player: make all autoload extensions configurable

--audio-file-auto, --cover-art-auto, and --sub-auto all work by using an
internally hardcoded list that determine what file extensions get
recognized. This is fine and people periodically update it, but we can
actually expose this as a stringlist option instead. This way users can
add or remove any file extension for any type. For the most part, this
is pretty pretty easy and involves making sub_exts, etc. the defaults
for the new options (--audio-file-auto-exts, --cover-art-auto-exts, and
--sub-auto-exts). There's actually one slight complication however. The
input code uses mp_might_be_subtitle_file which guesses if the file drag
and dropped file is a subtitle. The input ctx has no access to mpctx so
we have to be clever here.

For this, the trick is to recognize that we can leverage the
m_option_change_callback. We add a new flag, UPDATE_SUB_EXTS, which
fires when the player starts up. Then in the callback, we can set the
value of sub_exts in external_files to opts->sub_auto_exts. Whenever the
option updates, the callback is fired again and sub_exts updates. That
way mp_might_be_subtitle_file can just operate off of this global
variable instead of trying to mess with the core mpv state directly.

Fixes #12000.

DOCS/interface-changes.rst

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Interface changes
     - add `--x11-wid-title` option
     - add `--libplacebo-opts` option
     - change `--video-pan-x/y` to be relative to the destination rectangle
+    - add `--audio-file-exts`, `--cover-art-auto-exts`, and `--sub-auto-exts`
  --- mpv 0.36.0 ---
     - add `--target-contrast`
     - Target luminance value is now also applied when ICC profile is used.

DOCS/man/options.rst

@@ -2187,6 +2187,11 @@ Audio
     :all:   Load all audio files in the current and ``--audio-file-paths``
             directories.
 
+``--audio-file-auto-exts=ext1,ext2,...``
+    Audio file extentions to try and match when using ``audio-file-auto``.
+
+    This is a string list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
+
 ``--audio-file-paths=<path1:path2:...>``
     Equivalent to ``--sub-file-paths`` option, but for auto-loaded audio files.
 
@@ -2566,6 +2571,13 @@ Subtitles
     :fuzzy: Load all subs containing the media filename.
     :all:   Load all subs in the current and ``--sub-file-paths`` directories.
 
+``--sub-auto-exts=ext1,ext2,...``
+    Subtitle extentions to try and match when using ``--sub-auto``. Note that
+    modifying this list will also affect what mpv recognizes as subtitles when
+    using drag and drop.
+
+    This is a string list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
+
 ``--sub-codepage=<codepage>``
     You can use this option to specify the subtitle codepage. uchardet will be
     used to guess the charset. (If mpv was not compiled with uchardet, then
@@ -7191,6 +7203,11 @@ Miscellaneous
     See ``--audio-display`` how to control display of cover art (this can be
     used to disable cover art that is part of the file).
 
+``--cover-art-auto-exts=ext1,ext2,...``
+    Cover art extentions to try and match when using ``cover-art-auto``.
+
+    This is a string list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
+
 ``--cover-art-whitelist=<no|yes>``
     Whether to load filenames in an internal whitelist, such as ``cover.jpg``,
     as cover art. If ``cover-art-auto`` is set to ``no``, the whitelisted

options/m_option.h

@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ char *format_file_size(int64_t size);
 #define UPDATE_HWDEC            (1 << 20) // --hwdec
 #define UPDATE_DVB_PROG         (1 << 21) // some --dvbin-...
 #define UPDATE_SUB_HARD         (1 << 22) // subtitle opts. that need full reinit
-#define UPDATE_OPT_LAST         (1 << 22)
+#define UPDATE_SUB_EXTS         (1 << 23) // update internal list of sub exts
+#define UPDATE_OPT_LAST         (1 << 23)
 
 // All bits between _FIRST and _LAST (inclusive)
 #define UPDATE_OPTS_MASK \

options/options.c

@@ -615,10 +615,13 @@ static const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
 
     {"sub-auto", OPT_CHOICE(sub_auto,
         {"no", -1}, {"exact", 0}, {"fuzzy", 1}, {"all", 2})},
+    {"sub-auto-exts", OPT_STRINGLIST(sub_auto_exts), .flags = UPDATE_SUB_EXTS},
     {"audio-file-auto", OPT_CHOICE(audiofile_auto,
         {"no", -1}, {"exact", 0}, {"fuzzy", 1}, {"all", 2})},
+    {"audio-file-auto-exts", OPT_STRINGLIST(audiofile_auto_exts)},
     {"cover-art-auto", OPT_CHOICE(coverart_auto,
         {"no", -1}, {"exact", 0}, {"fuzzy", 1}, {"all", 2})},
+    {"cover-art-auto-exts", OPT_STRINGLIST(coverart_auto_exts)},
     {"cover-art-whitelist", OPT_BOOL(coverart_whitelist)},
 
     {"", OPT_SUBSTRUCT(subs_rend, mp_subtitle_sub_opts)},
@@ -1056,6 +1059,58 @@ static const struct MPOpts mp_default_opts = {
     .screenshot_template = "mpv-shot%n",
     .play_dir = 1,
 
+    .audiofile_auto_exts = (char *[]){
+        "aac",
+        "ac3",
+        "dts",
+        "eac3",
+        "flac",
+        "m4a",
+        "mka",
+        "mp3",
+        "ogg",
+        "opus",
+        "thd",
+        "wav",
+        "wv",
+        NULL
+    },
+
+    .coverart_auto_exts = (char *[]){
+        "avif",
+        "bmp",
+        "gif",
+        "jpeg",
+        "jpg",
+        "jxl",
+        "png",
+        "tif",
+        "tiff",
+        "webp",
+        NULL
+    },
+
+    .sub_auto_exts = (char *[]){
+        "ass",
+        "idx",
+        "lrc",
+        "mks",
+        "pgs",
+        "rt",
+        "sbv",
+        "scc",
+        "smi",
+        "srt",
+        "ssa",
+        "sub",
+        "sup",
+        "utf",
+        "utf-8",
+        "utf8",
+        "vtt",
+        NULL
+    },
+
     .audio_output_channels = {
         .set = 1,
         .auto_safe = 1,

options/options.h

@@ -309,8 +309,11 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
     char **external_files;
     bool autoload_files;
     int sub_auto;
+    char **sub_auto_exts;
     int audiofile_auto;
+    char **audiofile_auto_exts;
     int coverart_auto;
+    char **coverart_auto_exts;
     bool coverart_whitelist;
     bool osd_bar_visible;
 

player/command.c

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "mpv_talloc.h"
 #include "client.h"
+#include "external_files.h"
 #include "common/av_common.h"
 #include "common/codecs.h"
 #include "common/msg.h"
@@ -6946,6 +6947,9 @@ void mp_option_change_callback(void *ctx, struct m_config_option *co, int flags,
     if (flags & UPDATE_INPUT)
         mp_input_update_opts(mpctx->input);
 
+    if (flags & UPDATE_SUB_EXTS)
+        mp_update_subtitle_exts(mpctx->opts);
+
     if (init || opt_ptr == &opts->ipc_path || opt_ptr == &opts->ipc_client) {
         mp_uninit_ipc(mpctx->ipc_ctx);
         mpctx->ipc_ctx = mp_init_ipc(mpctx->clients, mpctx->global);

player/external_files.c

@@ -32,20 +32,6 @@
 #include "options/path.h"
 #include "external_files.h"
 
-static const char *const sub_exts[] = {"ass", "idx", "lrc", "mks", "pgs", "rt",
-                                       "sbv", "scc", "smi", "srt", "ssa", "sub",
-                                       "sup", "utf", "utf-8", "utf8", "vtt",
-                                       NULL};
-
-static const char *const audio_exts[] = {"aac", "ac3", "dts", "eac3", "flac",
-                                         "m4a", "mka", "mp3", "ogg", "opus",
-                                         "thd", "wav", "wv",
-                                         NULL};
-
-static const char *const image_exts[] = {"avif", "bmp", "gif", "jpeg", "jpg",
-                                         "jxl", "png", "tif", "tiff", "webp",
-                                         NULL};
-
 // Stolen from: vlc/-/blob/master/modules/meta_engine/folder.c#L40
 // sorted by priority (descending)
 static const char *const cover_files[] = {
@@ -92,22 +78,28 @@ static const char *const cover_files[] = {
     NULL
 };
 
-static bool test_ext_list(bstr ext, const char *const *list)
+// Needed for mp_might_be_subtitle_file
+char **sub_exts;
+
+static bool test_ext_list(bstr ext, char **list)
 {
+    if (!list)
+        goto done;
     for (int n = 0; list[n]; n++) {
         if (bstrcasecmp(bstr0(list[n]), ext) == 0)
             return true;
     }
+done:
     return false;
 }
 
-static int test_ext(bstr ext)
+static int test_ext(MPOpts *opts, bstr ext)
 {
-    if (test_ext_list(ext, sub_exts))
+    if (test_ext_list(ext, opts->sub_auto_exts))
         return STREAM_SUB;
-    if (test_ext_list(ext, audio_exts))
+    if (test_ext_list(ext, opts->audiofile_auto_exts))
         return STREAM_AUDIO;
-    if (test_ext_list(ext, image_exts))
+    if (test_ext_list(ext, opts->coverart_auto_exts))
         return STREAM_VIDEO;
     return -1;
 }
@@ -124,7 +116,12 @@ static int test_cover_filename(bstr fname)
 
 bool mp_might_be_subtitle_file(const char *filename)
 {
-    return test_ext(bstr_get_ext(bstr0(filename))) == STREAM_SUB;
+    return test_ext_list(bstr_get_ext(bstr0(filename)), sub_exts);
+}
+
+void mp_update_subtitle_exts(struct MPOpts *opts)
+{
+    sub_exts = opts->sub_auto_exts;
 }
 
 static int compare_sub_filename(const void *a, const void *b)
@@ -220,7 +217,7 @@ static void append_dir_subtitles(struct mpv_global *global, struct MPOpts *opts,
             talloc_steal(tmpmem2, dename.start);
 
         // check what it is (most likely)
-        int type = test_ext(tmp_fname_ext);
+        int type = test_ext(opts, tmp_fname_ext);
         char **langs = NULL;
         int fuzz = -1;
         switch (type) {

player/external_files.h

@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ struct subfn *find_external_files(struct mpv_global *global, const char *fname,
                                   struct MPOpts *opts);
 
 bool mp_might_be_subtitle_file(const char *filename);
+void mp_update_subtitle_exts(struct MPOpts *opts);
 
 #endif /* MPLAYER_FINDFILES_H */