-- mpvSockets, one socket per instance, removes socket on exit local utils = require 'mp.utils' local function get_temp_path() local directory_seperator = package.config:match("([^\n]*)\n?") local example_temp_file_path = os.tmpname() -- remove generated temp file pcall(os.remove, example_temp_file_path) local seperator_idx = example_temp_file_path:reverse():find(directory_seperator) local temp_path_length = #example_temp_file_path - seperator_idx return example_temp_file_path:sub(1, temp_path_length) end tempDir = get_temp_path() function join_paths(...) local arg={...} path = "" for i,v in ipairs(arg) do path = utils.join_path(path, tostring(v)) end return path; end ppid = utils.getpid() os.execute("mkdir " .. join_paths(tempDir, "mpvSockets") .. " 2>/dev/null") mp.set_property("options/input-ipc-server", join_paths(tempDir, "mpvSockets", ppid)) function shutdown_handler() os.remove(join_paths(tempDir, "mpvSockets", ppid)) end mp.register_event("shutdown", shutdown_handler)