input.conf: bind Ctrl+v to play the path in the clipboard

[guidocella]

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[sfan5]

personally I use the following script:

mp.add_key_binding("ctrl+v", "paste", function()
        local s = from_clipboard()
        s = s:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$")
        if s == "" then return end

        if mp.get_property_native("idle-active") then
                mp.commandv("loadfile", s)
        else
                mp.commandv("loadfile", s, "append")
                mp.osd_message("Appended " .. s)
        end
end)

I think this behavior would be useful

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[guidocella]

Isn't that just loadfile ... append-play? For trimming, if you copy a file from a file explorer or copy a url from the context menu or address bar it's not gonna have leading or trailing spaces so I don't think it's worth adding a script just for that.

[sfan5]

Isn't that just loadfile ... append-play?

I guess. Except the visual feedback.

[guidocella]

Changed to append-play. If you use --osd-playing-msg=${media-title} you do already get a visual feedback, and if you show-text ${clipboard/text} in the binding it is shown for an instant and quickly replaced by --osd-playing-msg which looks bad.

Edit: actually even in this case we should show a message because the path can be a URL that loads slowly.

[guidocella]

Nevermind, with append-play we need to show something when appending to the playlist without playing immediately, so added show-text "Appended ${clipboard/text}".

[mrfragger]

Nevermind, with append-play we need to show something when appending to the playlist without playing immediately, so added show-text "Appended ${clipboard/text}".

copy-paste-url.lua works by just pasting a URL and intermediately playing it if there is nothing playing. If something is playing it appends it to the playlist.

uosc doesn't do that instead it has various functions...I wanted to keep the same behavior as copy-paste-url.lua so I have a shortcut after updating uosc each time to change behavior to just add pasted URL immediately.

# run /bin/bash -c "cd ~/.config/mpv/scripts/uosc; cat main.lua | sed \"s/playlist-count') > 1/playlist-count') > 0/g\" > mainnew.lua; rm main.lua; mv mainnew.lua main.lua"; show-text "sets playlist-count > 0 rather than > 1 so it'll play video right away rather than just adding to playlist - quits mpv"; quit #! [Utilities] > [Advanced] > After updating uosc fix playlist-count 0 not 1, quits mpv

[guidocella]

You can just bind loadfile in input.conf with either append-play or no flags to get the respective behavior. There is no need to modify scripts now that we have the clipboard property.

[kasper93]

Appended seems quite ambiguous. Appended where? To what?

[guidocella]

#15441 (comment)

[kasper93]

So maybe even shorter +> ${clipboard/text}

[guidocella]

Change to + ${clipboard/text}, if the > was not a typo I don't understand what it represents.

[kasper93]

two spaces

[kasper93]

works, not sure the shortcut is the best, but works.