Input/Write URL (a option in Menu & in Subtitles/Audio Button)

[alexpandain]

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[tomasklaen]

Sure. No objections, but no ETA either :)

[aicynide]

Waiting

[po5]

Here's a script that does what you want, but note that pasting in search menus is not currently supported.

-- open-url.lua

mp.utils = require "mp.utils"

mp.register_script_message("open-url:", function(path)
    mp.commandv("script-message-to", "uosc", "close-menu", "open-url")
    mp.commandv("loadfile", path)
end)

mp.add_forced_key_binding("F10", "open-url", function()
    local script_name = mp.get_script_name()
    local json = mp.utils.format_json({
        type = "open-url",
        title = "http://www.example.com/stream.avi",
        items = {
            {
            title = "Enter a network URL and press Ctrl+Enter",
            value = "ignore",
            muted = true,
            selectable = false
            }
        },
        on_search = {"script-message-to", script_name, "open-url:"},
        palette = true,
        search_style = "palette",
        search_debounce = "submit"
    }) or "{}"
    mp.commandv("script-message-to", "uosc", "open-menu", json)
end)

Doesn't handle loading links as extra tracks but that's a trivial change if you want that.
Replace loadfile with sub-add, audio-add or video-add.

[tomasklaen]

Just an update: I don't want to add more loading items to subtitle/audio menus, especially not for something like this that won't be used by almost anyone, so it'll have to be as an alt action on the "Load {type}" item, which depends on menu item buttons, which is not implemented yet.

[tomasklaen]

There's still no button or UI so I'll keep this open, but thanks to the commit above, in 5.1 you'll be able to paste in subtitle/audio/video track select menus to automatically load whatever path/url is in the clipboard as current menu track type.

[aicynide]

I hope one day you support typing URL also like vlc

[aicynide]

funny thing is mpv-android let you load subtitle/audio by typing URL. Check mpv-android app, it even support typing video URL

[cipricus]

Just in case, as a tip to the OP, showing that the need for this is rather limited. Dragging and dropping an url on mpv window does it.

I guess this question is asked in Windows but in Linux you can do it by copying the link and in a terminal writing mpv and pasting.

And more specifically in Plasma if we associate html files to mpv, copying the link will open the list of applications associated with html.

[aicynide]

typing URL like vlc should be added

[aicynide]

I'm clueless why does typing URL like any guide video player software like VLC,Potplayer,Mpc-hc not possible

[aicynide]

Patiently waiting @tomasklaen

[aicynide]

Waiting

[christoph-heinrich]

@aicynide Stop being annoying, just use the script from po5's comment.