One different preference of mine is to mount a remote directory via SSHFS instead of playing media via an sftp:// link.
I also prefer a clicky-clicky media player over MPV and have used VLC for many years.
Another feature of OpenSSH that facilitates this philosophy is port forwarding, both forward and reverse. This feature prevents having to open pretty much any other port in the firewall.
Its sad to see so many technically literate people still working under the feature poor yoke of windoze 8-( So many methods become instantly available when using a free unix system. Which also typically never require downloading binary executables from sketchy third party websites.
+1 for "all you need is SSH"
Not sure what do you mean by that; if you compile mpv with lua support (in case your distro/whatever doesn't ship it that way, that is) you get a clicky-clicky little osd thing within the mpv window that suffices (back, forward, playback control, volume...)
I have used that UI in MPV, but it just wasn't satisfying.
VLC is a native GUI application and I just find the interface more easily usable.
Not just play/stop, etc, but all of the preferences, etc are via a GUI interface.
Totally personal preference, I just prefer VLC over MPV.
Somewhat counter to all of that, I do often use the hotkeys to control various features during playback (audio delay, that sort of thing).
I just feel that VLC is a more GUI oriented application, and in spite of being a mostly command line linux user, I do enjoy a floating window manager desktop (fluxbox is my long time preference).
Thanks again for the reply!
mpv sftp://192.168.1.123:/home/remote-user/Films/Peppa_Pig_Against_Gerrymandering.mkv
In fact I maintain one of those setups mentioned by TFA with some neighbours (lots of tech people/artists with rare media in the neighborhood for reasons), and friends and family in other countries.
The whole point of most of these setups (for people with family), is to be safe, simple, efficient, and low-maintenance for the whole family to be able to enjoy media.
I used a very basic floating window manager and created about 6 or 10 large desktop icons to run the things I had installed for him (Hyperspace Delivery Boy was a favorite 8-)
One icon started a script which launched the media player in a specific directory.
I highly recommend giving (very young) kids exposure to a wide variety of desktop user interfaces. Failure to do this has led to an entire generation (2 or 3?) of windoze based computer illiteracy.
Computers really aren't all about right-clicking that thing that looks like a pineapple, then selecting Settings, etc...
ssh -i ~/.ssh/key_A -o ProxyCommand="ssh -i /very/very/long/directory_name/hidden_somewhere/key_B user_B@jumphost -W %h:%p" user_A@192.168.1.5
into
ssh myserver
And how many knows windoze ships an ssh client (that yes supports .ssh/config) since years?
The nice thing is that it makes opening a new ssh connection much faster, which if you make a lot of connections, it can be very handy.
See https://ldpreload.com/blog/ssh-control for some examples
znpy•5mo ago
Many file browsers can mount remote directories via sftp, and can browse the files as if it was a local directory.
Also: KDE and some GTK-based graphical environments have subsystems for this:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIO
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIO_(software)