Contents

• madVR JS remote
  • How it works
  • Setup
  • Adding new buttons
  • Issues
  • Forum

madVR JS remote

madVR JS remote

Lightweight remote controller for madVR written in HTML/JS/CSS.

How it works

madVR's API is pretty limited (it doesn't have an interface for modifying different properties). But madVR provides various keyboard shortcuts and allows us to define more of them e.g. for profiles.

So, the idea is that we send actual madVR keyboard shortcuts as a parameter to a media player with web interface and external CGI handler (e.g. MPC-BE/HC) and the player itself will actually trigger these keyboard shortcuts with the help of an external script.

Additionally it can run any batch script only from scripts directory (for security reasons).

Setup

It's really easy:

• configure MPC-BE/HC accourding to this screenshot (CGI handlers: .vbs=c:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe)
• copy webroot directory inside MPC-BE/HC main directory
• try it out from a different computer or smartphone (modify the IP/port): http://192.168.1.6:13579/madvr.html

Adding new buttons

It's also really easy:

• add new keyboard shortcut(s) in madVR for predefined properties or your profiles (shouldn't conflict with the built-in keys in the player)

• add them into madvr-config.js in webroot directory (custom button color can also be set), supported types:

  • key: keyboard shortcut
  • cmd: external batch script in scripts directory

Issues

It can only send keystrokes to the foreground application, so MPC-BE/HC will be set to the active window.

Forum

Forum topic.