Netflix remote

Use your phone as a remote for controlling Netflix on your Desktop.

Usage:

• Install the extension Netflix Remote. Source in ext folder.
• Open Netflix on your Desktop and press the Netflix Remote button near the address bar to reveal the code like:
• Open https://butttons.github.io/netflix-remote/ or https://bit.ly/nflx-rm to open the interface. Scan the QR code or copy paste the given ID.
• Press connect to start controlling Netflix!

Why?

There are often times I want to watch a movie from my bed, on my PC.

How it works:

• A broker server is used to establish WebRTC connections between the interface and the Netflix window.
• The server only stores the initial WebRTC signalling data for the netflix window. All subsequent communication is done with a WebRTC connection.

Caveats:

• The connection will be broken if either of the pages, the netflix window or the interface are reloaded. You would need to establish a new connection.
• There may be debug messages in the extension, in the console, ignore them. I've removed those in the 1.1 version now.

Development:

• Chrome extension: ext folder
  • Go to to chrome://extensions/
  • Click on Load unpacked and select the ext folder.
• Interface: ui folder
  • Install dependencies by npm install
  • Run development server by npm run dev
  • Create build bundle by npm run build
• Broker server: broker folder
  • Install dependencies by npm install
  • Run in development mode by npm run dev
  • Start by npm start