mpv-copyPasteTime

A fork of mpv-copyTime with a few bugfixes from unmerged PRs and a couple new features.

Features:

• Copy the current time (formatted as HH:MM:SS.sss) or estimated frame number to clipboard.

• Read a time from your clipboard to seek to it. Same format as above but the hours, minutes, and miliseconds are optional (e.g. HH:MM:SS, MM:SS, SS, S.s, etc.)

Note: Seeking to an estimated frame number is not supported. Only timecodes. Copying estimated frame numbers is most useful for working with other tools (like the handbrake GUI which truncates miliseconds: frame number can be useful to differentiate keyframes). Times with miliseconds should provide adequate resolution, as it's typically frame-perfect.

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Installation

1. Install dependencies

This script requires mpv-clipboard be installed.

Windows users may prefer dyphire's fork as it appears to have some improvements.

2. Install the script

Put copyPasteTime.lua in your scripts folder, usually in:

• Windows: "%APPDATA%\mpv\scripts".
• Linux and Mac: "~/.config/mpv/scripts/".

3. Configure Your Keybinds

There are two ways to do this.

Either...

1. Modify the lines at the bottom of the script by changing nil to your desired keybinds. e.g.

mp.add_key_binding("ctrl+c", "copyFrame", copyFrame)
mp.add_key_binding("shift+c", "copyTime", copyTime)
mp.add_key_binding("ctrl+v", "pasteTime", pasteTime)

or

2. Add your preferred keybinds to your inputs.conf file. e.g.

ctrl+c script-message-to copyPasteTime copyTime
shift+c script-message-to copyPasteTime copyFrame
shift+v script-message-to copyPasteTime pasteTime

Note: these example keybinds may conflict with your existing keybinds or MPV's defaults.