Media Control

Control Youtube, streaming sites, media players on your computer using your phone as a remote.

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

• Run python media-control.py and open http://[host_address]:[port] provided in the terminal, on your phone.
• Make sure the window playing the media is active.

Features

Youtube mode

• Play/Pause
• Seek forward/backward in the video
• Enable/Disable captions
• Toggle fullscreen mode
• Go to next/previous video in a playlist
• Control Device volume

Universal mode

• Play/Pause and playing media
• Go to next/previous media in queue
• Control Device volume

Working

media-control.py Flask app serves a remote UI in / with /control as the API endpoint for POST requests made by index.js

index.js sends POST requests to the API using fetch with the button id and mode.

controller.py presses the right key/key-combination to control the host device using pynput package.

Server Details

Made using: Flask

flask is running on all addresses in your current network.

Default host address = 0.0.0.0 Default port = 5000

• Check firewall if port 5000 is allowed or not.
• Change host to the local IP address of the device you want to control.
• There is currently no security over this connection, avoid using in a public network.

Tested on Linux

Yet to test: Windows, MacOS

Todo:

• Authentication
• SSL for security