cliplayer

Dead simple cli remote control wrapping pactl and xdotool.

Why? I'm often running e.g. netflix on my desktop computer 3 meters away and I'm lazy. So, I'm logged in over ssh with my laptop and this allows me to control the netflix window.

I originally had aliases for the underlying xdotool and pactl commands but it's painful to type and hit enter.

Install

$ npm i cliplayer -g

Usage

Start on command line:

$ cliplayer

And hit some of the following keys:

• space -> toggle pause/play
• left arrow -> skip left
• right arrow -> skip right
• up arrow -> increase the volume 10%
• down arrow -> decrease the volume 10%
• m -> toggle the volume on and off

Abort execution with ctrl + c.

NOTE! When running xdotool it's important to set the DISPLAY environment so xdotool knows which display to target. It defaults to :0.0.

License

MIT