avishek-018 / ctrl_my_movie

Control My Movie

It's fun type mini script on python. Suppose you and your friend are watching a same movie but on different laptops. Your friend Can control your media player. Like, he/she can pause/mute/volume_up/volume_down/forward/rewind .

Supported Media Players

1. Pot Player
2. KM Player

Installation

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/silenthunter007/ctrl_my_movie.git

2. Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

or

Use the package manager pip to install necessary packages.

1. python-firebase
2. pynput

pip install python-firebase,pynput

Database Setup

You need a central database to pass the controls.

Firebase is handy.

1. Setup a Firebase Realtime Database Just like the structure below.

2. Change both the 'controller' and 'simulator' files as below.

dbase = 'https://database_name.firebaseio.com/' #use your firebase database destination here

Usage

If you want to control

1. Run the controller.py in your machine.
2. Run the simulator.py in your friend's machine.

If you want to be controlled

1. Run the simulator.py in your machine.
2. Run the controller.py in your friend's machine.

==> Press Esc Button Anytime to Exit

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.

Project status

Currently this is working in a simplex method(one way communication). Enthusiasts are welcome to develop it.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.