MPVCTL

mpvctl is a simple program that intends to help manage mpv playback globally by taking adventage of its ipc feature, and letting you preserve settings through configuration.

Currently only volume control is implemented (but it saves it and allows you to listen your music in background while watching your youtube video without sound fights, while enjoying your favourite ALSA), more things will come soon (in a low priority). Feel free to build upon, you can mention me tho ;).

Configuration

You can use command options if you want (I wouldn't do that, it looks messy, but theyre there). I suggest rather creating a configuration (.mpvctlrc) file in your ~.

Example bellow (notice lack of spaces and comments, theyre important):

mpv-config=$HOME/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
mpv-section=ytv
mpv-ipc=/tmp/mpvsocket

That way everything is declared explicitly, of course rather than specyfying mpv-ipc, you can decrease redundancy by letting mpvctl get it from mpv config section.

So aside from that you need mpv to create ipc socket for you. Do that by specyfying input-ipc-server in the section you provided.

Let me show you! (mpv.conf)

... defaults (no we don't use them

[ytv]
input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsocket
... your options

... more of your sections sections

Now everythings almost fine. If you start mpv with --profile=ytv, mpvctl should work. So make sure to add this option to your mpv invocation.

Usage

Options

... Let's skip the options.

Commands

• volume [+|-]value If +/- are present then the command will increase/decrease volume. Otherwise the volume will be set to given value. (persistant)

• pause [true|false] If argument is given, pause state will be set to given value, otherwise pause will be toggled. (non persistant)

• seek [+|-]seconds If +/- are present then the command will seek forward/backward. Otherwise

  • is assumend. (non persistant)

• quit Quit mpv

Example

mpvctl volume +5

Aint that awesome? :D