mpvlayer

this is a work in progress

a tui wrapper for mpv

requirements

stuff you probably have to install

cargo yt-dlp mpv

stuff you probably dont have to install

kill pidof

installing

install yt-dlp:

curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp
chmod a+rx ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp

or

python3 -m pip3 install --user yt-dlp

or with your favorite package manager

(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation)

install mpv:

use your favorite package manager
or
https://mpv.io/installation/

install rust

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

install this:

git clone https://github.com/ellipticobj/mpvlayer.git
cd mpvlayer
cargo build --release
mv target/release/mpvlayer /usr/local/bin/mpvlayer

screenshots

progress

• ui
• play/pause
• queue
• repeat
• shuffle
• fix repeat none acting like repeat all
• fix weird bug where mpvlayer thinks the playing song is the first song in the playlist when enter is pressed in another song in the playlists column
• add playlists from youtube
• song caching
• edit playlists
• attempt to restart mpv if mpv is killed
• do not open another mpvlayer instance if one is active already
• keep current queue if enter is pressed in queue column