mpv_thumbnail_script vs mpv-config

mpv_thumbnail_script

A Lua script to show preview thumbnails in mpv's OSC seekbar, sans external dependencies (fork) (by marzzzello)

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mpv-config

My personal mpv config and user scripts. :) (by dexeonify)

Mpv mpv-config mpv-osc

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mpv_thumbnail_script		mpv-config
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6	Mentions	3
249	Stars	66
-	Growth	-
4.6	Activity	3.0
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	17 days ago
Lua	Language	Lua
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mpv_thumbnail_script

Posts with mentions or reviews of mpv_thumbnail_script. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-20.

YouTube artificially slows down video load times when using Firefox
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Nov 2023

I implemented downloading of youtube thumbnails for one of these scripts.
https://github.com/marzzzello/mpv_thumbnail_script
Is there a media player for linux that has a picture in picture option like when you hover the mouse over the progress bar?
2 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 16 Apr 2023

mpv with https://github.com/marzzzello/mpv_thumbnail_script should do it.
Thumbnail is eating all my memory
1 project | /r/mpv | 24 Jan 2022
[Release] Morden-x with "mpv_thumbnail_script_client_osc.lua" by Dexeonify (Morden-X for the other Thumbnailer in the main GitHub files)
6 projects | /r/mpv | 2 Jan 2022

This seems to be an old issue (https://www.reddit.com/r/mpv/comments/ezxupb/mpv_thumbnail_script_output_file_missing_error/). Did you grab the latest mpv_thumbnail_script_server.lua from the updated fork?
[Release] Marzzzello just updated the "mpv_thumbnail_script_client_osc.lua" to the current "osc.lua". You can now see the chapter's names in the seekbar!
1 project | /r/mpv | 1 Jan 2022
Player doesn't seem to recognize there are multiple lines in mpv.conf
1 project | /r/mpv | 5 Jul 2021

Try using this fork instead: https://github.com/marzzzello/mpv_thumbnail_script

mpv-config

Posts with mentions or reviews of mpv-config. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-02.

[Release] Morden-x with "mpv_thumbnail_script_client_osc.lua" by Dexeonify (Morden-X for the other Thumbnailer in the main GitHub files)
6 projects | /r/mpv | 2 Jan 2022

Good! Anything you need, just ask or open an issue at Dexeonify's repo or at my fork!

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mpv_thumbnail_script and mpv-config you can also consider the following projects:

thumbfast - High-performance on-the-fly thumbnailer script for mpv

Mpv.Net-HQ-Config - My Mpv.Net Config Files

mpv-scripts - Various scripts for mpv

mpv-playlistmanager - Mpv lua script to create and manage playlists

mpv-image-viewer - Configuration, scripts and tips for using mpv as an image viewer

MPV-EASY-Player - MPV-EASY Player - An easy to use, modern video player based on mpv （一个基于MPV,易于使用,现代化的视频播放器）

mpv_thumbnail_script - A Lua script to show preview thumbnails in mpv's OSC seekbar, sans external dependencies

mpv-osc-tethys - An OSC UI replacement for MPV with icons from the bomi video player. Also contains thumbnail preview and a picture-in-picture button.