Tag: mpv

Is there a way to get the full path of the currently playing file from mpv, after mpv has been launched? I saw this question but it doesn’t show how to get properties, just how send commands. Edit: by ‘get the full path’, I mean from programatically; from another program or a terminal, not by using mpv commands/keybindings on the

I would like to know if there is a way to send a message to a running process on linux ? For example, is it possible to programmatically “pause” a video launched with mpv. Answer To control mpv remotely (eg from another terminal session) you can also start it with the option and control it by issuing commands like this: