MPV JSON IPC Protocol

Andrii_Maksymets · September 16, 2022, 12:18am

mpv iptv.m3u --input-ipc-server=/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/4444

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mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/man/ipc.rst

JSON IPC
========

mpv can be controlled by external programs using the JSON-based IPC protocol.
It can be enabled by specifying the path to a unix socket or a named pipe using
the option ``--input-ipc-server``. Clients can connect to this socket and send
commands to the player or receive events from it.

.. warning::

    This is not intended to be a secure network protocol. It is explicitly
    insecure: there is no authentication, no encryption, and the commands
    themselves are insecure too. For example, the ``run`` command is exposed,
    which can run arbitrary system commands. The use-case is controlling the
    player locally. This is not different from the MPlayer slave protocol.

Socat example
-------------

You can use the ``socat`` tool to send commands (and receive replies) from the

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Tolriq · September 16, 2022, 5:32am

This is out of scope sorry.