Simple mpv audio ipc server service to play your songs
The client is designed to be a cli wrapper of mpv ipc reference
Requirements
- mpv
- yt-dlp
- socat
- systemd system
Installation
To enable the service run:
sudo install -Dm 644 mpv-audio-server.service /usr/lib/systemd/user
systemctl --user enable --now mpv-audio-server
Install the script ipc client with:
install -Dm 755 mpv-ipc-client.sh ~/.local/bin
or make your own script using mpv json-ipc reference
Usage
Usage: mpv-ipc-client.sh [-h] [-s SOCKET] <cmd> [ARGS...]
Options:
-h, --help Show this message
-s, --socket=SOCKET Point to socket file [default: /tmp/mpv-audio-server-vech.socket]
Play a song, it is important enclose song query in quotation marks
mpv-ipc-client.sh loadfile "master of puppets"
Append a song, to the playlist
mpv-ipc-client.sh loadfile "master of puppets" append-play
toggle between pause or play
mpv-ipc-client.sh cycle pause
get playlist:
mpv-ipc-client.sh get_property playlist
See Also
To checkout all properties and commands availables run mpv --list-properties
and mpv --input-cmdlist respectively
Find more info at mpv json-ipc reference