Agent skill

Video Playback

by ad-repo in ad-repo/nullplayer

The shared video path — how a video reaches the video player window (playlist routing, browser rows, drops), the VLCKit-backed VideoPlayerView and its output sizing, the window's cast routing and…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Video Playback

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ad-repo/nullplayer --skill video-playback -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ad-repo/nullplayer video-playback --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ad-repo/nullplayer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/video-playback .claude/skills/video-playback && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
video-playback
GitHub stars
158
Token cost
~6.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
3,607 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
40
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

The shared video path — how a video reaches the video player window (playlist routing, browser rows, drops), the VLCKit-backed VideoPlayerView and its output sizing, the window's cast routing and…

  • Debugging video playback
  • SKILL.md covers Key files, Routing rules, Entry points and Window lifetime, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls ffmpeg
  • The video player window

What it does

Video Playback is an agent skill from ad-repo/nullplayer. The shared video path — how a video reaches the video player window (playlist routing, browser rows, drops), the VLCKit-backed VideoPlayerView and its output sizing, the window's cast routing and lifetime, and Plex / Jellyfin / Emby progress reporting. Use when working on or debugging video playback, the video player window, a video drawn at the wrong size or position, or anything that plays a video file or stream outside a skin's own video surface.

Its SKILL.md is about 6.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: nullPlayer is a free open source macOS media player with some unique features.

When your agent uses it

  • Debugging video playback
  • The video player window
  • A video drawn at the wrong size
  • Anything that plays a video file

Example prompts

  • “/video-playback”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3d87ce1. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • ffmpeg

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Video Playback loads about 6.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 3,607 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~118
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~6.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 3,607 words (~6,482 tokens).

“Video plays in its own window through VLCKit (libVLC 3.0.12.1, vendored in Frameworks/VLCKit.framework), never through the audio engine's graph. Skin-hosted video surfaces (.wal , .wmz video panes) have their own guides: winamp-modern-skin-guide (reference/components/video.md) and wmp-skin-guide (reference/rendering/video.md). Headless video casting (--movie…”

— opening of SKILL.md by ad-repo, Custom licence
name
video-playback

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/video-playback of ad-repo/nullplayer.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3d87ce1

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Video Playback next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Categories

Questions about Video Playback

What does Video Playback do?

The shared video path — how a video reaches the video player window (playlist routing, browser rows, drops), the VLCKit-backed VideoPlayerView and its output sizing, the window's cast routing and…. Video Playback is an agent skill from ad-repo/nullplayer. The shared video path — how a video reaches the video player window (playlist routing, browser rows, drops), the VLCKit-backed VideoPlayerView and its output sizing, the window's cast routing and lifetime, and Plex / Jellyfin / Emby progress reporting.

When should I use Video Playback?

Video Playback fits situations like: debugging video playback; the video player window; A video drawn at the wrong size; anything that plays a video file.

How do I install Video Playback in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ad-repo/nullplayer --skill video-playback -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/video-playback in ad-repo/nullplayer) into .claude/skills/video-playback in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Video Playback in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ad-repo/nullplayer --skill video-playback -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/video-playback in ad-repo/nullplayer) into .agents/skills/video-playback in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Video Playback in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ad-repo/nullplayer --skill video-playback -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/video-playback, .gemini/skills/video-playback, .github/skills/video-playback and .opencode/skills/video-playback in your project.

What does Video Playback need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Video Playback needs the command-line tools its instructions call (ffmpeg).

Does Video Playback access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Video Playback safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Video Playback use?

Video Playback has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Video Playback use?

About 6.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 26k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Video Playback?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Video Playback: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Video Playback?

ad-repo (a GitHub user) maintains it in ad-repo/nullplayer, which has 158 GitHub stars. The repository holds 40 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: ad-repo/nullplayer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.