mpv-file-browser VS config

You are in luck! mpv-file-browser supports addons - the find addon allows you to search the contents of a directory (not recursively though). Setting it up might be more involved though, read the README.md for the installation process.

So my main idea is to have a black MPV window sitting there until I select the video I want to play using https://github.com/CogentRedTester/mpv-file-browser. But when I launch it with --idle --force-window, I get a big message that has MPV's logo and says "Drop files or URLs to play here." which gets on the way of the addon.

Use https://github.com/CogentRedTester/mpv-file-browser/ instead, it has a function to load a whole directory as a playlist on a keypress, Alt+Enter by default, plus much more.

File Browser with Favourites addon

As the title says, I want to setup the mpv-file-browser script. The github page doesn't say anything about how to set it up. I tried putting the .lua .json and .conf file inside my scripts folder but it didn't work. It also says something about a 'script-opts' folder, so I tried that and it didn't work either. Can anybody help me set it up?

My config and scripts

MPV is the best player I've used for years and the configuration file is one of its best features, you can have a simple config with exactly what you need and great documentation, also a lot of user scripts, easy to extend and customize.