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Python interface to the awesome mpv media player
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python-mpv

==========



python-mpv is a ctypes-based python interface to the mpv media player. It gives you more or less full control of all

features of the player, just as the lua interface does.



Installation

------------



.. code:: bash



    pip install mpv



...though you can also realistically just copy `mpv.py`_ into your project as it's all nicely contained in one file.



Requirements

~~~~~~~~~~~~



libmpv

......

``libmpv.so`` either locally (in your current working directory) or somewhere in your system library search path. This

module is somewhat lenient as far as ``libmpv`` versions are concerned but since ``libmpv`` is changing quite frequently

you'll only get all the newest features when using an up-to-date version of this module. The unit tests for this module

do some basic automatic version compatibility checks. If you discover anything missing here, please open an `issue`_ or

submit a `pull request`_ on github.



On Windows you can place libmpv anywhere in your ``%PATH%`` (e.g. next to ``python.exe``) or next to this module's

``mpv.py``.  Before falling back to looking in the mpv module's directory, python-mpv uses the DLL search order built

into ctypes, which is different to the one Windows uses internally. Consult `this stackoverflow post

`__ for details.



Python >= 3.9

.............

We only support python stable releases from the last couple of years. We only test the current stable python release. If you find a compatibility issue with an older python version that still has upstream support (that is less than about four years old), feel free to open an issue_ and we'll have a look.



.. _`issue`: https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv/issues

.. _`pull request`: https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv/pulls



Supported Platforms

...................



**Linux**, **Windows** and **OSX** all seem to work mostly fine. For some notes on the installation on Windows see

`this comment`__. Shared library handling is quite bad on windows, so expect some pain there. On OSX there seems to be

some bug int the event logic. See `issue 36`_ and `issue 61`_ for details. Creating a pyQT window and having mpv draw

into it seems to be a workaround (about 10loc), but in case you want this fixed please weigh in on the issue tracker

since right now there is not many OSX users.



.. __: https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv/issues/60#issuecomment-352719773

.. _`issue 61`: https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv/issues/61

.. _`issue 36`: https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv/issues/36



Usage

-----



.. code:: python



    import mpv

    player = mpv.MPV(ytdl=True)

    player.play('https://youtu.be/DOmdB7D-pUU')

    player.wait_for_playback()



python-mpv mostly exposes mpv's built-in API to python, adding only some porcelain on top. Most "`input commands `_" are mapped to methods of the MPV class. Check out these methods and their docstrings in `the source `__ for things you can do. Additional controls and status information are exposed through `MPV properties `_. These can be accessed like ``player.metadata``, ``player.fullscreen`` and ``player.loop_playlist``.



Threading

~~~~~~~~~



The ``mpv`` module starts one thread for event handling, since MPV sends events that must be processed quickly. The

event queue has a fixed maximum size and some operations can cause a large number of events to be sent.



If you want to handle threading yourself, you can pass ``start_event_thread=False`` to the ``MPV`` constructor and

manually call the ``MPV`` object's ``_loop`` function. If you have some strong need to not use threads and use some

external event loop (such as asyncio) instead you can do that, too with some work. The API of the backend C ``libmpv``

has a function for producing a sort of event file descriptor for a handle. You can use that to produce a file descriptor

that can be passed to an event loop to tell it to wake up the python-mpv event handler on every incoming event.



All API functions are thread-safe. If one is not, please file an issue on github.



Advanced Usage

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Logging, Properties, Python Key Bindings, Screenshots and youtube-dl

....................................................................



.. code:: python



    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import mpv



    def my_log(loglevel, component, message):

        print('[{}] {}: {}'.format(loglevel, component, message))



    player = mpv.MPV(log_handler=my_log, ytdl=True, input_default_bindings=True, input_vo_keyboard=True)



    # Property access, these can be changed at runtime

    @player.property_observer('time-pos')

    def time_observer(_name, value):

        # Here, _value is either None if nothing is playing or a float containing

        # fractional seconds since the beginning of the file.

        print('Now playing at {:.2f}s'.format(value))



    player.fullscreen = True

    player.loop_playlist = 'inf'

    # Option access, in general these require the core to reinitialize

    player['vo'] = 'gpu'



    @player.on_key_press('q')

    def my_q_binding():

        print('THERE IS NO ESCAPE')



    @player.on_key_press('s')

    def my_s_binding():

        pillow_img = player.screenshot_raw()

        pillow_img.save('screenshot.png')



    player.play('https://youtu.be/DLzxrzFCyOs')

    player.wait_for_playback()



    del player



Skipping silence using libav filters

....................................



The following code uses the libav silencedetect filter to skip silence at the beginning of a file. It works by loading

the filter, then parsing its output from mpv's log. Thanks to Sean DeNigris on github (#202) for the original code!



.. code:: python



    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import sys

    import mpv



    p = mpv.MPV()

    p.play(sys.argv[1])



    def skip_silence():

        p.set_loglevel('debug')

        p.af = 'lavfi=[silencedetect=n=-20dB:d=1]'

        p.speed = 100

        def check(evt):

            toks = evt['event']['text'].split()

            if 'silence_end:' in toks:

                return float(toks[2])

        p.time_pos = p.wait_for_event('log_message', cond=check)

        p.speed = 1

        p.af = ''



    skip_silence()

    p.wait_for_playback()



Video overlays

..............



.. code:: python



    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import time

    from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont

    import mpv



    player = mpv.MPV()



    player.loop = True

    player.play('test.webm')

    player.wait_until_playing()



    font = ImageFont.truetype('DejaVuSans.ttf', 40)



    while not player.core_idle:



        time.sleep(0.5)

        overlay = player.create_image_overlay()



        for pos in range(0, 500, 5):

            ts = player.time_pos

            if ts is None:

                break



            img = Image.new('RGBA', (400, 150),  (255, 255, 255, 0))

            d = ImageDraw.Draw(img)

            d.text((10, 10), 'Hello World', font=font, fill=(0, 255, 255, 128))

            d.text((10, 60), f't={ts:.3f}', font=font, fill=(255, 0, 255, 255))



            overlay.update(img, pos=(2*pos, pos))

            time.sleep(0.05)



        overlay.remove()



Playlist handling

.................



.. code:: python



    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import mpv



    player = mpv.MPV(ytdl=True, input_default_bindings=True, input_vo_keyboard=True)



    player.playlist_append('https://youtu.be/PHIGke6Yzh8')

    player.playlist_append('https://youtu.be/Ji9qSuQapFY')

    player.playlist_append('https://youtu.be/6f78_Tf4Tdk')



    player.playlist_pos = 0



    while True:

        # To modify the playlist, use player.playlist_{append,clear,move,remove}. player.playlist is read-only

        print(player.playlist)

        player.wait_for_playback()



Directly feeding mpv data from python

.....................................



.. code:: python



    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import mpv



    player = mpv.MPV()

    @player.python_stream('foo')

    def reader():

        with open('test.webm', 'rb') as f:

            while True:

                yield f.read(1024*1024)



    player.play('python://foo')

    player.wait_for_playback()



Using external subtitles

........................



The easiest way to load custom subtitles from a file is to pass the ``--sub-file`` option to the ``loadfile`` call:



.. code:: python



    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import mpv



    player = mpv.MPV()

    player.loadfile('test.webm', sub_file='test.srt')

    player.wait_for_playback()



Note that you can also pass many other options to ``loadfile``. See the mpv docs for details.



If you want to add subtitle files or streams at runtime, you can use the ``sub-add`` command. ``sub-add`` can only be

called once the player is done loading the file and starts playing. An easy way to wait for this is to wait for the

``core-idle`` property.



.. code:: python



    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import mpv



    player = mpv.MPV()

    player.play('test.webm')

    player.wait_until_playing()

    player.sub_add('test.srt')

    player.wait_for_playback()



Using MPV's built-in GUI

........................



python-mpv is using mpv via libmpv. libmpv is meant for embedding into other applications and by default disables most

GUI features such as the OSD or keyboard input. To enable the built-in GUI, use the following options when initializing

the MPV instance. See `Issue 102`_ for more details



.. _`issue 102`: https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv/issues/61



.. code:: python



    # Enable the on-screen controller and keyboard shortcuts

    player = mpv.MPV(input_default_bindings=True, input_vo_keyboard=True, osc=True)



    # Alternative version using the old "floating box" style on-screen controller

    player = mpv.MPV(player_operation_mode='pseudo-gui',

                     script_opts='osc-layout=box,osc-seekbarstyle=bar,osc-deadzonesize=0,osc-minmousemove=3',

                     input_default_bindings=True,

                     input_vo_keyboard=True,

                     osc=True)



PyQT embedding

..............



.. code:: python

    

    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import mpv

    import sys



    from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *

    from PyQt5.QtCore import *



    class Test(QMainWindow):

        def __init__(self, parent=None):

            super().__init__(parent)

            self.container = QWidget(self)

            self.setCentralWidget(self.container)

            self.container.setAttribute(Qt.WA_DontCreateNativeAncestors)

            self.container.setAttribute(Qt.WA_NativeWindow)

            player = mpv.MPV(wid=str(int(self.container.winId())),

                    vo='x11', # You may not need this

                    log_handler=print,

                    loglevel='debug')

            player.play('test.webm')



    app = QApplication(sys.argv)



    # This is necessary since PyQT stomps over the locale settings needed by libmpv.

    # This needs to happen after importing PyQT before creating the first mpv.MPV instance.

    import locale

    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, 'C')

    win = Test()

    win.show()

    sys.exit(app.exec_())



PyGObject embedding

...................



.. code:: python

    

    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import gi



    import mpv



    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')

    from gi.repository import Gtk



    class MainClass(Gtk.Window):



        def __init__(self):

            super(MainClass, self).__init__()

            self.set_default_size(600, 400)

            self.connect("destroy", self.on_destroy)



            widget = Gtk.Frame()

            self.add(widget)

            self.show_all()



            # Must be created >after< the widget is shown, else property 'window' will be None

            self.mpv = mpv.MPV(wid=str(widget.get_property("window").get_xid()))

            self.mpv.play("test.webm")



        def on_destroy(self, widget, data=None):

            self.mpv.terminate()

            Gtk.main_quit()



    if __name__ == '__main__':

        # This is necessary since like Qt, Gtk stomps over the locale settings needed by libmpv.

        # Like with Qt, this needs to happen after importing Gtk but before creating the first mpv.MPV instance.

        import locale

        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, 'C')

        

        application = MainClass()

        Gtk.main()



Using OpenGL from PyGObject

...........................



Just like it is possible to render into a GTK widget through X11 windows, it `also is possible to render into a GTK

widget using OpenGL `__ through this python API.



Using OpenGL from PyQt5/QML

...........................



Robozman_ has mangaed to `make mpv render into a PyQt5/QML widget using OpenGL

`__ through this python API.



Using mpv inside imgui inside OpenGL via GLFW

.............................................



dfaker_ has written a demo (`link `__) that uses mpv to render video into an `imgui `__ UI running on an OpenGL context inside `GLFW `__. Check out their demo to see how to integrate with imgui/OpenGL and how to access properties and manage the lifecycle of an MPV instance.



Running tests

-------------



Use pytest to run tests.



Coding Conventions

------------------



The general aim is `PEP 8`_, with liberal application of the "consistency" section. 120 cells line width. Four spaces.

No tabs. Probably don't bother making pure-formatting PRs except if you think it *really* helps readability or it

*really* irks you if you don't.



License

-------



python-mpv inherits the underlying libmpv's license, which can be either GPLv2 or later (default) or LGPLv2.1 or later.

For details, see `the mpv copyright page`_.



.. _`PEP 8`: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

.. _`mpv.py`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaseg/python-mpv/main/mpv.py

.. _cosven: https://github.com/cosven

.. _Robozman: https://gitlab.com/robozman

.. _dfaker: https://github.com/dfaker

.. _`the mpv copyright page`: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/Copyright