mpv-mpris

mpv-mpris is a plugin for mpv which allows control of the player using standard media keys.

This plugin implements the MPRIS D-Bus interface and can be controlled using tools such as playerctl or through many Linux DEs, such as Gnome and KDE.

Build

If you are using 64bit Linux a pre-built version is available here otherwise you will have to manually build.

Build requirements:

• C99 compiler (gcc or clang)
• pkg-config
• mpv development files
• glib development files
• gio development files

Building should be as simple as running make in the cloned directory.

Install

To install either run make install or copy the compiled mpris.so file into one of the following directories:

• /etc/mpv/scripts
• ~/.config/mpv/scripts

The plugin can be used without installing by running mpv with the --script flag:

mpv --script=/path/to/mpris.so video.mp4

Notes

This plugin requires mpv to be built with --enable-cplugins (default as of mpv 0.26) and to be built with Lua support (to enable loading scripts).

D-Bus interfaces

Implemented:

• org.mpris.MediaPlayer2
• org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player

Not implemented:

• org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.TrackList
• org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Playlists