Merlin
Play with MPV

Play with MPV

Sends videos in pages like youtube to an external MPV player

What is Play with MPV?
Play with MPV is a Firefox add-on that enables you to send videos on pages, such as YouTube, to an external MPV player. It simplifies the process of playing videos with MPV by providing a right-click option to start playing videos directly in the MPV player. Installation and autostart instructions are provided for different operating systems.
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Merlin
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By: alesar1
Users: 70 ▲ 1
Version: 0.1.2 (Last updated: 2022-12-07)
Creation date: 2022-12-06
Weekly download count: 8
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • http://localhost/
Size: 39.77K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 11279 ▲ 113
Other rankings
#18 in play keyword 42 #86 in replay keyword 32 ▲ 2 #134 in player keyword 34 #165 in package keyword 16 #242 in instruction keyword 4 ▲ 5

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Not available on Edge
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Summary
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Installation

  • Install MPV
  • Install python 2 or 3 and pip
  • Install this extension
  • Run pip install git+git://github.com/alesar1/play-with-mpv --user
  • Start server by running play-with-mpv (or use the Linux free desktop shortcut)

    • (recommended) Install youtube-dl through your package manager for frequent updates. (Arch Linux) aur package available.

    Usage Right-click this link and select "Play with MPV". MPV should popup and start playing the video. (Ctrl+Space also works)

    Autostart

    • Linux: cp {/usr,~/.local}/share/applications/thann.play-with-mpv.desktop ~/.config/autostart
    • MacOS: instructions
    • Windows instructions
    Safety
    Risk impact

    Play with MPV is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

    Risk likelihood

    Play with MPV has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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