Is there a simple file browser for searching a directory and opening a file?

mariah reply

I tried that but it searches the entire filesystem

Wiener234 reply

You should be able to change directory to the one you want. https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/wiki/examples#changing-directory

kanzalibrary

Fsearch, Recommended by Linux Format Magazine in their November 2023 series.

BuddyTheBeefalo

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/TOOLS/umpv

#!/bin/bash

video_directory="~/Music Videos/ "

while true; do
  read -p "Enter music video: " prompt

  find "$video_directory" -type f -name "*$prompt*" -exec umpv  {} \;
done

umpv:

auf

mariah reply

mariah reply

This is the error

auf reply

mariah reply

Oh. Rofis 1.7.3

There are file browsers for mpv, probably what you want. https://github-wiki-see.page/m/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/User-Scripts

mariah reply

They remove the shuffle playlist

far_university1990 reply

Shuffle playlist as a shortcut or cli-argument? Shortcuts can be customized in inputs config.

Also there are three in the list (only searching for „browse“): blackbox, file-browser, simple-loader

file-browser (or mpv-file-browser) can be customized for shortcuts. blackbox and simple-loader i could not find if they can be.

mariah reply

I use --shuffle

far_university1990 reply

Do you launch with shuffle, some songs shuffle, add new song via browser and it plays the new next and not later? Or does it break the playlist? If the latter, maybe create an issue with the browser, sounds like a bug.

mariah reply

When i choose a file, it clears the playlist

far_university1990 reply