I'm using mpv Media Player in Ubuntu 17.10, and whenever I take a screenshot it goes to the home directory. Is there any way to change the directory for the screenshots taken?
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Edit: Based on a comment by doug, who does a lot of work with mpv, one can simply edit ~/.config/mpv.conf to add screenshot-directory=~/Public/ if $HOME/Public is the desired destination.
The following works with mpv/xenial,now 2:0.28.0~xenial1 amd64 [installed] and with mpv/bionic,now 0.27.0-2ubuntu4 amd64 [installed]. I haven't tested with the version available on 17.10.
I copied over /usr/share/applications/mpv.desktop to $HOME/.local/share/applications.
I then modified the Exec line from
Exec=mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui -- %U
to
Exec=mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui --screenshot-directory=$HOME/Public/ -- %U
and saved SHOME/.local/share/applications/mpv.desktop. Now, when I open a video with mpv and take a screenshot, the screenshot is saved to $HOME/Public.
Read https://mpv.io/manual/master/ for adjusting the quality of screenshots, naming them, and the format desired.
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1It worked perfectly after a small edit. – Kendots Jan 27 '18 at 13:12
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What was the edit? Maybe I can use it as well! – DK Bose Jan 27 '18 at 13:16
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Well let's say I just wanted it in the Public directory, at first I copied your path: $HOME/Public/. But that created a $Home directory and a Public directory inside it. So instead I made the path into just: Public/ – Kendots Jan 27 '18 at 13:18
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Thanks for that! I didn't see that but I'll recheck on my system. – DK Bose Jan 27 '18 at 13:23
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1Really the proper way is to just add an entry to `~/.config/mpv.conf` So in your case the entry would be `screenshot-directory=Public/` Note that options added to mpv.conf are not preceded by -- – doug Jan 27 '18 at 17:32
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I tried that but it didn't work for me. – DK Bose Jan 27 '18 at 17:45
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1But `screenshot-directory=~/Public/` works. – DK Bose Jan 27 '18 at 18:00