This is a forked project from https://gitlab.com/mpv-ipc/ncmpvc.

ncmpvc (ncurses mpv client)

A ncurses client for mpv which connects to existing mpv instances through sockets, written in Rust.

This tool is inspired by ncmpcpp, a curses based client for the Music Player Daemon. It makes use of mpv's JSON IPC protocol to control any mpv instance over a given socket.

WARNING: This app is in early development stage and will contain bugs. If you are a bug-hunter, feel free to use the app and report bugs at the Issue Tracker.

Make sure mpv is started with the following option: $ mpv --input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsocket ...

Dependencies

• mpv
• cargo (makedep)
• ncurses

Install

• Arch - yay -S ncmpvc-git

If you have packaged mpvc for your distribution, let me know so I can add it here.

Manual Install

Use "cargo build --release" to build the program. The output binary will be found in 'target/release/'

Usage

Make sure mpv is started with the following option: $ mpv --input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsocket --idle

At the moment ncmpvc does not launch mpv instances, so the instances have to be launched beforehand. Also, the path to the socket is hardcoded to /tmp/mpvsocket. It will be possible in the future to read this from a configuration file. I'm not sure yet where to go with this project so this might change in the future. To control mpv without a user interface I suggest the use of mpvc.

Key bindings

Key	Feature	Comment
Play	ENTER
Scrolling	UP, DOWN, PGUP, PGDOWN
Jump to current song	o
Shuffle playlist	z	mpv >= v0.26.0
Remove from playlist	r
Stop playback	s
Toggle playback	p
Toggle mute	m
Search mode	/
Cancel search mode	ESC
Play next/previous song	>, <
Volume up/down 2%	+, -
Speed up/down 5%	], [
Seek (+/- 5 seconds)	LEFT, RIGHT
Force playlist update	u	should never be necessary
Quit ncmpvc	q

Roadmap

• Implement basic control with keys (see key bindings)
• Header bar with infos about current song
• Status bar with time information
• Ability to search playlist
• Ability to jump to current song
• Ability to add files / playlist (integrated filebrowser)
• Add more player commands:
  • Playlist shuffle
  • Fast seek
  • Increase / decrease speed
  • Restart playback
• Ability to change player options
  • loop-file
  • loop-playlist
  • consume mode
• Ability to resize the window
• Ability to configure ncmpvc in a configuration file
• Proper error handling

Bugs / Ideas

Check out the Issue Tracker