diff --git a/docs/mpvacious.md b/docs/mpvacious.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc26c67 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/mpvacious.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +# Modifying cards added with GoldenDict + +You can add a card first using GoldenDict, +and then append an audio clip and a picture to it. + +**Note:** the only version of GoldenDict that can create Anki cards with configurable fields is +[xiaoyifang's goldendict](https://github.com/xiaoyifang/goldendict-ng). +Read [Setting up GoldenDict](https://tatsumoto-ren.github.io/blog/setting-up-goldendict.html) and +[How to connect with Anki](https://github.com/xiaoyifang/goldendict-ng/blob/staged/website/docs/topic_anki.md) +if you are new to GoldenDict. + +To send subtitles from `mpv` directly to GoldenDict, +append the following line to `subs2srs.conf`: + +``` +autoclip_method=goldendict +``` + +**Note:** If `goldendict` is not in the PATH, +you have to [add it to the PATH](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Environment_variables#Per_user). + +1) Press a to open `advanced menu`. +2) Press t to toggle the `autoclip` option. + +Now as subtitles appear on the screen, +they will be immediately sent to GoldenDict instead of the system clipboard. + +1) Open GoldenDict. +2) Play a video in `mpv`. +3) When you find an unknown word, + select the definition text, + right-click and select "send word to anki" to make a card, + or press Ctrl+Shift+N. +4) Go back to mpv and add an image and an audio clip + to the card you've just made by pressing m while the `advanced menu` is open. + Pressing Shift+m will overwrite any existing data in media fields. + +https://github.com/Ajatt-Tools/mpvacious/assets/69171671/0fc02d24-d320-4d2c-b7a9-cb478e9f0067 + +Don't forget to set the right timings and join lines together +if the sentence is split between multiple subs. +To do it, enter interactive selection by pressing c +and seek to the next or previous subtitle. +