mpv-youtube-queue

A Lua script for mpv that allows you to add YouTube videos to a queue, navigate through the queue, and select a video to play.

Features

• Add YouTube videos to a queue from the clipboard
• Select a video from the queue to play from an interactive menu, or navigate through the queue with keybinds
• Open the URL of the currently playing video in a new browser tab.
• Fetch and display the names of YouTube videos.
• Print the current contents of the queue

Notes

• This script uses the Linux xclip utility to read from the clipboard. If you're on macOS or Windows, you'll need to adjust the setting in mpv-youtube-queue.conf as described in the install section.
• When adding videos to the queue, the script fetches the video name using yt-dlp. Ensure you have yt-dlp installed and in your PATH.
• The script maintains its own queue separate from mpv's internal playlist. This means that loading files manually or using the next/previous buttons on the mpv OSC will not affect the queue.

Requirements

This script requires the following software to be installed on the system

• xclip
• yt-dlp

Installation

• Copy the mpv-youtube-queue.lua script to your ~~/scripts directory
• Optionally copy the mpv-youtube-queue.conf to the ~~/script-opts directory to customize the keybindings

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3 license.