Commands

This script allows running and completing input commands in the console interactively, and also adds mpv's log to the console's log.

Keybindings¶

`

Open the console to enter commands.

Commands¶

script-binding commands/open

Open the console to enter commands.

script-message-to commands type <text> [<cursor_pos>]

Show the console and pre-fill it with the provided text, optionally specifying the initial cursor position as a positive integer starting from 1. The console is automatically closed after running the command.

Examples for input.conf

% script-message-to commands type "seek absolute-percent" 6

Enter a percent position to seek to.

Ctrl+o script-message-to console type "loadfile ''" 11

Enter a file or URL to play, with autocompletion of paths in the filesystem.

Configuration¶

This script can be customized through a config file script-opts/commands.conf placed in mpv's user directory and through the --script-opts command-line option. The configuration syntax is described in mp.options functions.

Configurable Options¶

persist_history

Default: no

Whether to save the command history to a file and load it.

history_path

Default: ~~state/command_history.txt

The file path for persist_history (see FILES).

remember_input

Default: yes

Whether to remember the input line and cursor position when closing the console, and prefill it the next time it is opened.