clementine-powermate-remote

Griffin Powermate Remote Control for Clementine 🍊

Node-based remote control for the Clementine music player using a Griffin Powermate (unfortunately discontinued)

• Rotate wheel: Volume control
• Button press: Plays/pauses currently playing track
• Hold button and rotate clockwise: Next track
• Hold button and rotate counter-clockwise: Previous track

Requirements

Node.js 10+

• OSX: brew install node using Homebrew
• Linux: apt install nodejs (see Ubuntu/Debian specific instructions) or pacman -S nodejs (Arch Linux)
• Windows: choco install nodejs using Chocolatey

Usage

Make sure Use a network remote control is enabled in Clementine > Preferences > Network Remote (for security, using an authentication code is recommended.), then run:

npx clementine-powermate-remote [--options]

Alternative Install

npm install -g clementine-powermate-remote
clementine-powermate-remote [--options]

Options

• --host: Set clementine host (default: 127.0.0.1)
• --port: Set clementine port (default: 5500)
• --code: Auth code to use with Clementine (default: 43304)

For all CLI options, run clementine-powermate-remote --help.