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📺 open-pip-cli
CLI for open-pip This will let you open a movie url/path in macOS native picture-in-picture player.
Both local files and urls are supported.
Known working formats
- mp4
- m4v
- mov
- m3u8
Known not working formats
- mkv
- avi
Example
You can also pipe any video URL to open-pip
. For example, using the ytdl module, you can play a YouTube video:
yarn global add ytdl
ytdl _HSylqgVYQI --print-url | open-pip
Using the twitch-url-cli module, you can stream a Twitch channel (you need a Twitch client ID though)
yarn global add twitch-url-cli
echo "abcdefghijklmno12345" > ~/.twitch-client-id
twitch-url BobRoss | open-pip
Let us know if you have examples for more services.
Install
yarn
yarn global add open-pip-cli
npm
npm install --global open-pip-cli
Requirements
As the native picture-in-picture player is only available in macOS Sierra (10.12) and above, this module will also only work with those versions.
Author
Albin Ekblom (@albinekb)