Installation:

Create a folder for this script and to hold the pipe.
	mkdir ~/mplayer-control
	cd ~/mplayer-control

Copy the script(s) and make it executable. 
	chmod +x ~/mplayer-control/mplayerremote.py
 
Creating the FIFO pipe and make it usable. 
	mkfifo ~/mplayer-control/rc
	chmod a+rw ~/mplayer-control/rc
Change the piplocation below in this script to your folder/rc
ex: pipe_location="/home/username/mplayer-control/rc"

Modifying the ~/.mplayer/config file in your home folder.
	nano ~/.mplayer/config 
Add the line: 
	input:file=/home/username/mplayer-control/rc
Save and exit.

Now you are ready to use the remote.
Start a movie in mplayer.
Then in a terminal start the script.
	/home/username/mplayer-control/mplayerremote.py
	
You can use the small independent scripts to create "launchers"
for each function. That way you don't have to use a "terminal"
to control the player. I have used them to create "buttons" on
the panel for control. :)

You can now use the following keys when running mplayerremote.py.
 
f           : fullscreen
right-arrow : seek forward 10 seconds
left-arrow  : seek backward 10 seconds
up-arrow    : volume up
down-arrow  : volume down
next-page   : seek forward 10 minutes
prev-page   : seek backward 10 minutes
p  or 
[space] or 
[enter]     : pause/resume playback
j           : cycle through available subtitles
o           : toggle osd mode
q           : quit the application and mplayer

The original script was created by Bit Rot for hes cellphone.
URL: http://bit-rot.blogspot.com/2009/07/mplayer-remote-control-using-cellphone.html