subtitle text grabbing script for mpv

texthook.js

"use strict";

function on_new_sub(name, text)
{
    if(text == null || text == "")
        return;
    var newtext = "";
    for(var i = 0; i < text.length; i += 1)
    {
        var c = text[i];
        if(c == "\n" || c == "\r")
            continue;
        else if(c == '"')
            newtext += "”";
        else
            newtext += c;
    }
    //mp.commandv("show-text", newtext);
    //mp.commandv("print-text", newtext);
    var cmd = 'echo "' + newtext + '" | clip';
    //mp.commandv("print-text", cmd);
    mp.command("run cmd /D /C " + cmd); // this line may need to be modified to include a chcp 65001 | or chcp 6501 & on some systems
}

mp.observe_property("sub-text", "string", on_new_sub);