Chrome-Stats extension
Send to MPV player
Send media stream links from current tab to MPV player
What is Send to MPV player?
Stats
- storage
- tabs
- nativeMessaging
- notifications
- contextMenus
- downloads
- <all_urls>
- clipboardWrite
- history
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Summary
This extension observes network activity and offers send to MPV player functionality when a stream-able media is detected. This way you can watch media streams in your powerful MPV player instead of the built-in media player and use the power of this player for watching or listening to media sources.
There are many optimizations performed on this extension to make it as lightweight as possible. For instance, the background page of the extension is in non-persistent mode and hence the extension does not use any resource when it is inactive. Also, media detection algorithm does not demand usual observation and hence it is much lighter compared to other similar extensions.
Please report bugs to: https://github.com/belaviyo/send-to-vlc/issues
For more info on how the extension work or to browser some useful FAQs check: http://add0n.com/send-to.html?from=mpv
Notes:
- For the extension to be able to send media resources to an external executable such as MPV, a small native client needs to be installed. For more info please check the FAQs page of the extension
- Badge number is the total number of audio or video resources detected for the current tab. If you don't need this number, use the options page to disable this feature
- You can copy all the detected links from right-click context-menu item over the toolbar button.
- Badge color is configurable in the options page
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- The add-on works as intended for some users, helping them get GPU acceleration for videos with ease.
- Doesn't require any kind of server running in the background.
- Application can be configurable to user preferences.
- Good alternative to other applications like openwith, mpv-youtube-dl-binding.
Cons
- Some users experienced problems in playing videos or accessing audio.
- There's an issue with a recurring 'one more step' dialog after closing an mpv session.
- The right click context-menu sometimes has weird behaviour and crashes.
- Some users had difficulty installing the add-on due to a lack of understanding of the installation script
Most mentioned
- 'One last step' pop-up dialog appears frequently.
- The add-on sometimes fails to play videos.
- Can be used as a good replacement for other similar applications
- Installation process can be confusing.
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
Send to MPV player is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this add-on unless you absolutely trust this publisher.
Risk likelihood
Send to MPV player is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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