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MPV has versatile scripts. For example you can cut and crop a video you are watching[1]. You can also introduce hotkeys for functionalities I have never seen i

MPV has versatile scripts. For example you can cut and crop a video you are watching[1]. You can also introduce hotkeys for functionalities I have never seen in another player. I use this (input.conf) sometimes to normalize the brightness and colors of a scene I'm watching (may not work when using hardware decoding): n vf toggle normalize=smoothing=100 Or rotate a video: Ctrl+r no-osd cycle-values video-rotate "90" "180" "270" "0" [1] <https://github.com/occivink/mpv-scripts https://github.com/occivink/mpv-scripts>

sweeter 2y ago
it also has a robust Lua scripting interface. I made a tool in Golang and Lua that allows Mpv to treat torrent files and magnet links as if they were http links. You can then stream a torrent directly. People also don't realize that mpv not only has the ability to stream youtube videos but you can also search youtube on the CLI using mpv `mpv ytdl://ytsearch:query` it can also play videos directly in the terminal using ascii, sixel or kitty image protocol (which is by far the highest quality)
- abhishekjha 2y ago
  Do you have an example?
  - ftk_ 2y ago
    Not OP but also wrote a similar thing for mpv. https://github.com/ftk/mpv-confluence/tree/torrserver https://github.com/ftk/mpv-confluence/tree/torrserver
- Bluestein 2y ago
  > I made a tool in Golang and Lua that allows Mpv to treat torrent files and magnet links as if they were http links. You can then stream a torrent directly. Increíble. Consider putting this up somewhere folks can find it.- > it can also play videos directly in the terminal using ascii Beats Star Wars over telnet :)
- 369548684892826 2y ago
  There are lua hooks for play/pause/stop which is great for dimming room lights when the video starts.
- tvshtr 2y ago
  it's crazy what you can do with its plugin scripts. MPV Android also supports them. I wrote one which turns off keyboard backlight and maxes brightness for HDR. Also I'm using it to stream from Gerbera and to sync progress seamlessly between phone and PC.
Madeindjs 2y ago
I personally use MPV to play my music libraries containing mainly FLAC file and I wrote a plugin [1] using JS to send my listens to listenbrainz.org . It's damn simple, but it worked for the past few months! [1]: https://gist.github.com/madeindjs/f33225cf4d8fdc9f61e0fe3ebe2dcce7 https://gist.github.com/madeindjs/f33225cf4d8fdc9f61e0fe3ebe...

sweeter 2y ago

it also has a robust Lua scripting interface. I made a tool in Golang and Lua that allows Mpv to treat torrent files and magnet links as if they were http links. You can then stream a torrent directly. People also don't realize that mpv not only has the ability to stream youtube videos but you can also search youtube on the CLI using mpv `mpv ytdl://ytsearch:query` it can also play videos directly in the terminal using ascii, sixel or kitty image protocol (which is by far the highest quality)

abhishekjha 2y ago
Do you have an example?
- ftk_ 2y ago
  Not OP but also wrote a similar thing for mpv. https://github.com/ftk/mpv-confluence/tree/torrserver https://github.com/ftk/mpv-confluence/tree/torrserver
Bluestein 2y ago
> I made a tool in Golang and Lua that allows Mpv to treat torrent files and magnet links as if they were http links. You can then stream a torrent directly. Increíble. Consider putting this up somewhere folks can find it.- > it can also play videos directly in the terminal using ascii Beats Star Wars over telnet :)
369548684892826 2y ago
There are lua hooks for play/pause/stop which is great for dimming room lights when the video starts.
tvshtr 2y ago
it's crazy what you can do with its plugin scripts. MPV Android also supports them. I wrote one which turns off keyboard backlight and maxes brightness for HDR. Also I'm using it to stream from Gerbera and to sync progress seamlessly between phone and PC.

Madeindjs 2y ago

I personally use MPV to play my music libraries containing mainly FLAC file and I wrote a plugin [1] using JS to send my listens to listenbrainz.org . It's damn simple, but it worked for the past few months! [1]: https://gist.github.com/madeindjs/f33225cf4d8fdc9f61e0fe3ebe2dcce7 https://gist.github.com/madeindjs/f33225cf4d8fdc9f61e0fe3ebe...