From 833e2f254efed65157669274444024913bf37b28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido Cella <guido@guidocella.xyz>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:43:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] select.lua: link to mpv's IRC channel in the menu

Add a menu entry that opens mpv's IRC channel so users can quickly ask
support questions.
---
 DOCS/man/select.rst   | 3 +++
 player/lua/select.lua | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/DOCS/man/select.rst b/DOCS/man/select.rst
index d1df27b4d5..45ea959556 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/select.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/select.rst
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ Available script bindings are:
 ``open-docs``
     Open mpv's online documentation in the browser.
 
+``open-chat``
+    Open mpv's chat in the browser.
+
 ``menu``
     Show a menu with miscellaneous entries.
 
diff --git a/player/lua/select.lua b/player/lua/select.lua
index 222b1e37b0..869c667c41 100644
--- a/player/lua/select.lua
+++ b/player/lua/select.lua
@@ -679,6 +679,10 @@ mp.add_key_binding(nil, "open-docs", function ()
     system_open("https://mpv.io/manual/")
 end)
 
+mp.add_key_binding(nil, "open-chat", function ()
+    system_open("https://web.libera.chat/#mpv")
+end)
+
 mp.add_key_binding(nil, "menu", function ()
     local sub_track_count = 0
     local audio_track_count = 0
@@ -724,6 +728,7 @@ mp.add_key_binding(nil, "menu", function ()
         {"Edit key bindings", "script-binding select/edit-input-conf", true},
         {"Help", "script-binding stats/display-page-4-toggle", true},
         {"Online documentation", "script-binding select/open-docs", true},
+        {"Support", "script-binding select/open-chat", true},
     }
 
     local labels = {}