mpv-touch-gestures

Touch gestures for mpv

Configuration and extension of pointer-event to improve the usability of mpv on touch devices.

Also works with mouse input, but the primary focus is touch.

Features

• Single click/tap pauses/unpauses the video.
• Long click/tap opens the menu.
• Double click/tap on the left or right third to seek 10 seconds.
• Double click/tap on the middle third cycles fullscreen.
• Drag/swipe vertical on the left half to change speed.
• Drag/swipe vertical on the right half to change volume.
• Drag/swipe horizontal to seek or to go to the previous/next playlist item.
• uosc integration

Installation

1. Install pointer-event
2. Save the touch-gestures.lua into your scripts directory
3. Save the pointer-event.conf into your script-opts directory (next to the scripts directory, create if it doesn't exist)
4. (optional) Save the touch-gestures.conf into your script-opts directory

The preconfigured margin_* values in pointer-event.conf work well with the default configuration of uosc.