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.

.. admonition:: 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 commands 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.