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...)
mpv sftp://192.168.1.123:/home/remote-user/Films/Peppa_Pig_Against_Gerrymandering.mkv
znpy•4h 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)