libmpv examples in "scripting" languages?

[rubyFeedback]

Hey there people,

I read elsewhere that libmpv can be used to play videos, say, via python.

A simple GUI could be used too, for instance, libui-ng; or if that is not working well on windows, just something like GTK on linux.

I am mostly interested in a super-simple example here, to show the very basics, the simplest way possible to get an embedded window where mpv plays a video file, such as in a minimal GTK application (with file path + button, and upon button press, the file path in the gtk-entry is used for the path to the video file, then the video is played via mpv but within that GTK window as it is). For instance, a file called foobar.mp4, that can be played via python that makes use of a GUI. The GUI would be simple: a button to do the "play video file", and then mpv (or libmpv) plays it. Keep it simple. While I mention python, it could be any other language too. I am mostly interested in how this could be done, so I can learn and perhaps adapt this use case to ruby eventually. (Via libx11/xorg I think we can somehow use the PID/ID and that can be used via gtk; I used this a few years ago and that worked, but I used "mpv" via a system() call if I recall correctly. I think it may be nicer to use libmpv instead, but I don't know the API at all right now.)

Does anyone happen to know of an example for the above use case? E. g. to have, say, python play a mp4 file via mpv/libmpv? The idea would be that this is actually embedded in the GUI. We can of course use python already and mpv will start a new window, but I am here interested specifically how to "embed" what mpv displays in a GUI. This base could then be used to extend the GUI with more options and commandline things, a bit like smplayer (https://github.com/smplayer-dev/smplayer) does (but I would prefer that via a "scripting" language so I can have more control over it).

[SumOys]

There's a library called python-mpv that can be used in scripting: https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv

I develop two frontend that use it: MediaHug and MpvBuddy

If you just want to use Python to launch and mpv window, I do that here:

https://gitlab.com/djsumdog/mpvbuddy/-/blob/master/mpvbuddy/gui/mpv.py

If you want to embed mpv in a Qt6 application (as a QWidget), I do that between these two classes (only works in X11):

https://gitlab.com/djsumdog/mediahug/-/blob/master/mediahug/gui/mpv/player.py

https://gitlab.com/djsumdog/mediahug/-/blob/master/mediahug/gui/mpv/x11_player.py

and if you need to use mpv in a QWidget in Wayland, you're going to have to use a QOpenGLWidget like here:

https://gitlab.com/djsumdog/mediahug/-/blob/master/mediahug/gui/mpv/gl_player.py

If you use QQuick instead of QWidgets, you can use this person's examples:

https://github.com/trin94/qtquick-mpv