player: add --no-autoload-files option

Allt his auto-loading is getting annoying especially for testing.

4 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 2deadd29df..e3eb3c2f5d 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -3720,6 +3720,16 @@ Miscellaneous
     ``--audio-file``, this includes all tracks, and does not cause default
     stream selection over the "proper" file.
 
+``--autoload-files=<yes|no>``
+    Automatically load/select external files (default: yes).
+
+    If set to ``no``, then do not automatically load external files as specified
+    by ``--sub-auto`` and ``--audio-file-auto``. If external files are forcibly
+    added (like with ``--sub-file``), they will not be auto-selected.
+
+    This does not affect playlist expansion, redirection, or other loading of
+    referenced files like with ordered chapters.
+
 ``--lavfi-complex=<string>``
     Set a "complex" libavfilter filter, which means a single filter graph can
     take input from multiple source audio and video tracks. The graph can result
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index 9dcaedcf2d..9e3e70385e 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
     OPT_PATHLIST("sub-paths", sub_paths, 0),
     OPT_PATHLIST("audio-file-paths", audiofile_paths, 0),
     OPT_STRING_APPEND_LIST("external-file", external_files, M_OPT_FILE),
+    OPT_FLAG("autoload-files", autoload_files, 0),
     OPT_STRING("sub-codepage", sub_cp, 0),
     OPT_FLOAT("sub-delay", sub_delay, 0),
     OPT_FLOAT("sub-fps", sub_fps, 0),
@@ -763,6 +764,7 @@ const struct MPOpts mp_default_opts = {
     .sync_audio_drop_size = 0.020,
     .load_config = 1,
     .position_resume = 1,
+    .autoload_files = 1,
     .stream_cache = {
         .size = -1,
         .def_size = 75000,
diff --git a/options/options.h b/options/options.h
index 29cfb2231d..4de4a831bb 100644
--- a/options/options.h
+++ b/options/options.h
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
     char **sub_paths;
     char **audiofile_paths;
     char **external_files;
+    int autoload_files;
     int sub_auto;
     int audiofile_auto;
     int osd_bar_visible;
diff --git a/player/loadfile.c b/player/loadfile.c
index 75c5499369..590839c799 100644
--- a/player/loadfile.c
+++ b/player/loadfile.c
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ static int match_lang(char **langs, char *lang)
 static bool compare_track(struct track *t1, struct track *t2, char **langs,
                           struct MPOpts *opts)
 {
+    if (!opts->autoload_files && t1->is_external != t2->is_external)
+        return !t1->is_external;
     bool ext1 = t1->is_external && !t1->no_default;
     bool ext2 = t2->is_external && !t2->no_default;
     if (ext1 != ext2)
@@ -354,6 +356,8 @@ struct track *select_default_track(struct MPContext *mpctx, int order,
         pick = NULL;
     if (pick && pick->attached_picture && !mpctx->opts->audio_display)
         pick = NULL;
+    if (pick && !opts->autoload_files && pick->is_external)
+        pick = NULL;
     return pick;
 }
 
@@ -605,6 +609,8 @@ void autoload_external_files(struct MPContext *mpctx)
 {
     if (mpctx->opts->sub_auto < 0 && mpctx->opts->audiofile_auto < 0)
         return;
+    if (!mpctx->opts->autoload_files)
+        return;
 
     void *tmp = talloc_new(NULL);
     char *base_filename = mpctx->filename;