Control mpv using a web browser. simple-mpv-webui alternative written in Python

[wpdevelopment11]

I have written an HTTP server that allows you to control mpv using a web browser or curl.

The server itself is a single Python file without external dependencies, which runs on Linux and Windows.
Under the hood it uses mpv's JSON IPC interface.

I recorded a demo. Watch it, to know how to use it.

Questions and comments are welcome.

[rubyFeedback]

I had a somewhat similar idea, e. g. have mpv as a pluggable, embedded video player too.

Perhaps a bit like winamp, or at the least people could style it nicely. The key idea would
be that mpv could just play everything as-is. At the least on a linux system. Perhaps with
the help of wasm?

I think this should be integrated into mpv though. Otherwise in a few years nobody may
remember it anymore.

Can you embed that window in a webpage as-is? It seems to open an external one
right now, right? So not something that may be embedded into a div html tag or
something like that? Is there a use case for starting mpv but not have it on the
server itself? Or perhaps I am not understanding the demo completely, e. g.
the last part where the mpv window appears to be on the right side, but it is
spawned independent of any browser right?

[wpdevelopment11]

My project doesn't spawn, embed or manage mpv windows at all.
It allows a web browser or other HTTP client to communicate with mpv using JSON IPC. Additionally, it provides a browser UI to control mpv using remote_mpv.py server.

The IPC itself is a unix socket on a host where mpv is started, so you can't easily communicate with it from the browser.
Thus this server was created, and it's an intermediate between browser and JSON IPC, that mpv provides natively.

In other words, it's much simpler than you thought.

[ahaoboy]

mpv-remote.mp4

Hi, inspired by your project, I tried to achieve a similar effect by registering the mpv-remote protocol as well. It’s a really great idea!

https://github.com/mpv-easy/mpv-easy/tree/main/mpv-remote

[wpdevelopment11]

Looks pretty, thanks for letting me know.

[avih]

You could add such scripts to https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/User-Scripts .