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Sends videos in pages like youtube to an external MPV player

Installation

Install MPV

Install python 2 or 3 and pip

Install this extension

Run pip install git+git://github.com/alesar1/play-with-mpv --user

Start server by running play-with-mpv (or use the Linux free desktop shortcut)

(recommended) Install youtube-dl through your package manager for frequent updates.
(Arch Linux) aur package available.

Usage
Right-click this link and select "Play with MPV".
MPV should popup and start playing the video. (Ctrl+Space also works)

Autostart

• Linux: cp {/usr,~/.local}/share/applications/thann.play-with-mpv.desktop ~/.config/autostart
• MacOS: instructions
• Windows instructions