Remove title from playing video

[ArthurMilchior]

I’ve a problem with mpv. It shows the video title. Either the title is some random string, in which case it’s useless. Or it’s a hint; for example for sign language it contains the word being signed. I’ve seen no case where this small indication is useful (which is great, as it’s missing in ankidroid and ankimobile.

This post explains how to remove it from mpv. It works. I could create an add-on that does it, but I would first prefer to check whether it’s not something anki would welcome.

If I had to guess, the title is displayed because it’s the default with mpv and not because of a consideration during the implementation. If so, I invite it for consideration now

How to hide video title when playing it?

Open the Debug Console. https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/misc?id=debug-console Execute the following code to create mpv.conf in %APPDATA%\Anki2 with title= (or border=no). import os from aqt import mw from aqt.sound import mpvManager print('Title:', mpvManager.get_property('title')) with open(os.path.join(mw.pm.base, 'mpv.conf'), 'a') as f: f.write('{}={}\n'.format("title", "")) # restart mpv to apply new settings mpvManager.shutdown() print('Title:', mpvManager.get_property('title')) http…

[abdo]

If we hardcode this in the mpv command invocation (or maybe provide a default mpv.conf), some users will inevitably complain, so I don’t think we should set any default customizations.

[Danika_Dakika]

It’s pretty straightforward to fix, even without an add-on or the Debug console. Reddit - The heart of the internet

[talya]

@abdo

so I don’t think we should set any default customizations.

probably should be a toggle though, i assume there’s quite a few users this may affect

@Danika_Dakika

It’s pretty straightforward to fix, even without an add-on or the Debug console. Reddit - The heart of the internet

works, though worth mentioning that if you don’t have mpv.conf already you should create it.