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.
$ npm i cliplayer -g
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.
MIT