MPV Remote

Remote-controlled cross-platform media player for a TV connected to a PC. Such thing exist in a case like when a person plays a media downloaded in his/her laptop connecting to a TV via an HDMI cable. In some cases, the PC is used only for media playing. With this MPV Remote, the user doesn't have to go back and forth to the TV whenever he/she wants to change the media.

This media player is made controllable from a client device like a portable laptop or a smart phone via SSH connection. This media player is derived from an existing open source media player, MPV Player which can be seen at .

Usage

Assume the PC has already hosted an SSH connection and the client device is connected to it via the following command. The example uses OpenSSH.

ssh User@192.168.100.19

After the connection, the client should have a command line access to the server PC and a media should be playable by a command like this.

mpv-remote Videos/jojo-opening1.mp4

While the media is playing on the server, the client can control the play by these commands.

mpv-remote -p    # Pause and resume
mpv-remote -m    # Seek the previous or next part of the media in seconds
mpv-remote -k    # Kill the process. Quit the media player.