Video Player - mpv GUI: sorting files
This is an example using hotkeys and scripting for sorting video files by moving them to different folders while playing.
Lua scripting was added with VideoPlayerMpv 3.1. It is very basic at the moment (just few custom functions) and not documented yet (but it was copied from tSIP softphone, so some of its documentation would still be true in this application).
Script setup for this example consist of one common script (doing actual work) and N (here N = 4) very short scripts with different output folders defined inside. These short scripts are assigned to hotkeys (e.g. F1 ... F4) and they are calling common script.
Hotkey setup
Example scripts assigned to hotkeys:
-- MoveToA.lua
local dir = "D:\\Dokumenty\\_PROJEKTY\\VideoPlayerMpv\\VideoPlayer\\Debug_Build\\_test\\folderA\\" -- destination dir
local common = require("scripts.CommonMoveFile")
common.MoveFileToDir(dir)
-- MoveToB.lua
local dir = "D:\\Dokumenty\\_PROJEKTY\\VideoPlayerMpv\\VideoPlayer\\Debug_Build\\_test\\folderB\\" -- destination dir
local common = require("scripts.CommonMoveFile")
common.MoveFileToDir(dir)
Common script:
-- CommonMoveFile.lua
local M = {} -- public interface
function M.MoveFileToDir(dstDir)
local filename = GetCurrentFileName()
if filename.len == 0 then
return
end
-- accept directories with and without trailing backslash
if dstDir:sub(-1, -1) ~= "\\" then
dstDir = dstDir .. "\\"
end
ForceDirectories(dstDir)
-- extract source file name without dir
local index = string.find(filename:reverse(), "\\")
local fname
if index == nil then
fname = filename
else
fname = string.sub(filename, -(index-1))
end
print(string.format("Current file: %s\n", filename))
Skip() -- play next
-- move to destination dir
local dstFile = dstDir .. fname
local result = MoveFile(filename, dstFile)
print(string.format("Destination: %s\n", dstFile))
if result ~= 0 then
print(string.format("Moving %s to %s failed!\n", filename, dstFile))
ShowMessage("Moving " .. filename .. " failed!")
else
print(string.format("%s moved to %s\n", filename, dstFile))
end
end
return M
Scripts as zip
Unzip script files to VideoPlayer /scripts subdirectory: scripts.zip.
Notes
- these scripts should be used while playing files from playlist
- default hotkeys configuration roughly follows mplayer "standard", arrows for seeking +/- 3s and +/-60s, page up/down for going to previous/next file, space pauses/resumes, enter stops/starts, mouse scroll controls volume, "F" switches from/to fullscreen, "O" switches OSD modes
- context menu of playback list contains "Remove missing files from list" item - use it after files are moved
- there is probably useful "Show file name (OSD) when playback starts" option in settings
- only shortly tested; possible problems might include handling of files with Unicode/non-ANSI characters in file paths and names
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