Add Loop button to the player controls

[marvin1099]

Expected behavior of the wanted feature

It would be great if you could have a loop button in the video player controls.
A shuffle button would also be great.
Mpv supports these functions (at least with the mpris plugin).
Exposing these buttons in the ui seems like a nice thing.

If there is a plugin for these buttons i did not find any.
If there is a way to have these buttons help is appreciated.

Alternative behavior of the wanted feature

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Log File

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Sample Files

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[guidocella]

https://mpv.io/manual/master/#custom-buttons

[marvin1099]

https://mpv.io/manual/master/#custom-buttons

@guidocella so it is possible with scripts, i see.
Is there any script for this pre-made.
i have never made any scripts for mpv.
Would probably be a difficult task (for me) to make a script for this.

[guidocella]

Those are script-opts, not a script. You just define the desired buttons in script-opts/osc.conf (just gotta put each item on separate lines as the docs are currently formatted incorrectly).

[marvin1099]

script-opts/osc.conf

In the config folder i presume?
On linux: ~/.config/mpv/script-opts/osc.conf
I will try that.
Sorry that I misunderstood you.

[marvin1099]

@guidocella Thanks it works but how do i get the emojis to work?
The buttons are just empty squares for me.
Also using the shuffle button won't display any info.
If i use loop if displays "Loop current File: " with "inf" and "no".
Can i get something like that for shuffle too?

[guidocella]

You need a font with monochrome emoji.

For shuffle you would need to write a script that keeps tracks of whether you shuffled and prints different messages.

[marvin1099]

I see, any font recommendations?
Also do i set the font in the config afterwards, is this how this works?

If you know any scrips for shuffle print please say so,
but otherwise i guess i have to leave this alone.

[guidocella]

I see, any font recommendations?

Symbola

Also do i set the font in the config afterwards, is this how this works?

No need.

If you know any scrips for shuffle print please say so, but otherwise i guess i have to leave this alone.

It is trivial. This will do it

local shuffled

mp.add_key_binding('F1', 'toggle-shuffle', function ()
    if shuffled then
        mp.command('playlist-unshuffle; show-text Unshuffled')
    else
        mp.command('playlist-shuffle; show-text Shuffled')
    end

    shuffled = not shuffled
end)

Change F1 to the desired key and bind script-binding toggle-shuffle to custom buttons

[marvin1099]

ok thanks, and how do i trigger it with the onscreen (/custom) button?
Just the script name added to "custom_button_2_mbtn_left_command" (shuffle button in osc.conf)?

[guidocella]

bind script-binding toggle-shuffle to custom buttons

[marvin1099]

Seems to do nothing:
I got in ~/.config/mpv:
toggle-shuffle.lua (with your code)
script-opts/osc.conf (with: custom_button_2_mbtn_left_command=script-binding toggle-shuffle)

F1 wont show text or toggle shuffle and the custom button also triggers nothing.
I probably missunderstood, but i don't know how to fix that.

[guidocella]

Scripts go in ~/.config/mpv/scripts

[marvin1099]

Jep works now, also i just installed chaotic-aur/otf-symbola
(This added /usr/share/fonts/OTF/Symbola.otf) is that not correct?
Or do i need to restart, a empty square is still displayed for the emojis

[guidocella]

It seems to only work with ttf-symbola-free

[marvin1099]

ok i installed that, now i got a file at:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Symbola.ttf
Emojis are still shown as squares in mpv though.