MPC-HC Control

Basic control over Media Player Classic - Home Cinema via http api.

Setup

Enable web interface in mpc-hc settings.

npm i mpc-hc-control

Usage

const {MpcControl} = require("mpc-hc-control");
 
const mpcApi = new MpcControl("localhost", 13579);
mpcApi.openFile("c:\\video.mkv"));
mpcApi.setVolume(75);

Methods list

Basic methods list:

/**
 * @filePath - path to video file
 */
openFile(filePath: string): Promise<any>;

isPlaying(): Promise<boolean>

isPaused(): Promise<boolean>

isStopped(): Promise<boolean>

isMuted(): Promise<boolean>

getVolume(): Promise<number>

getPosition(): Promise<IPositionInfo>
 
interface IPositionInfo {
    duration: number;
    position: number;
}

play(): Promise<void>

pause(): Promise<void>

togglePlay(): Promise<void>

stop(): Promise<boolean>

toggleFullscreen(): Promise<void>

/**
 * @position - new position in ms
 */
seek(position: number): Promise<void>

/**
 * @delta - delta from current position in ms
 */
async jump(delta: number): Promise<void>

skipBack(): Promise<void>

skipForward(): Promise<void>

/**
 * @volume - new volume in percents
 */
setVolume(volume: number): Promise<void>

toggleMute(): Promise<void>

nextAudioTrack(): Promise<void>

prevAudioTrack(): Promise<void>

nextSubtitles(): Promise<void>

prevSubtitles(): Promise<void>

getVariables(): Promise<IPlayerVariables>
 
interface IPlayerVariables {
    version: string;
 
    file: string;
    filepath: string;
    filedir: string;
    size: string;
 
    state: number;
    statestring: string;
 
    position: number;
    positionstring: string;
    duration: number;
    durationstring: string;
 
    volumelevel: number;
    muted: boolean;
}

Also you can use:

/**
 * @commandId - any mpc-hc supported command from commands/mpcCommands.ts
 * @data - additional data provided in to api call
 */
execute(commandId: MpcCommands, data?: Dictionary<any>): Promise<any>