From 671e5934a9400b722210d4d243dd83c0755a4fa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Vazgenovich Shakaryan <dvshakaryan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:27:08 -0800
Subject: add status line; load data after mpv opens

---
 config.lua |  2 ++
 main.lua   | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 osd.lua    | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.lua b/config.lua
index 20db1f7..9c82f74 100644
--- a/config.lua
+++ b/config.lua
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ config.colours = {
 	icon_missing = 'ff0000',
 	scrollbar_fg = '666666',
 	scrollbar_bg = '333333',
+	status_info = '55bbdd',
+	status_error = 'ff3333',
 }
 
 local script_dir = mp.get_script_directory()
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 5912ce7..dfcf4e6 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ local function set_key_mapping(m)
 end
 
 local function load_data()
+	osd:set_status('Loading catalogue...')
+	update_osd()
 	local arr = {
 		{id = 'live', name = 'Live TV', type = 'live'},
 		{id = 'movie', name = 'Movies', type = 'vod'},
@@ -86,8 +88,13 @@ local function load_data()
 	end
 	catalogue:load_xc_data(arr)
 
+	osd:set_status('Loading EPG...')
+	update_osd()
 	epg:load_xc_data(xc:get_epg())
 
+	osd:set_status()
+	update_osd()
+
 	local t = util.read_json_file(config.favourites_file)
 	state.favourites = t.favourites or {}
 end
@@ -292,7 +299,11 @@ local function favourites_group_menu_options(group)
 end
 
 local function series_group_menu_options(series)
+	osd:set_status('Loading series info...')
+	update_osd()
 	local info = xc:get_series_info(series.series_id)
+	osd:set_status()
+	update_osd()
 	if not info or not info.seasons then
 		return {}
 	end
@@ -735,15 +746,21 @@ local function open_option_title_info(title, info)
 end
 
 local function open_option_movie_info(opt)
-	open_option_title_info(
-		'Movie Info: ' .. opt.name,
-		xc:get_vod_info(opt.stream_id))
+	osd:set_status('Loading movie info...')
+	update_osd()
+	local data = xc:get_vod_info(opt.stream_id)
+	osd:set_status()
+	update_osd()
+	open_option_title_info('Movie Info: ' .. opt.name, data)
 end
 
 local function open_option_series_info(opt)
-	open_option_title_info(
-		'Series Info: ' .. opt.name,
-		xc:get_series_info(opt.series_id))
+	osd:set_status('Loading series info...')
+	update_osd()
+	local data = xc:get_series_info(opt.series_id)
+	osd:set_status()
+	update_osd()
+	open_option_title_info('Series Info: ' .. opt.name, data)
 end
 
 local function open_option_season_info(opt)
@@ -1238,8 +1255,7 @@ mp.register_event('end-file', function()
 	update_osd()
 end)
 
-load_data()
-push_group_menu(catalogue:get('root'))
+state:push_menu({title = 'mpv-iptv-menu'})
 
 osc_visibility = mp.get_property_native('user-data/osc/visibility', 'auto')
 set_osc_visibility()
@@ -1247,3 +1263,10 @@ set_osc_visibility()
 mp.add_forced_key_binding('TAB', 'toggle-menu', toggle_menu)
 set_key_mapping('MENU')
 set_key_bindings()
+
+mp.add_timeout(0, function()
+	load_data()
+	state.depth = 0
+	push_group_menu(catalogue:get('root'))
+	update_osd()
+end)
diff --git a/osd.lua b/osd.lua
index 451f2a9..31cc49c 100644
--- a/osd.lua
+++ b/osd.lua
@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ function mt:resize(w, h)
 	self.scale = h / 720
 end
 
+function mt:set_status(msg, level)
+	self.status_msg = msg
+	self.status_level = level
+end
+
+function mt:status_line()
+	if not self.status_msg then
+		return ''
+	end
+
+	local col = self.status_level == 'error' and colours.status_error or
+		colours.status_info
+	return col .. '🞸 {\\i1}' .. asscape(self.status_msg)
+end
+
 function mt:menu_lines(state)
 	-- leaves an extra line for padding between titles and options
 	return self.lines - state.depth - 1
@@ -363,7 +378,9 @@ function mt:redraw(state)
 	for i = 1, state.depth do
 		out[#out+1] = self:menu_title(state.menus[i])
 	end
-	out[#out+1] = ''
+
+	-- use spacer line between titles and options for status messages
+	out[#out+1] = self:status_line()
 
 	local menu = state:menu()
 
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