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How To: Watch TorBox Content With MPV
How To: Watch TorBox Content With MPV

MPV is a lightweight and powerful media player, perfect for streaming content from your TorBox account with minimal effort.

Updated over a month ago

MPV is a fast, flexible media player that works on nearly every platform. It's free, open-source, and loved by enthusiasts for its performance and extensive customization options. With the SmartCopyPaste script, streaming from TorBox becomes incredibly simple. MPV can also handle various web links, including YouTube videos.

Prerequisites

Supported Devices

  • Windows, MacOS, and Linux Computers

Video Guide

Watch the video guide on how to use TorBox with MPV. Otherwise you may view the below text guide.

Text Guide

Installing the SmartCopyPaste script

  1. Open "script-opts"

  2. Click "SmartCopyPaste.conf"

  3. Click the download button.

  4. Repeat the same but with "scripts/SmartCopyPaste.lua"

Setting up the script in MPV

  1. Press Win+R and type "%appdata%". Click "OK".

  2. Locate the "mpv" folder (if the folder doesn't exist, create one).

  3. Inside the "mpv" folder, create two folders named "script-opts" and "scripts".

  4. Place the "SmartCopyPaste.conf" we downloaded earlier in the "script-opts" folder.

  5. Place the "SmartCopyPaste.lua" file from earlier in the "scripts" folder.

Getting your TorBox Media Link

  1. Locate the file that you want to stream on your TorBox dashboard.

  2. Click on the file and click "Download".

  3. Locate the specific media file you want to stream and click the download icon.

  4. From the available options, click "Copy Link" to copy the streaming link to your clipboard.

Stream the file in MPV

  1. Open the MPV application and simply paste the link you just copied using Ctrl+V

  2. Enjoy! You may need to copy a new link if the stream has been left paused for too long (~1 hour). This MPV script also works with other web links such as YouTube videos. Feel free to join the community Discord or open a support ticket if any issues arise.

Thank you to @shac. on our Discord server for providing the steps for this guide!

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