[Gambas-user] libmpv

[Bruce Steers]

On Mon, 24 May 2021, 20:01 , <jose.rodriguez at cenpalab.cu> wrote:

> May 24, 2021 2:35 PM, "Bruce Steers" <bsteers4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone done anything with libmpv?
> >
> > I'm looking at making an mpv media player component as it seems to
> support more formats than
> > MediaView/GStreamer
> >
> > I've figured out how to run mpv via shell and embed it into a panel but
> it lacks control.
> > I wondered if anyone has any libmpv code they've worked on i could
> browse?
> >
> > Or would they know if an embedded mpv can be further controlled via
> shell commands?
>
>
> Also, there's this:
> https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/man/ipc.rst
>
> "mpv can be controlled by external programs using the JSON-based IPC
> protocol. It can be enabled by specifying the path to a unix socket or a
> named pipe using the option --input-ipc-server. Clients can connect to this
> socket and send commands to the player or receive events from it."
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe1962
>

Cheers Joe.
Re. Your other reply.. yeah I knew all that. 😉

I missed this bit about socket control though.
Could be a winner. Something to try at least
Thank you  🙏
BruceS

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