Move `osc-playlist` to the middle-left of the screen

[TheBestPessimist]

I have searched and did not find a feature request similar to mine.

Expected behavior of the wanted feature

script-message osc-playlist is too close to the top of the window, so osd-playing-msg gets hidden by it . Is there a way to move osc-playlist a bit lower?

Since i'm not sure what "a bit lower actually is, a possibility is to move it at middle-left (instead of top-left) of the window?

Having OSC visibility (ie. when playing an audio only file): always is also problematic as the pseudo-"window title" is on top of the playlist.

Log file

In this case, i believe the log is not needed.

mpv.net conf


input-default-bindings = no
input-ar-delay = 500
input-ar-rate = 20
keep-open-pause = no
script-opts = osc-scalewindowed=1.5
screenshot-directory = '~~desktop/'
cscale = spline36
dscale = spline36
scale = spline36
hwdec = yes
# Editor
slang = 'en'
sub-auto = all
save-position-on-quit = yes
border = no


# osd
osd-duration=3000
osd-on-seek=msg-bar
# osd-level=3 # don't want this
osd-playing-msg = '${filename} - ${media-title}'


[protocol.https]
osd-playing-msg = '${media-title}'

I add my "vote" for this: please let the script-message command have an argument for the position of the message, or special treatment for osc-playlist due to this special case where there is interference between:

• script-message osc-playlist
  and
• osd-playing-msg = '${filename} - ${media-title}'

[Argon-]

Well regarding osd-playing-msg (and all other strings rendered through OSD) you can do it like this:

mpv --osd-playing-msg='${osd-ass-cc/0}{\\an5}${filename} - ${media-title}'

\an5 is the position, in this case "middle center". More positions and more ASS formatting options: http://docs.aegisub.org/3.2/ASS_Tags/

@Argon- thank you for the solution, but I think the best way to solve that is to move the playlist one or two lines down. Isn't there a way to combine "script-message osc-playlist" with \n ?

@Argon-
@TheBestPessimist
I found a way to do something clean and nice:
a) in mpv.conf, instead of #osd-playing-msg= 'Now Playing: ${filename}' , put this line:
osd-playing-msg= 'Now Playing: ${filename}\n \nPlaylist:\n${playlist}'

b) in input.conf, simply bind the previous/next track keys to playlist-next, remove any show-text and remove also any script message:
playlist-next
playlist-prev

@TheBestPessimist just try it.

@Argon- thanks for your help

Edit : too good to be true. It works when using key binding, but messes up when using the next/previous arrows of the pseudo gui. Is there a way to override the prev/next arrows of the pseudo-gui?

@Argon- Please do you know a way to override commands of ONLY next/previous playlist arrows in the pseudo-gui? Sorry I've been testing and reading the docs all night but i didn't find anything (except disabling the whole pseudo-gui)

I get back to the original request placed by @TheBestPessimist, please just lower the playlist by the equivalent of two lines. I think it is the best way to address this problem. Thank you

[Dudemanguy]

Well now it will overwrite the osd-playing-msg so it doesn't overlap. Not sure if that counts as solved or not.

[Keith94]

Solved by osd_margins? #17544