mpv-mpris
MPRIS plugin for mpv (by hoyon)
hud-menu
Provides a way to run menubar commands through dmenu (by jamcnaughton)
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| mpv-mpris | hud-menu | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2 | |
| 563 | 74 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| 3 months ago | almost 7 years ago | |
| C | Python | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
mpv-mpris
Posts with mentions or reviews of mpv-mpris.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-11.
- GSconnect on Arch: Is there a way to use Gsconnect to control Mpv player via phone?
- Rock Out with Your Console Out
- Thumbnail not showing here any suggestions?
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What low key UX improvements would you like to see in linux desktop environments?
there's the mpv-mpris plugin which solves this btw
- mpv Gnome support
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Media Controls Don't Show up in GNOME
afaik mpv doesn't support that itself but you can get most of the media control functionality with the mpv-mpris plugin
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gnome-mpv/celluloid: please implement a one click gui option to mute e.g. right click on volume button
As I usually run mpv from the CLI or another program and control it via the keyboard, that doesn't sound like the wrapper adds anything I'd personally have a use for. BTW, controlling plain mpv via MPRIS just requires the mpv-mpris plugin to be installed.
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Is there a reason why MPRIS is not natively supported?
Use the C plugin instead, which is still being maintained: https://github.com/hoyon/mpv-mpris
- MPV Mpris plugin
hud-menu
Posts with mentions or reviews of hud-menu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-05.
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What low key UX improvements would you like to see in linux desktop environments?
A desktop and application agnostic HUD menu like this one https://github.com/jamcnaughton/hud-menu to search the menus through rofi
- hud-menu: Run menubar commands through dmenu
What are some alternatives?
When comparing mpv-mpris and hud-menu you can also consider the following projects:
Exquisite - Easy window layout management for KDE Plasma
LGTVCompanion - Power On and Off WebOS LG TVs together with your PC
pam-cryptsetup - Automatic LUKS header updates via PAM
swaylock-effects - Swaylock, with fancy effects
kde-snap-assist - KWin script for KDE Plasma which suggests other window thumbnails on snap
sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor
mpris-ctl - Basic mpris player control for linux command line
gnome-shell-extension-espresso - Enable controlling conditions to prevent the usual auto suspend and screensaver functions from taking effect.
mpv-mpris vs Exquisite
hud-menu vs LGTVCompanion
mpv-mpris vs LGTVCompanion
hud-menu vs pam-cryptsetup
mpv-mpris vs swaylock-effects
hud-menu vs Exquisite
mpv-mpris vs pam-cryptsetup
hud-menu vs kde-snap-assist
mpv-mpris vs sway
hud-menu vs swaylock-effects
mpv-mpris vs mpris-ctl
mpv-mpris vs gnome-shell-extension-espresso