diff --git a/home/.config/mpv/scripts/now_playing.lua b/home/.config/mpv/scripts/now_playing.lua
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+++ b/home/.config/mpv/scripts/now_playing.lua
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+require 'mp.options'
+
+function handle_file_load ()
+    if mp.get_property("metadata/by-key/artist") == nil and mp.get_property("metadata/by-key/title") == nil then
+        -- media-title is filename if no title is set
+        if mp.get_property("media-title") ~= mp.get_property("filename") then
+            info = mp.get_property("media-title")
+        else
+            info = mp.get_property("filename/no-ext")
+        end
+    else
+        info = mp.get_property("metadata/by-key/artist") .. " – " .. mp.get_property("metadata/by-key/title")
+    end
+
+    -- check for youtube-dl
+    if mp.get_property("stream-open-filename") ~= mp.get_property("path") then
+        info = info .. "\n(" .. mp.get_property("path") .. ")"
+    end
+
+    file = io.open(options.write, "w")
+    io.output(file)
+    io.write(info .. "\n")
+    io.close(file)
+end
+
+options = {
+    write = "",
+}
+read_options(options)
+
+if options.write ~= "" then
+    mp.register_event("file-loaded", handle_file_load)
+end