I really should have put this in here ages ago. Also maybe someday I'll rewrite it in lua.

.bashrc

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ source ~/tinker/tinyscripts/creds_getter.sh
 function lyrics { python ~/tinker/lyrics-fetcher/getlyrics.py $@; }
 function pulsemagix { ~/pulsemagix.sh $*; }
 alias search=~/tinker/tinyscripts/search.sh
+alias mpvc=~/tinker/tinyscripts/mpvcontrol.py
 alias gitmk="git push -o repo.private=false -u master master"
 alias wpfx=~/tinker/tinyscripts/wpfx.sh
 function update { scp -r * root@jasmine:"$(cat .update)"; }

mpvcontrol.py

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/python
+
+import socket
+sock=socket.socket
+import json as j
+import random as ra
+seed=round(ra.random()*(2**20)-2**19)*3000
+
+root='/home/wisknort/Music/'
+snipper=len(root)
+
+def _connect():
+	s=sock(family=socket.AF_UNIX)
+	s.connect('/tmp/musicbot')
+	return s
+
+def get_req(command,conn=None):
+	global seed
+	idd=seed
+	seed+=1
+	conn.send(j.dumps({"command":command,"request_id":idd}).encode('utf-8')+b'\n')
+	# This is the hard part, but I think I know how to do it.
+	attempt=''
+	while attempt=='':
+		curr=conn.recv(1)
+		out=[]
+		while curr!=b'\n':
+			out.append(curr)
+			curr=conn.recv(1)
+		stash=b''.join(out).decode('utf-8')
+		try: attempt=j.loads(stash)
+		except j.decoder.JSONDecodeError: continue # Don't need half-baked results
+		if 'request_id' not in attempt or attempt['request_id']!=idd: attempt='' # Wrong result, try again. It must be after we sent the command. But how far...
+	return attempt
+
+def pick(name=''):
+	s=_connect()
+	tracks=get_req(['get_property','playlist'],s)['data']
+	position=0
+	for n in range(len(tracks)): tracks[n]['id']=n # This is so we can accurately reference them later...
+	# Also that field wasn't doing anything useful anyway.
+	now_playing=get_req(['get_property','playlist-playing-pos'],s)['data']
+	if name: tracks=list(filter(lambda x:name.lower() in x['filename'].lower(),tracks))
+	else:
+		position=now_playing-now_playing%10
+	sel=''
+	p=True
+	while True:
+		if p:
+			for n in range(min(len(tracks)-position,10)):
+				print(f'{n}:',('> ' if tracks[position+n]['id']==now_playing else '')+(tracks[position+n]['filename'][snipper:]))
+		sel=input('Play which track? Or (n)ext/(p)rev page or (q)uit ')
+		if sel in ['p','n']:
+			position+={'p':-10,'n':10}[sel]
+			if position>len(tracks): position=0
+			if position<0: position=len(tracks)-len(tracks)%10
+			p=True
+			continue
+		if sel=='q': return
+		try: sel=int(sel); break
+		except ValueError: p=False
+	s.send(j.dumps({"command":["playlist-play-index",tracks[position+sel]['id']]}).encode('utf-8')+b'\n')
+
+def repeat(*args):
+	s=_connect()
+	s.send(b'{"command":["cycle-values","loop","inf","no"]}\n')
+
+def seq(*args):
+	s=_connect()
+	peth='/home/wisknort/.config/mpv/scripts-storage/shfc'
+	with open(peth) as b:
+		swop=int(b.read()[0])
+	if swop: s.send(b'{"command":["playlist-unshuffle"]}\n')
+	else: s.send(b'{"command":["playlist-shuffle"]}\n')
+	swop=(swop+1)%2
+	with open(peth,'w') as b:
+		b.write(str(swop))
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+	import sys
+	action=sys.argv[1]
+	print('executing',action)
+	{'pick':pick,'rep':repeat,'seq':seq}[action](' '.join(sys.argv[2:]))