Is it possible to make a Toggle-able control for options from other scripts?

[jklphe00]

I am trying to have a toggle-able control for an autoskip function using the SmartSkip script. https://github.com/Eisa01/mpv-scripts/#smartskip

From reading the explanation of the controls syntax for uosc.conf, it seems like toggle and cycle elements only work for mpv properties. I did try with the SmartSkip option autoskip_chapter@SmartSkip just to see if it would work since @uosc would work for uosc options like autoload, but as expected, it did nothing: toggle:keyboard_tab:autoskip_chapter@SmartSkip?Autoskip.

In the end I had to go with the command element command:keyboard_tab:script-binding SmartSkip/toggle-autoskip?Autoskip, but this obviously doesn't toggle the icon.

So is there no way to make control icons toggle-able for options from other scripts?

It would be a nice feature to have. Is there an interesting solution to this besides a feature request?

[tomasklaen]

No. uosc can't see into values of other scripts. The other script has to make uosc aware of the values. They can either do it via sending

script-message-to uosc set <prop> <value>

and users can then tap to that prop in their buttons with <prop>@<script>, or even better, they can define and update their custom button by sending:

script-message-to uosc set-button <name> <data_json>

and users can then just use that as a button in their controls using button:<name>.

This is all documented in: https://github.com/tomasklaen/uosc/wiki

[jklphe00]

Thanks for the help, Tomas. I was able to edit the lua file for SmartSkip successfully using set <prop> <value>.

If anyone else finds it useful, I'll detail how I did it thanks to the info provided by Tomas.

Near the start of the 'SmartSkip.lua' file, after the local variables are set and initialized, I added:

-- Send initial value so that the button has a correct active state
mp.commandv('script-message-to', 'uosc', 'set', 'autoskip', autoskip_chapter and 'yes' or 'no')

autoskip_chapter is a bool of true/false, so we have to convert it to yes/no because that's what mpv expects for property values.

Then, I modified the toggle_autoskip() function to update the property for uosc:

function toggle_autoskip()
	if autoskip_chapter == true then
		prompt_msg('○ Auto-Skip Disabled')
		autoskip_chapter = false
		-- Update uosc external prop
		mp.commandv('script-message-to', 'uosc', 'set', 'autoskip', autoskip_chapter and 'yes' or 'no')
		if g_autoskip_countdown_flag then kill_chapterskip_countdown() end
	elseif autoskip_chapter == false then
		prompt_msg('● Auto-Skip Enabled')
		autoskip_chapter = true
		-- Update uosc external prop
		mp.commandv('script-message-to', 'uosc', 'set', 'autoskip', autoskip_chapter and 'yes' or 'no')
	end
end

Under the previous function:

-- Listen for changes coming from `toggle` or `cycle` button
mp.register_script_message('set', function(prop, value)
    toggle_autoskip()
end)

For 'uosc.conf', I added toggle:keyboard_tab:autoskip@SmartSkip?Autoskip to the controls option.

Finally, a key binding to 'input.conf':
k script-binding SmartSkip/toggle-autoskip; script-message-to uosc flash-elements controls #menu: Playback > Toggle Autoskip

Now the autoskip button I have added as a control happily toggles back and forth from clicking on it or pressing the 'k' key.