mpv (remote) control library

This library provides everything needed to (remote) control the mpv media player.

It provides an easy api, a json api and rpc functionality.

Usecases: Remote control your mediaplayer running on a raspberry pi or laptop or build a http interface for mpv

Usage

$ go get github.com/blang/mpv

Note: Always vendor your dependencies or fix on a specific version tag.

Start mpv:

$ mpv --idle --input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsocket

Remote control:

importgithub.com/blang/mpvipcc :=mpv.NewIPCClient("/tmp/mpvsocket") // Lowlevel clientc:=mpv.NewClient(ipcc) // Highlevel client, can also use RPCClientc.LoadFile("movie.mp4", mpv.LoadFileModeReplace)
c.SetPause(true)
c.Seek(600, mpv.SeekModeAbsolute)
c.SetFullscreen(true)
c.SetPause(false)
pos, err:=c.Position()
fmt.Printf("Position in Seconds: %.0f", pos)

Also check the GoDocs.

Features

• Low-Level and High-Level API
• RPC Server and Client (fully transparent)
• HTTP Handler exposing lowlevel API (json)

Contribution

Feel free to make a pull request. For bigger changes create a issue first to discuss about it.

License

See LICENSE file.