Show HN: mpvc-tui – A minimal mpc-like CLI and TUI for controlling mpv (opens in new tab)

Note that the aim/need is not on providing a complete player/interface replacement, but on co-existing, and having an easy way to control the running mpv from the terminal, so if I'm working from the terminal I don't need to switch to the player window/terminal.

One example of the above, is when you're listening music and want to filter the playlist to a specific artist. That's easy, just issue: "mpvc save | awk '/artist/' | mpvc load", then, the playlist is good and want to save it for later use: "mpvc autosave good.m3u", or the good part of the track starts at minute 34, so I can "mpvc time 34m". For more complex uses, as applying audio/video filters to the running player, things like "mpvc cmd af toggle lavfi=[loudnorm=I=-16:TP=-3:LRA=4]" are possible. The mpvc-tui covers a similar purpose: that last song/artist/section was good, what's the name?, start mpvc-tui and have a quick look at the playlist, or status.

And as you say, I also found out that I didn't require much fancy from a media player, just a player that worked, and a bit of shell scripting to cater my needs.