Intro to MPV + Lua Scripts

[@mathematicalninja2756]

When you type mpv followed by the KZbin video link and play close attention to it, you can hear google screaming

[@blackjackdealer204]

Mpv stream capability is great.. be cautious if you are streaming from site with pretty girls.. it opens up webrtc , up 33000 high ports that allow reverse connect between the two computers. Malicious reverse connections are not blocked by firewall like a stun tunnel.. spooky stuff.. ghost and aliens

[@blackjackdealer204]

@@lopanreturns7085 as I watched more video... I was thinking that if you are streaming yootube with mpv, then Google is actually on the other end of the stream .. with ability to udp reverse connect on the existing connection .. let that sink in .. didn't they cutoff the yl-dload in recent releases

[@blackjackdealer204]

@@priyapepsi I think that yootube is trying to deny it.. but I realize that it's still working .. I use --record-file=file.ts and that works fine also

[@bamberghh1691]

@@blackjackdealer204 doesn't twitch use rtmp and not webrtc for sending stream to server?

[@blackjackdealer204]

@@bamberghh1691 I believe it's more about the session that's created .. eg a tcp session begins, then rtmp can use that as transport .. rtmp uses webrtc gateway which can then use that connection and create a udp high port session off the existing, for non video related communications.. file transfer and manipulation of devices like camera and microphone .. dig deep on Google and you can find some details from the webrtc developers who discuss the flaws and vulns

[@GooogleGoglee]

"..JavaScript scripts.." my brain stopped in the echo 😂

[@tanmaydeshpande]

same. I was like "isn't he pronouncing it wrong?" Then I realised he was referring to JS and not Java

[@Rickety3263]

Java scripts are a different language

[@warhawk_yt]

@@tanmaydeshpande Java and JavaScript are two completely different languages that just so happen to share a common name in it. I do understand where it might mix some people up.

[@tanmaydeshpande]

@@warhawk_yt I know... That's why I got confused. I thought he was referring to Java but in reality he was referring to JavaScript

[@DollopussD]

Java script makes your brain stop 😂 That's why I use lua and am thinking about python ☺

[@koonoho]

For the thumbnail script to work, you have to replace line 525 in the server script with: "--o=" .. output_path Other scripts I use are youtube-quality: to change the resolution/codec of youtube videos (my own much improved fork of the original). reload: to restart loading of online video at the current position (in case the buffering gets stuck for whatever reason) autoload: when opening a file in a folder, it automatically adds the other files in the playlist before and after the current file, sorted alphabetically betterchapters: goes to next playlist entry when skipping to the next chapter while already being in the last chapter show_chapters: toggle if chapters are shown in the bottom left corner (useful for podcast-like content)

[@Zack_MD]

youtube-quality is a gem, thank you

[@jpHasABadHandle]

I did the changes you suggested, have checked the GitHub repo for configuration and issues, but I cannot make thumbnail script work... The project has had it's last commit in January this year, but the latest release was over three years ago, and is horribly outdated...

[@koonoho]

@@jpHasABadHandle I have only followed the installation and configuration instructions on their Github and that one change I suggested in my comment. Did you set 'osc=no' in your mpv.config? Also there have only been two small commits to the code since the last release and one of those changes is what i have described in my comment, so calling that release horribly outdated doesn't seem reasonable. Although they should certainly make a new release, so that the released version works without having to change that one line.

[@knack6157]

My mpv.config file in etc/mpv has only 1 line "hwdec=vaapi"so I added "osc=no" and edited line 525 but the thumbnail is blank, And there are no other mpv config files in /.config/mpv folder. Any tips ?

[@koonoho]

@@knack6157 I haven't used that script in a long time, so it's possible that other changes are requiered since then. From what I remember, the generated thumbnails get saved somewhere in /tmp/. If the thumbnails get generated correctly, you can put some debug messages in the script to see where it's going wrong. Make sure you don't use the "builtin-pseudo-gui" profile while debugging the script, otherwise you won't find your messages in the output.

[@calebmullan4593]

Watching a Mental Outlaw video, from KZbin, through MPV, via a Lua script, on my Mac, running Kubuntu...

[@CarlJohnson234]

Nice

[@nicoldengenyakeye6905]

Direct isn't your Modus operandi . 😎

[@dustboxednorth]

nice

[@ariathyf144]

All of this to end up opening a browser to just comment.

[@kaiduwu]

@@ariathyf144 LOL

[@soham7510]

Even without lua, mpv is the best media player by far

[@refusist]

y tho? what makes it better to, say vlc? edit: yeah these features are cool but for the average user vlc is still the easiest

[@archetype6351]

It's the only video player that I've ever found to be able to compete with the mpc hc+lav+madvr combo. It's awesome.

[@archetype6351]

@@refusist Aside from it's great functionality, it has options geared towards high quality video playback. It supports really good quality video scalers by default and more can be added through shaders, it supports a method called smooth motion (not the same as what TV interpolation does) that allows smooth playback of 24fps content on a 60hz panel without judder and without introducing the soap opera effect. In general, it's very powerful if you are interested in video quality.

[@someonestolemyname]

@@refusist I think VLC sometime has problem with ordered chapters. prolly a problem with libvlc.

[@refusist]

@@archetype6351 Yeah I remember using MpV at some point watching anime with great results on a weaker (pentium) processor but on my current setup VLC is the default player and I've become accustomed to its support of vlsub and managing surround sound on different sound setups.. eh the "24fps content on a 60hz judder" have been annoying me for some time might be worth it to switch to MPV for some things. thanks

[@grimslade0]

@4:27... Right there, you can tell that the "penguin meme" took him by surprise, forcing him to process the absurdity for a moment. That's fabulous! - And cheers for the continued great content man. :)

[@fawzanfawzi9993]

I've been needing this ever since my autism reached the point where I can't use anything other than Arch Linux.

[@mathematicalninja2756]

I like this type of autism

[@xeome5596]

that's not a very high level of autism you arent a gentoo user

[@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars]

Yeah, once you get used to linux it's hard to use anything other

[@octavylon9008]

i cant use anything other than Parabola GNU/Linux-libre openrc edition anymore

[@nykal1510]

Arch Linux is normie, not autist. Autists are Void and Gentoo, then OpenBSD users, then 9front users

[@youtubeuser2188]

I’m familiar with MPV that’s how I watch my hood videos without an age restriction.

[@amnottabs]

3:15 wasn't expecting a Joshiraku screenshot there, whoever's in charge is based and Kumetapilled

[@notcat56]

The lead dev got kicked off his own project for being a piece of shit last I heard lol

[@ladyViviaen]

lua is pretty cool, it's soo embeddable, i myself embedded it in rust and c as a test and it was great

[@arrtemfly]

let's rewrite lua.. in rust!

[@framepointer]

ferris agrees

[@tedbybolf4616]

@@arrtemfly I see something rewritten in rust and I am losing my faith in humanity.

[@animalkiller6669]

Just write MVP using rest!!!!!

[@PixelTrik]

@@tedbybolf4616 Rust is a cool language but GOD the syntax is a pain! Go feels like a breeze by comparison.

[@GatoCoder]

Good video, I can now watch terry davis videos with roblox script api while I stay hidden from those darn bioluminescent government agent spies tracking me (Jokes aside, good video)

[@levzzz7726]

WTF how are you here too

[@GatoCoder]

@@levzzz7726 lmfaooo I have seen like 4/5 people from r/minecraftclients here

[@Alex-ur3vt]

r/minecraftclient lua master race

[@GatoCoder]

@@Alex-ur3vt r/minecraftclients is java master race

[@Fadexz]

mpv is my favourite player, nice and simple, and is snappy, plus does what you want it to do. The scripts I use are: - thumbnail preview thing - open file dialog thing Another useful one would be sponsorblock. I’m not really into command line stuff so I think it’s much easier to use a file browser.

[@randomdude980]

I was looking for a cropping function for so long.. I was certain mpv was able to do it (and you kinda can with --video-zoom and --video-pan-x/y but it's just not very convenient even if the shortcuts are set up), but I just never found it. The fact that it's literally called "crop" makes me kinda depressed, ngl. But glad I found it now! Thank you!

[@nootics]

I discovered mpv and scripts for it in language learning communities and I've been loving it since. You probably won't find use for it, but the script I've been using is immersive by ben kerman on github. It lets me make flashcards for another application called anki from media and subtitles on the fly. This and the fact that it has so many keyboard shortcuts make mpv easily the best player for me

[@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars]

Please elaborate more 🤔

[@Fadexz]

@@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars I think I heard about it while researching extensions a bit ago. There’s a script that copies subtitles to your clipboard and you can use like a clipboard monitor extension that pastes everything you copy in your browser to make it easy for doing stuff with them. Hopefully that was what was being talked about.

[@nootics]

@@Fadexz yea, not only that, but it can interact with anki through an anki addon called AnkiConnect and through that it can send the subtitle line, a highlighted word, the accompanying audio at that time stamp, and also screenshots, all into fields of your own card types, which you can configure separately. This script is friggin nuts. For a simpler version that has many of these capabilities but is less customizable, look for mpvacious

[@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars]

@@Fadexz thank you :)

[@cameosisj6007]

@@nootics holy moly. Gonna look into it now

[@LowLevelLemmy]

So hyped to see this was made by mental outlaw. MPV FOREVER

[@LinuxPlayer9]

mpv is trully amazing ! I didn't know this scripts exists

[@ad17yaaa]

needed this for so long.

[@your_new_sjw_waifu]

MPV has completely replaced VLC for me

[@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars]

True but vlc is the best option on mobile, the other players are just filled with ads and vlc plays everything out of the box

[@FROGG3]

@@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars if you are on android, you can install a port named mpv-android. it has most of desktop mpv's features sans script and shader support

[@nekoill]

Man, mpv is cool enough as it is, I feel like with lua you can turn it into Emacs or something. Also, this is the best Linux channel here imo. All the useful info, and then there's also memes, goddamn.

[@luuuuuuuuuuuul]

One thing I miss from VLC is that when browsing my meme folder, instead of creating a new instance when clicking on a video, it would replace the currently playing video. I miss that. Do you know of any script that lets you do that?

[@Awesomejojo]

If im not wrong Linux has a script that does just that but im not sure on Windows tho.

[@luuuuuuuuuuuul]

@@Awesomejojo yeah i dugged it up, its called umpv, if you edit the script to replace the video instead of appending to playlist it works pretty well. only thing that bothers me still is that it resizes the player all the time. ill write a bash script for it and upload it on my channel if i ever find a solution

[@Awesomejojo]

@@luuuuuuuuuuuul 👍

[@SaritaSingh-uo4gu]

Bro you can literally change that in the preferences just uncheck "create new instance"

[@ari-athbadminton0301]

I wish this mouse cropping feature could be implemented in the KDElive video editor. Sometimes I mess up the OBS capture streams and wanted to find a way to reframe the output without having to re-encode re-record the captures. This is a saving grace. Please do more tuto on MPV, from someone happily stuck in VLC this is much appreciated because barebones players tend to throw us off.

[@przemokot11]

You've recommended MPV as best video player for linux couple times. What about audio? Is there any music player, especially working in background, you recommend?

[@jorionedwards]

Also mpv. Makes a decent image viewer as well, but not better than sxiv.

[@AlexanderPrussak]

look into mpd and any of the many client application it has. I use ncmpcpp as a client which works completely in the terminal.

[@grodzio1480]

i use cmus for playing music and i can recommend it, it's lightweight and easy to use.

[@censoredterminalautism4073]

People use mpd a lot and it's a fantastic practical choice, but if you want something more conventional and boomerpilled for A E S T H E T I C purposes, you can use Audacious. It's compatible with all of your late 90s and early 2000s Winamp skins (that you can still get from Internet Archive) and should reduce your urge to end your own life by at least 5%.

[@przemokot11]

@@censoredterminalautism4073 Actually quite opposite, I don't care about gui/visual effects. ;) And what about services like spotify - can any of these mentioned players handle such services? [sorry for such question, noob here]

[@CaimAstraea]

finally ! :D I love mpv based . I use a script that autoplays the next in folder good for marathoning series.

[@ShrirajHegde]

Try github.com/g-fb/haruna It's kind of perfect for this

[@studyinginthedesert7690]

Thanks for this! For a non-scripting/non-coding dullard like me, this is perfect!

[@blackjackdealer204]

MPV is amazing awesome..

[@shrirangkahale]

Last time I was this early slackware was still in alpha

[@johnterpack3940]

Nice to know it's threaded. Funny that I was so excited about Threadripper when it came out... but now you couldn't give me one of those 1st-gen chips because both my humble Ryzen chips have more threads than those had.

[@DHealey]

Does MPV have a touch-screen interface? I'm looking for a good multimedia player for use with a PineTab. Also can MPV stream to the internet like VLC can?

[@JustSomeAussie1]

MPV is decent, as long as you install 150+ user scripts to make it more like VLC :^)

[@Gadottinho]

Eh? I don't have any and it's still better...

[@JustSomeAussie1]

@@Gadottinho You're dreaming, mate

[@JustSomeAussie1]

@Reboot Required VLC is for power users

[@Calslock]

Should I switch from MPC-HC to MPV? Does it have similar functionalities when it comes to fiddling with codecs?

[@amnottabs]

last time I tried mpv on Windows it was more of a standalone program with its own internal decoders, unlike MPC which opens instances of ffmpeg in the background; but that was a couple years ago you can download the zip version and fiddle with it without messing any system defaults

[@BDJQP36]

you can expect similar results most of the time from MPV when you've got the settings right at a higher performance/lower noise levels but there is a catch. I think that the HDR support is just straight up better in madVR (both in terms of features - like metadata passthrough and in quality). I say that because I can't make it work in MPV (it constantly blasts at me a nuclear screen), take it with a grain of salt bc probably I'm doing sth obviously wrong. On the other hand, MPV has GLSL support and is generally a faster running programme that's more suited for consuming regular online content.

[@ZzKoBzZ]

Personally I have : - show_name, which displays the current video's name when you type b (if I remember correctly), but I modified it to display the name at the beginning of the video - playlist-view, which displays your current playlist in a thumbnail view when you type g That is all I need

[@YuraJayRJay]

I really like fuzzydir script. It allows to automate finding and adding external subtitles/audiofiles, especially in complicated directory hierarchies.

[@shubhampawar7921]

I was using mpv thumbnail script but when I started viewing 4k videos on my laptop the videos started lagging so I removed thumbnail script. Plus for me at least it would mess up the osc all the time so I could not even view the thumbnail.

[@Fadexz]

You needed to put osc=no in the config. I only use one thread otherwise my very high quality video drops frames while it’s generating them. I noticed it drops frames more on a hard drive cause of the limited read speed probably cause my video was already using up all the speed.

[@brotherbear6434]

One thing I hate about mpv and makes me go after celluloid is the absence of its top bar. Like file edit, preferences etc. What's that bar called?

[@h.b.5577]

It's called the "Menubar"

[@brotherbear6434]

@@h.b.5577 right 😊

[@Flika-ul9tl]

Would love to get a more in-depth video on conditional profiles and stuff, and I can't wrap my head around it using only the docs

[@防火长城]

mpv-autosub by davidde is pretty handy if you're in a need of subtitles

[@lnus7832]

> can your video editor do that? okay but should it?

[@SuperCape]

Been using MPV for litterally AGES, and didn't know it had this wonderful LUA interface! Awesome! Also fuck JavaScript.

[@sturmx96]

Thanks a lot for your tutorial. Had an issue with ffmpeg as it took me 2 hours until it finally got installed. The only thing is if it's possible to encode the video as mp4 file instead of webm?

[@J0kuc]

The encoding won't work for me, I sent the end time and no video is exported, what am I missing? I set the output path in the config files. Do I need to install ffmpeg? I thought ffmpeg came with mpv?

[@budgetstylestories8357]

Just me that hasn't been getting these videos recommended to me?

[@botowner8623]

Lua 👌 I've been using Lua for a long time. Its not bloated like other scripting languaged and has a good syntax both for normies and pros

[@meliodas.1108]

Hey I got low audio in linux .If I overamplify , it goes really bad quality. The audio is really good and good quality in windows 10 . Can you make a video to get the best audio out of linux if you can ?

[@HatTrex]

Why should i use this over VLC (Linux, mac) or MPHC (winzozz)?

[@Fadexz]

VLC drops frames on high quality video, you can use different video decoders to fix it but still. mpv is more snappy and the window resizes with the aspect ratio, everything has hotkeys, UI is simpler. Just about everything in mpv is better but VLC as some more extra features that mpv alone doesn’t have, but they can be added in scripts.

[@HatTrex]

@@Fadexz i can watch 7gb blue ray rips on my 2011 imac and I never saw it dropping frames.

[@Fadexz]

@@HatTrex It's mainly on 4k high frame rate content in ProRes.

[@shizno1872]

I've started using it recently but I've noticed when I use it to play youtube videos it's constantly buffering and I'm not sure how to fix it since my download speeds on my network are fine.

[@Amipotsophspond]

headphone warning at 4:24!!!!

[@doge7831]

Would you use an iPhone or a Android phone?

[@alessandroruggiero8932]

What do you use to record your videos ?

[@SamCampbell]

I haven't really looked into whether you can do this on the Android version of MPV. I would assume not, but man would it be fantastic if you could.

[@al-du6lb]

Are you switching your neovim config to lua?

[@kramar42]

what's a way to update the scripts? custom curl script on a cron?

[@myzzzt]

I use open-dynaMIX/simple-mpv-webui on the computer connected to my TV, it's a decent web frontend

[@nonleggolerisposte5921]

why not use windows?

[@yuu-kun3461]

I find bloc97/Anime4K GLSL shaders to be extremely useful. Not a script, but :)

[@karanajesrani]

Fantastic intro. will try them.

[@BarafuAlbino]

I've heard that today mpv, when running for the first time, creates ~/.mpv instead of ~/.config/mpv.

[@Alawiynwa]

thank you for explaining . indeed I watch this video to learn how to install scripts on Mac OS . the player amazing for iptv but mail issue is can't change between folder or channels quickly .must browse all playlist to reach to the channel u want any help guys please

[@master138]

Is there any script for streaching videos to fill the scereen? (not zoomin)

[@Fadexz]

Not a script but you can change the aspect ratio with capital A.

[@master138]

@@Fadexz Man thank you saved my day

[@DollopussD]

I'm trying to optimise disc media playback on MPV. Are there any scripts for that?

[@More_Row]

Any reason to use the javascript scripts over the MVP?

[@simplyincorrigible7708]

Shouldn't you be reinstalling Arch linux over & over.

[@JohnDoe-ni3bt]

Is there a Lua script that can give me winamp like vizualizations? I've been trying to get Clementine to do that but it crashes whenever i try

[@shawncresante9917]

I have my browser set up to execute a special script with a keystroke that grabs a URL. (config.bind('zv', 'hint links spawn -d mpv-play {hint-url};; clear-keychain ') ) mpv-play wraps mpv, extracts the title, does a notify-send, logs the video title & url to ~/.mpv.log, and plays it with ytdl profile. I find this method of watching videos indispensable and cringe at having to watch videos through the browser. My current setup works great for me, but it is very interesting to hear that with scripts, one can turn mpv into a rudimentary video editor. I may or may not integrate this into my setup.

[@pranupranav5563]

Mental Outlaw: Gnu Linux. Richard Stallman: My son🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@Sylykyn]

Looks kinda cool, I make these videos on free editing software, it def takes more steps than just using mpv. Thanks.

[@MichalKottman]

Another case of Lua Uppercase Accident? 🙂

[@ChristopherCompagnon1AndOnly]

What's wrong with you, guys! The best media player because extensible by scripts! And by beautiful integrated GUI.. not possible ?

[@cydragon2.099]

just needing to find out how to get a denoise lua script loaded into MPV while my Nvidia GPU upscales my DVDs to 1080p

[@greatcanadianmoose3965]

One improvement I'd suggest, please make your voice louder than the sound of the videos you play if you don't mind. I just can't really hear what you say with pengiuns blaring.

[@g.zoltan]

TuxPaint review when???

[@blackjackdealer204]

Anyone else find if you create Playlist and mpv --shuffle it, that it doesn't always play all files ? Seems odd.. think it works if you mpv --shuffle /videodir

[@nan0m373r]

Please let us know somehow if you have any luck with the thumbnail script. I could never get it to work either.

[@xX_K0smic_Xx]

love this player

[@SnailDOS]

What about VLC? hmmm

[@_msnnanbakbshhsn]

In the future please Advanced conky tutorial with Lua That's cool or Lua tutorial for these apps ?

[@turnlewy9300]

How to make background blur.

[@waytakaq]

What about in your phone

[@laundmo]

Scripting is neat, but why would i want my video player to be a video editing software? ffmpeg + youtube-dl + vlc + video editor of your choice makes so much more sense than this, since it offers all the features i have seen in the video or the comments in a much nicer package with a much better user experience and most likely way more feature complete. - i am convinced theres is no format ffmpeg cant handle, convert, cut, etc. - youtube-dl download SO MUCH MORE than youtube - vlc is absurdly good at playing any file you throw at it, even if that is corrupted, bad or wrong in any other way and for video editing, well, i think thats a area where a proper UI is needed. if you want open source, kdenlive is really nice.

[@iamvulgar8188]

Why is every MPV video on youtube done by someone using Linux :/

[@noobdogg]

Daddy MPV doesnt work i swipe URLs and nothing plays

[@greatcanadianmoose3965]

The reason why I like MPV is that it uses insanely low amounts of RAM and CPU. Less than the minimum specs of Windows 2000 for full HD video!

[@blueforce4030]

but can it convert files? 🤔

[@davidiceberg2744]

I just came for the penguins

[@cybermiguelo]

Is it better than VLC? Because VLC opens practically everything, runs in every OS you can imagine and has hardware acceleration on them. And it's Free (as a bird) software too!

[@AlexanderPrussak]

mpv has all that but a lot more extensible and maybe less "user-friendly"

[@Fadexz]

@@AlexanderPrussak Depends, keybinds are faster if you know them but not for the average user I guess.

[@abelgeorge4953]

how bout a video on pirate monkey m8?

[@QuarKSonTV]

You probably know it, but you can use TAB to autocomplete in terminal

[@kenba8176]

I don't think anyone would have the will and power to install gentoo without using tab once

[@Amike]

I changed to vlc because I thought mpv didn't have some basic functionalities. I now feel stupid, thanks

[@MastrPotato]

6:26 "can your video player do that" sir, I want my video player to play me a video, nothing more :(

[@x90nop24]

mpv-android also supports lua scripts though it is probably less useful being on a phone and all.

My brain stopped working after hearing JavaScript scripts

[@neal_laugman]

Why use mpv when you can use smplayer - which extend it by a magnitude? I suppose if you need something to drink around with I guess ... I do appreciate the tut though.

[@nazerlath]

i never knew lua was a actual code thingy besides in roblox

[@slimeprivilege]

what is a lua script?

[@ananthuskumar1286]

I use subtitle download, playlist appending and seekto script

[@alpacamale2909]

I only use autosub and autoload and autosub doesn't work very well because subliminal is a bit crappy tbh

[@mohanroy1434]

came at earliest here!

[@Alex-ur3vt]

Lua master race, all the way

[@Shockwaveo]

if ffmpeg had a gui that wasnt just for converting video and used ffplayer with it, well then you can do just about anything you want with video

[@radnukespeoplesminds]

I thought people only used lua for minecraft turtles

[@theblinkingbrownie4654]

Is that a michael reeves reference?

[@megapro1725]

I laughed so hard when you said that mpv is pretty much the best player

[@megapro1725]

@Lulonaut mpc-be

[@megapro1725]

@Finxert ­ Lol it's 1000 times more prettier than mpv

[@hexearth8258]

And it is. There are a few exceptions that VLC manages some codecs better and VLC has some great options too, but in general MPV is way better than VLC. For example, how do you rotate a video with a hotkey? In MPV it's so easy.

[@megapro1725]

@@hexearth8258 Why tf you even need to rotate a video??

[@hexearth8258]

@@megapro1725 there are videos that horizontal or vertical. But there are also videos that are horizontal but the they have vertical content. Also there are videos that are some parts are horizontal and then change to vertical. So with a simple hotkey, I rotate 90 degrees to where I want.