnail being behind OSC text
Added selectformat.lua, allowing you to change the quality of internet videos on the fly
mpvcut.lua now stops overwriting previously cut files
Fixed autoloop not staying disabled over a playlist of files
Implement https://github.com/dexeonify/mpv-config/commit/583faf0
In modernX, shift+left click on the seekbar now scrubs to the exact position, whilst left click now scrubs to the keyframe position (faster)

2024-07-05

Prevent downloading comments if the option is disabled on web videos in modernx.lua
Stopped auto downloading lyrics on songs in autolyrics.lua
Fixed album artist not registering in autolyrics.lua
Fixed trying to save lyric files with "/" or "" in their names in autolyrics.lua
In modernx.lua album artists and artists (from the file metadata) and now displayed separately, instead of where previously 'artist' would override 'album artist'

2024-06-22

Fix crashing when no comments are loaded

2024-06-07

Fix downloading comments for more various YouTube links, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbb40i1khlc&list=WL&index=3

2024-06-01

Round file size to 1dp
Fix downloading comments for YouTube links with ?=

2024-05-29

Removed cmd flickering when opening downloaded file

2024-05-25

Add 'o' binding to autoloop.lua to open the file location or url in web browser
Tweaked wording on YouTube description
Fixed title not loading on videos fetched from a URL
Added commas to view, comments, like and dislike counts
Fix some old YouTube descriptions breaking line breaking
Made '...' in descriptions make grammatical sense
Changed default download settings to improve speed and keep the file size approximation accurate
Fix for https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/28
Add note about colour formats in the config, how they should be in the format: BBGGRR http://www.tcax.org/docs/ass-specs.htm
Improved the comment parsing
All YouTube videos should load comments correctly
Added pages to comments to not lag out player by rendering them all at once
Changed some file approximation tooltip

2024-05-12

Changed window title loading conditions

2024-05-09

Added pasting functionality to mpv, you can use Ctrl+V (or the equivalent paste command) to open file paths and URLs, or navigate to timestamps
Pressing Ctrl+C will copy the path or URL of the currently playing video
Fixed autoload.lua adding out of order playlists when directly accessing a file path
YouTube expanded descriptions automatically refresh when more information is loaded
Increased chapter/playlist list size (limited_list function)
Stopped descriptions beginning with 'A' breaking
Made descriptions load and display faster
Simplified video descriptions shown under the title - full details can still be seen by clicking
Tweaked formatting on audio only metadata (By: Artist - Album -> Artist | Album)
Improved https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/22

2024-05-06

Added dontsaveonaudio to autoloop.lua, which doesn't save the current position on audio files

2024-05-02

Changed tick rate
Made description font sizes consistent between videos

2024-04-28

Added descriptionfontsize to modernX
Changed default font size in modernX
Enable thumbfast on YouTube videos (enabling the network option)

Default font changes on windows

New font v2	New font	Old font

2024-04-26

Update default font settings
Tweaked dynamictitle in ModernX to be cleaner
Added automatickeyframemode and automatickeyframelimit to modernX, resolving https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/23

2024-04-24

Try to fix https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/14
Fixed https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/25

2024-04-20

Fixed a crash that sometimes occured when changing videos in a playlist
Fixed playtime showing '-00:00' for a short time upon file load
Cleaned up debug messages in the terminal

2024-04-19

Fixed persistentprogresstoggle changes not showing without mouse movement or OSC showing
Removed 'NA' showing up in audio/subtitle tooltips
Improved cacheloading on autolyrics.lua

2024-04-06

Fixed thumbnail chapters not showing, resolving https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/21

2024-04-04

Cut scripts I don't use for faster file opening times

2024-03-23

Fixed downloading not working on a playlist of videos

2024-03-22

Removed debug code

2024-03-20

Fix yt descriptions with % crashing modernX
Fix command message placement in modernX
Made description splitting consistent between online and local videos
Added the ability to toggle the persistent progress bar, with the b key, if persistentprogresstoggle is enabled

2024-02-24

Merged https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/pull/10, fixing some formatting in modernX
Merged https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/pull/11, updaing the audio/subtitle icons in modernX
Fix reply icon
Merged https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/pull/12, adding the option keybindings to modernX

2024-02-15

Added showfilesize, fixing https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/7
Fixed persistentprogress handle bar size, https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/8
Fixed https://github.com/zydezu/mpvconfig/issues/13
Fixed description text positioning

2024-01-28

Fix https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/6

2024-01-25

Made switching between web videos in playlists in modernX more seamless, instantly clearing the description
Improved the description string splitting functions in modernX

2024-01-23

Added downloadpath in modernX, fixing https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/issues/4
Fixed CJK characters in video description and uploader name, fixing [https://github.com/zydezu/mpvconfig/issues/12]
Added an experimental toggle to view comments of a video (very unstable)

2024-01-15

Fixed fetching dislikes via the YouTube Dislike API in modernX and screenshotting in screenshotfolder.lua when viewing YouTube short 'share' links, along with the dynamictitle option
Updated dislike formatting and error checking

2024-01-14

Altered the default yt-dlp settings in modernx.lua to make it work better on more video players, these change be changed with ytdlpQuality
Added the updatetitleyoutubestats option in modernx.lua, which when enabled, updates the window/OSC title bar with YouTube video stats (views, likes, dislikes)
Implemented https://github.com/cyl0/ModernX/pull/59
Added the persistentprogressheight option to modernx.lua, as part of this issue

2024-01-12

Fixed CJK characters not showing in screenshot folder and file names
Implemented persistentprogress and persistentbuffer in modernx.lua
Fixed issue: Seekbarhandle does not hit the end position
mpvcut fixed cache saving for certain web videos with specific characters in media names
screenshotfolder CJK fix... again
autolyrics now loads previously downloaded subtitles instantly, the script is smarter with what to download, using the new option cacheloading
In autolyrics filenames are now closer to the track's name, also CJK filenames fix
Stopped a crash when switching subtitles at the same time another external track added

2024-01-10

Added the ability to choose a directory to save clips in (required for web video cache saving), using savedirectory
Implemented saving clips from web videos, using the cache in mpvcut.lua based off https://github.com/Sagnac/streamsave

2023-12-31

Stopped autolyrics.lua crashing when downloadforall is disabled

2023-12-30

Fix a bug with calculating file size

2023-12-28

Fixed some dates crashing modernx.lua

2023-12-23

Added the dontsaveduration option to autoloop.lua, which doesn't save the position of videos under the specified length, but also doesn't loop them - perfect for short videos under a minute or so
Opening the downloaded file's folder now works for other operating systems (this needs testing)
Enabled autolyrics.lua functionality for YouTube videos, and .lrc files can now be saved to a specified path
Fixed autolyrics.lua on unix systems

2023-12-22

Fixed this issue - [modernx 0.2.3] The OSC doesn't hide #7... this is because I forgot to finish writing this line...

if (not (state.paused and user_opts.donttimeoutonpause)) then
    hide_osc()
end

2023-12-16

Fixed screenshotting playing YouTube videos screenshotfolder
Fixed quality menu for ytdl:// playing videos
Edited video info formatting
When playing YouTube videos, information like views, likes and dislikes are added to the window title
modernx.lua properly respects the raisesubswithosc option

2023-12-13

Fixed a bug with user_opts.dynamictitle in modernx.lua not properly updating the title when switching video in a playlist
Made changes to autolyrics.lua, specifically improving the options.downloadforall feature
Updated qualitymenu.lua from its repository to 4.1.1 - 2023-Oct-22

2023-12-09

Adapted lrc.lua, to automatically download lyrics for songs (with metadata)
The description now doesn't prevent you from clicking buttons
The description closes properly when navigating files in a playlist
Tweaked metadata formatting
Fixed a crash in modernx.lua, where some date metadata could cause a crash
Fixed description line breaks not working in description metadata of some old youtube videos

2023-12-09_12-03-14_260_mpv

2023-11-27

Added the donttimeoutonpause option, which when enabled, doesn't hide the osc whilst hovering over it, when paused.
Changed filename formats when cutting a video

2023-11-23

Fixed error loading modernx.lua with mpv v0.37.0-7
Made user_opts.title function properly
Tweaked some messages

2023-11-22

Tweaked some config scripts
Videos that auto loop ignore save-position-on-quit, so always play from the start, this option can be configured in script-opts/autoloop.conf as playfromstart=false (to disable)
Replaced mpvcut.lua with a heavily modified one from https://github.com/familyfriendlymikey/mpv-cut, that should provide faster compression
More consistant code

2023-11-17

Added a dislike counter (under the description) for supported YouTube videos
Made improvements to the formatting of the description/clickable description - especially with web videos
Additionally date formatting is now an option user_opts.dateformat

2023-11-02

Added the keybind CTRL/Shift + left/right to jump to the previous/next chapters
Changed compact mode key bindings, right clicking now goes to the previous/next chapter, shift clicking now jumps backward/forwards a minute
Made OSC timing out smarter
Fixed the issue: Mute button not working as expected #5
Fixed a crash when pressing Shift on the playlist buttons

2023-10-10

Fixed virtual title bar when toggling border/pinning

2023-10-04

Added shadertoggle.lua
Fixed a bug that would crash the ModernX OSC

2023-08-29

Fixed a small download bug

2023-08-19

Fixed UI not scaling properly on mpv.net

2023-08-12 (Part 2)

Fixed download location on unix systems
Added more keybinds (X and C for cycling audio and caption tracks)
Fixed long metadata lag
Fixed subtitles sometimes showing in the wrong position when toggling window pinning or fullscreen
OSC shows up when using keybinds (Shift + < or Shift + >) to change playlist items
Fixed a crash when dragging the seekbar quickly to the end, and the next video immidiately playing

2023-08-12

Added an option to change the font size of the time text
Screenshotting now renders subtitles at the correct position, even when OSC is showing
Pressing P will now pin the window
Changed download filename formatting
Removed some unused settings,
Improved the dynamictitle setting as it now incorporates file metadata

2023-08-08

Bug fixes

2023-08-07

Fixed m3u files crashing modernX.lua

2023-08-06

Fixed long descriptions lagging the player
Added a scrolling description box

2023-08-05

Added an approximate download size to the download button

2023-07-30

Revamped settings

2023-07-27

Tweaked description error handling

2023-07-01

Fixed pasting some links

2023-06-30

Updated the autoload script

2023-06-28

Fixed broken icons on some systems
Fixed some bugs

2023-06-27

Changed screenshot and download file destinations

2023-06-26

Fixed some bugs

2023-05-31

Added a download icon on web videos

2023-05-29

Updated some scripts

2023-05-27

Fixed subtitle positioning when OSC is shown on different resolutions

2023-05-21

Added an option for round icons

2023-05-14

Slightly tweaked settings

2023-05-08

Added an osc message on screenshot
Slightly changed file path and duplicate screenshots
Optimised code
Increased OSC message duration
Tweaked the quality menu
Quality menu now works with ytdl:// links
Added a keybind to toggle shaders (temporary)
Added a dynamic title option to ModernX, change the title depending on if {media-title} and {filename} differ (like with playing urls, audio or some media)
Taking multiple screenshots in a second (with timestamp) mode on will now save them all without error

2023-05-07

Tweaked some settings

2023-05-06

Tweaked some code

2023-05-01

Tweaked some configuration files

2023-04-27

Revamped 'mpv.conf'
Created screenshotfolder.lua, saving screenshots in ~~desktop/mpv/[filename]
Created input.conf, and added the quality menu to it

2023-04-24

Added the 'thumbnailborder' and 'raisesubswithosc' options

2023-04-23

Changed config file
Changed hover behaviour
Reduced flickering
Fixed a debug message showing

2023-04-21

Add window title to borderless and fullscreen mode

2023-04-20

Fixed some bugs with icons

2023-04-16

Added ability to hide pin window button
Changed some phrasing
If titlebar isn't showing, OSC will now show when the mouse is at the window buttons
Tooltips now always stay on the screen
Pinning the window will remove the border, unpinning will show it
Right clicking the ontop button will not change border status
Added sponsorblock.py

2023-04-15

Added pin window (stay ontop) button
Lots of bug fixes

2023-02-23

Added compact mode
Added loop button
Added more clicking events
Fixed many bugs

2023-02-08

First fork, added scripts