diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/skipsilence.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/skipsilence.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+  buildLua,
+}:
+
+buildLua {
+  pname = "mpv-skipsilence";
+  version = "0-unstable-2024-05-06";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ferreum";
+    repo = "mpv-skipsilence";
+    rev = "5ae7c3b6f927e728c22fc13007265682d1ecf98c";
+    hash = "sha256-fg8vfeb68nr0bTBIvr0FnRnoB48/kV957pn22tWcz1g=";
+  };
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Increase playback speed during silence";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ferreum/mpv-skipsilence";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mksafavi ];
+  };
+}