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Prototype/principle for a wrapper script for multiple media players to use the same Openbox keybindings, depending on which one is running

Posted 03-25-2021 at 10:50 AM by the dsc (linux-related notes)

Most likely not the most elegant way of doing it, and not fully functional (for mpv) regarding the display of media info:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

if pgrep -x mpv ; then

echo '{"command": ["playlist-next"]}' > /tmp/mpvsocket

#title=$(echo '{ "command": ["get_property", "media-title"] }'  >  /tmp/mpvsocket)

#title=( $(wmctrl -l | grep mpv$ ) ) 

#title=$(echo

...

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MPV script crops/zooms the video without reencoding

Posted 12-25-2019 at 09:05 AM by the dsc (linux-related notes)

Tags mpv

Have you ever seen or being interested in watching a video with some eerily poor framing source, like, the center of interest would be slides that are shown tiny as "a picture in picture" kind of thing? This script is the handiest tool to make them watchable, if the resolution is high enough:

https://github.com/aidanholm/mpv-easycrop

Pressing "c" and then clicking at an edge of the virtual crop will darken most of the video, then, as you move the...

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Another "Bash script for queueing youtube links in mpv", adapted for hovering + shortcut keys on possibly multiple contexts

Posted 05-25-2019 at 02:46 PM by the dsc (linux-related notes)
Updated 10-11-2020 at 05:05 PM by the dsc

Tags dailymotion, mpv, url, vimeo, youtube

This script is partly based on this one, referred on the post title:

https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline..._links_in_mpv/

It was originally an independent development, so it relies in some aspects more on mpv.conf (to define its input pipe/fifo file), so one may want to modify it according to whatever preference regarding that.

The main difference is a gimmick to get the URL from where the cursor is hovering...

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