videoclip

Easily create video and audio clips with mpv in a few keypresses. Videoclips are saved as .mp4 or .webm. Subtitles can be embedded into the clips.

Prerequisites

1. Install mpv.

2. Add the directory where mpv is installed to the PATH.

   If you're using GNU/Linux, this step is likely unnecessary because package managers (apt, pacman, etc.) place executable files to /usr/bin which is already added to the PATH. If you have installed mpv to a non-standard location, or if you're not using the GNU operating system, you need to make sure that mpv is added to the PATH.

Installation

Manually

Download the repository and extract the folder containing videoclip.lua to your mpv scripts directory:

OS	Location
GNU/Linux	~/.config/mpv/scripts/
Windows	C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/mpv/scripts/

Note: in Celluloid user scripts are installed by switching to the "Plugins" tab in the preferences dialog and dropping the files there.

Expected directory tree

~/.config/mpv/scripts
|-- other_addon_1
|-- other_addon_2
`-- videoclip
    |-- main.lua
    |-- ...
    `-- videoclip.lua

Using git

If you already have your dotfiles set up according to Arch Wiki recommendations, execute:

$ config submodule add 'https://github.com/Ajatt-Tools/videoclip.git' ~/.config/mpv/scripts/videoclip

If not, either proceed to Arch Wiki and come back when you're done, or simply clone the repo:

$ git clone 'https://github.com/Ajatt-Tools/videoclip.git' ~/.config/mpv/scripts/videoclip

Updating with git

Install method	Command
Submodules	$ config submodule update --remote --merge
Plain git	$ cd ~/.config/mpv/scripts/videoclip && git pull

Configuration

The config file should be created by the user, if needed.

OS	Config location
GNU/Linux	~/.config/mpv/script-opts/videoclip.conf
Windows	C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/mpv/script-opts/videoclip.conf

If a parameter is not specified in the config file, the default value will be used. mpv doesn't tolerate spaces before and after =.

Example configuration file:

# Absolute paths to the folders where generated clips will be placed.
# `~` or `$HOME` are not supported due to mpv limitations.
video_folder_path=/home/user/Videos
audio_folder_path=/home/user/Music

# Menu size
font_size=24
# Clean filenames (remove special characters) (yes or no)
clean_filename=yes

# Video settings
video_width=-2
video_height=480
video_bitrate=1M
# Available video formats: mp4, vp9, vp8
video_format=mp4
# The range of the scale is 0–51, where 0 is lossless,
# 23 is the default, and 51 is worst quality possible.
# Insane values like 9999 still work but produce the worst quality.
video_quality=23
# Use the slowest preset that you have patience for.
# https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264
preset=faster
# FPS / framerate. Set to "auto" or a number.
video_fps=auto
#video_fps=60

# Audio settings
# Available formats: opus or aac
audio_format=opus
# Opus sounds good at low bitrates 32-64k, but aac requires 128-256k.
audio_bitrate=32k

# Catbox.moe upload settings
# Whether uploads should go to litterbox instead of catbox.
# catbox files are stored permanently, while litterbox is temporary
litterbox=yes
# If using litterbox, time until video expires
# Available values: 1h, 12h, 24h, 72h
litterbox_expire=72h

Key bindings

OS	Config location
GNU/Linux	~/.config/mpv/input.conf
Windows	C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/mpv/input.conf

Add this line if you want to change the key that opens the script's menu.

c script-binding videoclip-menu-open

Usage

• Open a file in mpv and press c to open the script menu.
• Follow the onscreen instructions. You need to set the start point, end point, and then press c to create the clip.

It is possible to create silent videoclips. To do that, first mute audio in mpv. The default key binding is m.

If a video has visible subtitles, they will be embedded automatically. Toggle them off in mpv if you don't want any subtitles to be visible. The default key binding is v.