Simple web remote control for the mpv media player, using the JSON IPC interface.
A single binary on the host machine connects to the mpv unix socket and exposes a remote control via a web server, that can be accessed from any device on the same network (e.g. a smartphone).
The web app announces itself via the media session API, allowing control even when the app is in the background, or from connected devices (e.g. a smartwatch).
The client code can also be used separately to interface with mpv from Rust in other use cases.
See https://c.pgdm.ch/eps-projects/mpv-web-remote
First, edit your ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf to add
input-ipc-server=~/mpv
The .deb and Arch Linux/Manjaro packages in the releases page will install mpv-web-remote as well as a systemd service.
It should suffice to enable it with
$ systemctl --user enable --now mpv-web-remote
$ systemctl --user status mpv-web-remote
INFO [mpv_rs::mpv] Connected to socket
INFO [mpv_rs] Starting web server on http://0.0.0.0:3000The web server will then be enabled shortly after a new instance of mpv is started and binds to the socket.
With the default parameters, the control interface will be accessible on http://[ip]:3000.
Warning: there is currently no authentication.
$ cp mpv-web-remote /usr/local/bin/
$ cp mpv-web-remote.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
$ systemctl --user daemon-reload && systemctl --user enable --now mpv-web-remoteThe server can also be started manually:
$ mpv-web-remote --help
Usage: mpv-web-remote [OPTIONS] <SOCKET>
Arguments:
<SOCKET>
Options:
--addr <ADDR> [default: 0.0.0.0:3000]
-d, --debug
--rewind-offset-s <REWIND_OFFSET_S> Interval for backward seek [s] [default: 10]
--template <TEMPLATE> Path to HTML template
-h, --help Print help- Android apps:
- https://github.com/husudosu/mpv-remote-app with a Node.JS server.
- https://github.com/mcastorina/mpv-remote-app with a Python server.
- https://crates.io/crates/mpvipc: fairly complete Rust interface for the mpv control interface.