diff --git a/docs/source/platypush/plugins/media.omxplayer.rst b/docs/source/platypush/plugins/media.omxplayer.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e623afea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/platypush/plugins/media.omxplayer.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+``platypush.plugins.media.omxplayer``
+=====================================
+
+.. automodule:: platypush.plugins.media.omxplayer
+    :members:
+
diff --git a/docs/source/platypush/plugins/video.omxplayer.rst b/docs/source/platypush/plugins/video.omxplayer.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e60bd9ab..00000000
--- a/docs/source/platypush/plugins/video.omxplayer.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-``platypush.plugins.video.omxplayer``
-=====================================
-
-.. automodule:: platypush.plugins.video.omxplayer
-    :members:
-
diff --git a/docs/source/plugins.rst b/docs/source/plugins.rst
index 80f412f5..54ccce47 100644
--- a/docs/source/plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/source/plugins.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Plugins
     platypush/plugins/light.hue.rst
     platypush/plugins/light.rst
     platypush/plugins/media.kodi.rst
+    platypush/plugins/media.omxplayer.rst
     platypush/plugins/midi.rst
     platypush/plugins/mqtt.rst
     platypush/plugins/music.mpd.rst
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ Plugins
     platypush/plugins/tts.rst
     platypush/plugins/utils.rst
     platypush/plugins/variable.rst
-    platypush/plugins/video.omxplayer.rst
     platypush/plugins/weather.forecast.rst
     platypush/plugins/websocket.rst
     platypush/plugins/wiimote.rst
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/css/video.omxplayer.css b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/media.css
similarity index 100%
rename from platypush/backend/http/static/css/video.omxplayer.css
rename to platypush/backend/http/static/css/media.css
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/js/video.omxplayer.js b/platypush/backend/http/static/js/media.js
similarity index 94%
rename from platypush/backend/http/static/js/video.omxplayer.js
rename to platypush/backend/http/static/js/media.js
index 31fe9315..793bd882 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/static/js/video.omxplayer.js
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/static/js/media.js
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
                 request = {
                     type: 'request',
-                    action: 'video.omxplayer.play',
+                    action: 'media.play',
                     args: { resource: resource }
                 };
             } else {
                 request = {
                     type: 'request',
-                    action: 'video.omxplayer.search',
+                    action: 'media.search',
                     args: { query: resource }
                 };
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             execute(
                 {
                     type: 'request',
-                    action: 'video.omxplayer.' + action,
+                    action: 'media.' + action,
                 }
             );
         });
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             execute(
                 {
                     type: 'request',
-                    action: 'video.omxplayer.set_volume',
+                    action: 'media.set_volume',
                     args: { volume: $(this).val() }
                 },
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             execute(
                 {
                     type: 'request',
-                    action: 'video.omxplayer.play',
+                    action: 'media.play',
                     args: { resource: $item.data('url') },
                 },
 
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/video.omxplayer.html b/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.html
similarity index 97%
rename from platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/video.omxplayer.html
rename to platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.html
index e541972c..351d9836 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/video.omxplayer.html
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/video.omxplayer.js') }}"></script>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='css/video.omxplayer.css') }}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/media.js') }}"></script>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='css/media.css') }}"></script>
 
 <div class="row" id="video-container">
     <form action="#" id="video-search">
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.mplayer.html b/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.mplayer.html
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..b1a53826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.mplayer.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+media.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.omxplayer.html b/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.omxplayer.html
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..b1a53826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media.omxplayer.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+media.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/media/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/media/__init__.py
index 87724398..71fba1e4 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/media/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/media/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import subprocess
 import urllib.request
 import urllib.parse
 
+from platypush.config import Config
 from platypush.context import get_plugin
 from platypush.plugins import Plugin, action
 
@@ -18,8 +19,17 @@ class PlayerState(enum.Enum):
 class MediaPlugin(Plugin):
     """
     Generic plugin to interact with a media player.
+
+    Requires:
+
+        * A media player installed (supported so far: mplayer, omxplayer)
+        * **python-libtorrent** (``pip install python-libtorrent``), optional for Torrent support
+        * **youtube-dl** installed on your system (see your distro instructions), optional for YouTube support
     """
 
+    _NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR = NotImplementedError(
+        'This method must be implemented in a derived class')
+
     # Supported audio extensions
     audio_extensions = {
         '3gp', 'aa', 'aac', 'aax', 'act', 'aiff', 'amr', 'ape', 'au',
@@ -39,13 +49,10 @@ class MediaPlugin(Plugin):
         'f4b',
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, player, media_dirs=[], download_dir=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
-        :param player: Name of the player plugin to be used as a backend.
-            Example: 'media.mplayer', 'media.vlc' or 'media.omxplayer'.
-            The plugin needs to be configured as well if required.
-        :type player: str
+    _supported_media_plugins = { 'media.mplayer', 'media.omxplayer' }
 
+    def __init__(self, media_dirs=[], download_dir=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
         :param media_dirs: Directories that will be scanned for media files when
             a search is performed (default: none)
         :type media_dirs: list
@@ -57,7 +64,26 @@ class MediaPlugin(Plugin):
 
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        self._player_name = player
+        player = None
+        player_config = {}
+        for plugin in Config.get_plugins().keys():
+            if plugin in self._supported_media_plugins:
+                player = plugin
+                break
+
+        if not player:
+            raise AttributeError('No media plugin configured')
+
+        media_dirs = media_dirs or player_config.get('media_dirs', [])
+        download_dir = download_dir or player_config.get('download_dir')
+
+        if self.__class__.__name__ == 'MediaPlugin':
+            # Populate this plugin with the actions of the configured player
+            plugin = get_plugin(player)
+            for action in plugin.registered_actions:
+                setattr(self, action, getattr(plugin, action))
+                self.registered_actions.add(action)
+
         self.media_dirs = set(
             filter(
                 lambda _: os.path.isdir(_),
@@ -108,31 +134,31 @@ class MediaPlugin(Plugin):
 
     @action
     def play(self, resource, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).play(resource, *args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def pause(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).pause(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def stop(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).stop(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def voldown(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).voldown(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def volup(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).volup(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def back(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).back(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def forward(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).forward(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def next(self):
@@ -146,31 +172,31 @@ class MediaPlugin(Plugin):
 
     @action
     def toggle_subtitles(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).toggle_subtitles(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def is_playing(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).is_playing(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def load(self, resource, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).load(resource, *args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def mute(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).mute(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def seek(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).seek(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def set_position(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).set_position(*args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def set_volume(self, volume, *args, **kwargs):
-        return get_plugin(self._player_name).set_volume(volume, *args, **kwargs)
+        raise self._NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERR
 
     @action
     def search(self, query, types=None, queue_results=False, autoplay=False):
@@ -219,11 +245,11 @@ class MediaPlugin(Plugin):
 
     @classmethod
     def _is_video_file(cls, filename):
-        return filename.lower().split('.') in cls.video_extensions
+        return filename.lower().split('.')[-1] in cls.video_extensions
 
     @classmethod
     def _is_audio_file(cls, filename):
-        return filename.lower().split('.') in cls.audio_extensions
+        return filename.lower().split('.')[-1] in cls.audio_extensions
 
     @action
     def file_search(self, query):
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/media/ctrl.py b/platypush/plugins/media/ctrl.py
index 141e9dea..692b8b71 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/media/ctrl.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/media/ctrl.py
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ class MediaCtrlPlugin(Plugin):
     """
     Wrapper plugin to control audio and video media.
     Examples of supported URL types:
-        - file:///media/movies/Movie.mp4 [requires omxplayer Python support]
-        - youtube:video:poAk9XgK7Cs [requires omxplayer+youtube-dl]
+        - file:///media/movies/Movie.mp4 [requires media plugin enabled]
+        - youtube:video:poAk9XgK7Cs [requires media plugin+youtube-dl]
         - magnet:?torrent_magnet [requires torrentcast]
         - spotify:track:track_id [leverages plugins.music.mpd]
     """
 
     _supported_plugins = {
-        'music.mpd', 'video.omxplayer', 'video.torrentcast'
+        'music.mpd', 'media', 'video.torrentcast'
     }
 
     def __init__(self, torrentcast_port=9090, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class MediaCtrlPlugin(Plugin):
         if type == 'mpd':
             plugin_name = 'music.mpd'
         elif type == 'youtube:video' or type == 'file':
-            plugin_name = 'video.omxplayer'
+            plugin_name = 'media'
         elif type == 'torrent':
             plugin_name = 'video.torrentcast'
 
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/media/mplayer.py b/platypush/plugins/media/mplayer.py
index 5a89079b..30782ce7 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/media/mplayer.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/media/mplayer.py
@@ -65,14 +65,13 @@ class MediaMplayerPlugin(MediaPlugin):
         :type args: list
         """
 
-        super().__init__(player='media.mplayer', *argv, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(*argv, **kwargs)
 
         self.args = args or []
         self._init_mplayer_bin()
         self._build_actions()
         self._mplayer = None
         self._mplayer_timeout = mplayer_timeout
-        self._videos_queue = []
 
 
     def _init_mplayer_bin(self, mplayer_bin=None):
@@ -229,6 +228,7 @@ class MediaMplayerPlugin(MediaPlugin):
             MPlayer executable
         :type mplayer_args: list[str]
         """
+        resource = self._get_resource(resource)
         return self._exec('loadfile', resource, mplayer_args=mplayer_args)
 
     @action
@@ -249,63 +249,22 @@ class MediaMplayerPlugin(MediaPlugin):
     @action
     def voldown(self, step=10.0):
         """ Volume down by (default: 10)% """
-        volume = self.get_property('volume').output.get('volume')
-        if volume is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read volume property')
-            return
-
-        new_volume = max(0, volume-step)
-        return self.set_property('volume', new_volume)
+        return self.step_property('volume', -step)
 
     @action
     def volup(self, step=10.0):
         """ Volume up by (default: 10)% """
-        volume = self.get_property('volume').output.get('volume')
-        if volume is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read volume property')
-            return
-
-        new_volume = min(100, volume+step)
-        return self.set_property('volume', new_volume)
-
+        return self.step_property('volume', step)
 
     @action
     def back(self, offset=60.0):
         """ Back by (default: 60) seconds """
-        pos = self.get_property('time_pos').output.get('time_pos')
-        if pos is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read time_pos property')
-            return
-
-        new_pos = max(0, pos-offset)
-        return self.set_property('time_pos', new_pos)
+        return self.step_property('time_pos', -offset)
 
     @action
     def forward(self, offset=60.0):
         """ Forward by (default: 60) seconds """
-        pos = self.get_property('time_pos').output.get('time_pos')
-        if pos is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read time_pos property')
-            return
-
-        length = self.get_property('length').output.get('length')
-        if length is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read length property')
-            return
-
-        new_pos = min(length, pos+offset)
-        return self.set_property('time_pos', new_pos)
-
-
-    @action
-    def next(self):
-        """ Play the next item in the queue """
-        if self._mplayer:
-            self.quit()
-
-        if self._videos_queue:
-            video = self._videos_queue.pop(0)
-            return self.play(video)
+        return self.step_property('time_pos', offset)
 
     @action
     def toggle_subtitles(self):
@@ -325,17 +284,12 @@ class MediaMplayerPlugin(MediaPlugin):
         """
         Load a resource/video in the player.
         """
-        return self._exec('loadfile', resource)
+        return self.play('loadfile', resource)
 
     @action
     def mute(self):
         """ Toggle mute state """
-        mute = self.get_property('mute').output.get('mute')
-        if mute is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read mute property')
-            return
-
-        return self._exec('mute', int(not mute))
+        return self._exec('mute')
 
     @action
     def seek(self, relative_position):
@@ -345,19 +299,7 @@ class MediaMplayerPlugin(MediaPlugin):
         :param relative_position: Number of seconds relative to the current cursor
         :type relative_position: int
         """
-
-        pos = self.get_property('time_pos').output.get('time_pos')
-        if pos is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read time_pos property')
-            return
-
-        length = self.get_property('length').output.get('length')
-        if length is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read length property')
-            return
-
-        new_pos = max(0, min(length, pos+offset))
-        return self.set_property('time_pos', new_pos)
+        return self.step_property('time_pos', offset)
 
     @action
     def set_position(self, position):
@@ -367,13 +309,7 @@ class MediaMplayerPlugin(MediaPlugin):
         :param position: Number of seconds from the start
         :type position: int
         """
-
-        length = self.get_property('length').output.get('length')
-        if length is None:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to read length property')
-            return
-
-        return self.set_property('time_pos', max(0, min(length, position)))
+        return self.set_property('time_pos', position)
 
     @action
     def get_property(self, property, args=None):
@@ -409,6 +345,30 @@ class MediaMplayerPlugin(MediaPlugin):
         response = Response(output={})
 
         result = self._exec('set_property', property, value,
+                            prefix='pausing_keep_force' if property != 'pause'
+                            else None, wait_for_response=True, *args) or {}
+
+        for k, v in result.items():
+            if k == 'ERROR' and v not in response.errors:
+                response.errors.append('{} {}{}: {}'.format(property, value,
+                                                            args, v))
+            else:
+                response.output[k] = v
+
+        return response
+
+    @action
+    def step_property(self, property, value, args=None):
+        """
+        Step a player property (e.g. volume, time_pos etc.). See
+        http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt for a full list of the
+        available steppable properties
+        """
+
+        args = args or []
+        response = Response(output={})
+
+        result = self._exec('step_property', property, value,
                             prefix='pausing_keep_force',
                             wait_for_response=True, *args) or {}
 
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/media/omxplayer.py b/platypush/plugins/media/omxplayer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3aa83e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/plugins/media/omxplayer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+import urllib.request
+import urllib.parse
+
+from platypush.context import get_backend, get_plugin
+from platypush.plugins.media import MediaPlugin, PlayerState
+from platypush.message.event.video import VideoPlayEvent, VideoPauseEvent, \
+    VideoStopEvent, NewPlayingVideoEvent
+
+from platypush.plugins import action
+
+
+class MediaOmxplayerPlugin(MediaPlugin):
+    """
+    Plugin to control video and media playback using OMXPlayer.
+
+    Requires:
+
+        * **omxplayer** installed on your system (see your distro instructions)
+        * **omxplayer-wrapper** (``pip install omxplayer-wrapper``)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, args=[], *argv, **kwargs):
+        """
+        :param args: Arguments that will be passed to the OMXPlayer constructor
+            (e.g. subtitles, volume, start position, window size etc.) see
+            https://github.com/popcornmix/omxplayer#synopsis and
+            http://python-omxplayer-wrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/omxplayer/#omxplayer.player.OMXPlayer
+        :type args: list
+        """
+
+        super().__init__(*argv, **kwargs)
+
+        self.args = args
+        self._player = None
+
+    @action
+    def play(self, resource):
+        """
+        Play a resource.
+
+        :param resource: Resource to play. Supported types:
+
+            * Local files (format: ``file://<path>/<file>``)
+            * Remote videos (format: ``https://<url>/<resource>``)
+            * YouTube videos (format: ``https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<id>``)
+            * Torrents (format: Magnet links, Torrent URLs or local Torrent files)
+        """
+
+        resource = self._get_resource(resource)
+        if self._player:
+            try:
+                self._player.stop()
+                self._player = None
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.exception(e)
+                self.logger.warning('Unable to stop a previously running instance ' +
+                                'of OMXPlayer, trying to play anyway')
+
+        try:
+            from omxplayer import OMXPlayer
+            self._player = OMXPlayer(resource, args=self.args)
+            self._init_player_handlers()
+        except DBusException as e:
+            self.logger.warning('DBus connection failed: you will probably not ' +
+                            'be able to control the media')
+            self.logger.exception(e)
+
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def pause(self):
+        """ Pause the playback """
+        if self._player: self._player.play_pause()
+
+    @action
+    def stop(self):
+        """ Stop the playback """
+        if self._player:
+            self._player.stop()
+            self._player.quit()
+            self._player = None
+
+        return {'status':'stop'}
+
+    @action
+    def voldown(self):
+        """ Volume down by 10% """
+        if self._player:
+            self._player.set_volume(max(-6000, self._player.volume()-1000))
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def volup(self):
+        """ Volume up by 10% """
+        if self._player:
+            self._player.set_volume(min(0, self._player.volume()+1000))
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def back(self, offset=60):
+        """ Back by (default: 60) seconds """
+        if self._player:
+            self._player.seek(-offset)
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def forward(self, offset=60):
+        """ Forward by (default: 60) seconds """
+        if self._player:
+            self._player.seek(+offset)
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def next(self):
+        """ Play the next track/video """
+        if self._player:
+            self._player.stop()
+
+        if self.videos_queue:
+            video = self.videos_queue.pop(0)
+            return self.play(video)
+
+    @action
+    def hide_subtitles(self):
+        """ Hide the subtitles """
+        if self._player: self._player.hide_subtitles()
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def hide_video(self):
+        """ Hide the video """
+        if self._player: self._player.hide_video()
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def is_playing(self):
+        """
+        :returns: True if it's playing, False otherwise
+        """
+
+        if self._player: return self._player.is_playing()
+        else: return False
+
+    @action
+    def load(self, resource, pause=False):
+        """
+        Load a resource/video in the player.
+
+        :param pause: If set, load the video in paused mode (default: False)
+        :type pause: bool
+        """
+
+        if self._player: self._player.load(resource, pause)
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def metadata(self):
+        """ Get the metadata of the current video """
+        if self._player:
+            return self._player.metadata()
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def mute(self):
+        """ Mute the player """
+        if self._player: self._player.mute()
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def unmute(self):
+        """ Unmute the player """
+        if self._player: self._player.unmute()
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def seek(self, relative_position):
+        """
+        Seek backward/forward by the specified number of seconds
+
+        :param relative_position: Number of seconds relative to the current cursor
+        :type relative_position: int
+        """
+
+        if self._player: self._player.seek(relative_position)
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def set_position(self, position):
+        """
+        Seek backward/forward to the specified absolute position
+
+        :param position: Number of seconds from the start
+        :type position: int
+        """
+
+        if self._player: self._player.set_seek(position)
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def set_volume(self, volume):
+        """
+        Set the volume
+
+        :param volume: Volume value between 0 and 100
+        :type volume: int
+        """
+
+        # Transform a [0,100] value to an OMXPlayer volume in [-6000,0]
+        volume = 60.0*volume - 6000
+        if self._player: self._player.set_volume(volume)
+        return self.status()
+
+    @action
+    def status(self):
+        """
+        Get the current player state.
+
+        :returns: A dictionary containing the current state.
+
+        Example::
+
+            output = {
+                "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L9KkZoNZkA",
+                "state": "play",
+                "volume": 80,
+                "elapsed": 123,
+                "duration": 300,
+                "width": 800,
+                "height": 600
+            }
+        """
+
+        state = PlayerState.STOP.value
+
+        if self._player:
+            state = self._player.playback_status().lower()
+            if state == 'playing': state = PlayerState.PLAY.value
+            elif state == 'stopped': state = PlayerState.STOP.value
+            elif state == 'paused': state = PlayerState.PAUSE.value
+
+            return {
+                'source': self._player.get_source(),
+                'state': state,
+                'volume': self._player.volume(),
+                'elapsed': self._player.position(),
+                'duration': self._player.duration(),
+                'width': self._player.width(),
+                'height': self._player.height(),
+            }
+        else:
+            return {
+                'state': PlayerState.STOP.value
+            }
+
+    @action
+    def send_message(self, msg):
+        try:
+            redis = get_backend('redis')
+            if not redis:
+                raise KeyError()
+        except KeyError:
+            self.logger.warning("Backend {} does not implement send_message " +
+                                "and the fallback Redis backend isn't configured")
+            return
+
+        redis.send_message(msg)
+
+    def on_play(self):
+        def _f(player):
+            self.send_message(VideoPlayEvent(video=self._player.get_source()))
+        return _f
+
+    def on_pause(self):
+        def _f(player):
+            self.send_message(VideoPauseEvent(video=self._player.get_source()))
+        return _f
+
+    def on_stop(self):
+        def _f(player):
+            self.send_message(VideoStopEvent())
+        return _f
+
+
+    def _init_player_handlers(self):
+        if not self._player:
+            return
+
+        self._player.playEvent += self.on_play()
+        self._player.pauseEvent += self.on_pause()
+        self._player.stopEvent += self.on_stop()
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/video/omxplayer.py b/platypush/plugins/video/omxplayer.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 46b6a35c..00000000
--- a/platypush/plugins/video/omxplayer.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,496 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import re
-import subprocess
-
-import urllib.request
-import urllib.parse
-
-from platypush.context import get_backend, get_plugin
-from platypush.plugins.media import PlayerState
-from platypush.message.event.video import VideoPlayEvent, VideoPauseEvent, \
-    VideoStopEvent, NewPlayingVideoEvent
-
-from platypush.plugins import Plugin, action
-
-
-class VideoOmxplayerPlugin(Plugin):
-    """
-    Plugin to control video and media playback on your Raspberry Pi or
-    ARM-compatible device using OMXPlayer.
-
-    It can play local files, remote URLs, YouTube URLs and it supports torrents
-    search, download and play.
-
-    Requires:
-
-        * **omxplayer** installed on your system (see your distro instructions)
-        * **omxplayer-wrapper** (``pip install omxplayer-wrapper``)
-        * **python-libtorrent** (``pip install python-libtorrent``), optional for Torrent support
-        * **youtube-dl** installed on your system (see your distro instructions), optional for YouTube support
-    """
-
-    # Supported video extensions
-    video_extensions = {
-        '.avi', '.flv', '.wmv', '.mov', '.mp4', '.m4v', '.mpg', '.mpeg',
-        '.rm', '.swf', '.vob', '.mkv'
-    }
-
-    def __init__(self, args=[], media_dirs=[], download_dir=None, *argv, **kwargs):
-        """
-        :param args: Arguments that will be passed to the OMXPlayer constructor (e.g. subtitles, volume, start position, window size etc.) see https://github.com/popcornmix/omxplayer#synopsis and http://python-omxplayer-wrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/omxplayer/#omxplayer.player.OMXPlayer
-        :type args: list
-
-        :param media_dirs: Directories that will be scanned for media files when a search is performed (default: none)
-        :type media_dirs: list
-
-        :param download_dir: Directory where the videos/torrents will be downloaded (default: none)
-        :type download_dir: str
-        """
-
-        super().__init__(*argv, **kwargs)
-
-        self.args = args
-        self.media_dirs = set(
-            filter(
-                lambda _: os.path.isdir(_),
-                map(
-                    lambda _: os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(_)),
-                    media_dirs
-                )
-            )
-        )
-
-        if download_dir:
-            self.download_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(download_dir))
-            if not os.path.isdir(self.download_dir):
-                raise RuntimeError('download_dir [{}] is not a valid directory'
-                                   .format(self.download_dir))
-
-            self.media_dirs.add(self.download_dir)
-
-        self.player = None
-        self.videos_queue = []
-
-    @action
-    def play(self, resource):
-        """
-        Play a resource.
-
-        :param resource: Resource to play. Supported types:
-
-            * Local files (format: ``file://<path>/<file>``)
-            * Remote videos (format: ``https://<url>/<resource>``)
-            * YouTube videos (format: ``https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<id>``)
-            * Torrents (format: Magnet links, Torrent URLs or local Torrent files)
-        """
-
-        from dbus.exceptions import DBusException
-
-        if resource.startswith('youtube:') \
-                or resource.startswith('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v='):
-            resource = self._get_youtube_content(resource)
-        elif resource.startswith('magnet:?'):
-            torrents = get_plugin('torrent')
-            response = torrents.download(resource, download_dir=self.download_dir)
-            resources = [f for f in response.output if self._is_video_file(f)]
-            if resources:
-                self.videos_queue = sorted(resources)
-                resource = self.videos_queue.pop(0)
-            else:
-                raise RuntimeError('Unable to download torrent {}'.format(resource))
-
-        self.logger.info('Playing {}'.format(resource))
-
-        if self.player:
-            try:
-                self.player.stop()
-                self.player = None
-            except Exception as e:
-                self.logger.exception(e)
-                self.logger.warning('Unable to stop a previously running instance ' +
-                                'of OMXPlayer, trying to play anyway')
-
-        try:
-            from omxplayer import OMXPlayer
-            self.player = OMXPlayer(resource, args=self.args)
-            self._init_player_handlers()
-        except DBusException as e:
-            self.logger.warning('DBus connection failed: you will probably not ' +
-                            'be able to control the media')
-            self.logger.exception(e)
-
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def pause(self):
-        """ Pause the playback """
-        if self.player: self.player.play_pause()
-
-    @action
-    def stop(self):
-        """ Stop the playback """
-        if self.player:
-            self.player.stop()
-            self.player.quit()
-            self.player = None
-
-        return {'status':'stop'}
-
-    @action
-    def voldown(self):
-        """ Volume down by 10% """
-        if self.player:
-            self.player.set_volume(max(-6000, self.player.volume()-1000))
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def volup(self):
-        """ Volume up by 10% """
-        if self.player:
-            self.player.set_volume(min(0, self.player.volume()+1000))
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def back(self):
-        """ Back by 30 seconds """
-        if self.player:
-            self.player.seek(-30)
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def forward(self):
-        """ Forward by 30 seconds """
-        if self.player:
-            self.player.seek(+30)
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def next(self):
-        """ Play the next track/video """
-        if self.player:
-            self.player.stop()
-
-        if self.videos_queue:
-            video = self.videos_queue.pop(0)
-            return self.play(video)
-
-    @action
-    def hide_subtitles(self):
-        """ Hide the subtitles """
-        if self.player: self.player.hide_subtitles()
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def hide_video(self):
-        """ Hide the video """
-        if self.player: self.player.hide_video()
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def is_playing(self):
-        """
-        :returns: True if it's playing, False otherwise
-        """
-
-        if self.player: return self.player.is_playing()
-        else: return False
-
-    @action
-    def load(self, resource, pause=False):
-        """
-        Load a resource/video in the player.
-
-        :param pause: If set, load the video in paused mode (default: False)
-        :type pause: bool
-        """
-
-        if self.player: self.player.load(resource, pause)
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def metadata(self):
-        """ Get the metadata of the current video """
-        if self.player:
-            return self.player.metadata()
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def mute(self):
-        """ Mute the player """
-        if self.player: self.player.mute()
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def unmute(self):
-        """ Unmute the player """
-        if self.player: self.player.unmute()
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def seek(self, relative_position):
-        """
-        Seek backward/forward by the specified number of seconds
-
-        :param relative_position: Number of seconds relative to the current cursor
-        :type relative_position: int
-        """
-
-        if self.player: self.player.seek(relative_position)
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def set_position(self, position):
-        """
-        Seek backward/forward to the specified absolute position
-
-        :param position: Number of seconds from the start
-        :type position: int
-        """
-
-        if self.player: self.player.set_seek(position)
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def set_volume(self, volume):
-        """
-        Set the volume
-
-        :param volume: Volume value between 0 and 100
-        :type volume: int
-        """
-
-        # Transform a [0,100] value to an OMXPlayer volume in [-6000,0]
-        volume = 60.0*volume - 6000
-        if self.player: self.player.set_volume(volume)
-        return self.status()
-
-    @action
-    def status(self):
-        """
-        Get the current player state.
-
-        :returns: A dictionary containing the current state.
-
-        Example::
-
-            output = {
-                "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L9KkZoNZkA",
-                "state": "play",
-                "volume": 80,
-                "elapsed": 123,
-                "duration": 300,
-                "width": 800,
-                "height": 600
-            }
-        """
-
-        state = PlayerState.STOP.value
-
-        if self.player:
-            state = self.player.playback_status().lower()
-            if state == 'playing': state = PlayerState.PLAY.value
-            elif state == 'stopped': state = PlayerState.STOP.value
-            elif state == 'paused': state = PlayerState.PAUSE.value
-
-            return {
-                'source': self.player.get_source(),
-                'state': state,
-                'volume': self.player.volume(),
-                'elapsed': self.player.position(),
-                'duration': self.player.duration(),
-                'width': self.player.width(),
-                'height': self.player.height(),
-            }
-        else:
-            return {
-                'state': PlayerState.STOP.value
-            }
-
-    @action
-    def send_message(self, msg):
-        try:
-            redis = get_backend('redis')
-            if not redis:
-                raise KeyError()
-        except KeyError:
-            self.logger.warning("Backend {} does not implement send_message " +
-                                "and the fallback Redis backend isn't configured")
-            return
-
-        redis.send_message(msg)
-
-    def on_play(self):
-        def _f(player):
-            self.send_message(VideoPlayEvent(video=self.player.get_source()))
-        return _f
-
-    def on_pause(self):
-        def _f(player):
-            self.send_message(VideoPauseEvent(video=self.player.get_source()))
-        return _f
-
-    def on_stop(self):
-        def _f(player):
-            self.send_message(VideoStopEvent())
-        return _f
-
-
-    def _init_player_handlers(self):
-        if not self.player:
-            return
-
-        self.player.playEvent += self.on_play()
-        self.player.pauseEvent += self.on_pause()
-        self.player.stopEvent += self.on_stop()
-
-    @action
-    def search(self, query, types=None, queue_results=False, autoplay=False):
-        """
-        Perform a video search.
-
-        :param query: Query string, video name or partial name
-        :type query: str
-
-        :param types: Video types to search (default: ``["youtube", "file", "torrent"]``)
-        :type types: list
-
-        :param queue_results: Append the results to the current playing queue (default: False)
-        :type queue_results: bool
-
-        :param autoplay: Play the first result of the search (default: False)
-        :type autoplay: bool
-        """
-
-        results = []
-        if types is None:
-            types = { 'youtube', 'file', 'torrent' }
-
-        if 'file' in types:
-            file_results = self.file_search(query).output
-            results.extend(file_results)
-
-        if 'torrent' in types:
-            torrents = get_plugin('torrent')
-            torrent_results = torrents.search(query).output
-            results.extend(torrent_results)
-
-        if 'youtube' in types:
-            yt_results = self.youtube_search(query).output
-            results.extend(yt_results)
-
-        if results:
-            if queue_results:
-                self.videos_queue = [_['url'] for _ in results]
-                if autoplay:
-                    self.play(self.videos_queue.pop(0))
-            elif autoplay:
-                self.play(results[0]['url'])
-
-        return results
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _is_video_file(cls, filename):
-        is_video = False
-        for ext in cls.video_extensions:
-            if filename.lower().endswith(ext):
-                is_video = True
-                break
-
-        return is_video
-
-    @action
-    def file_search(self, query):
-        results = []
-        query_tokens = [_.lower() for _ in re.split('\s+', query.strip())]
-
-        for media_dir in self.media_dirs:
-            self.logger.info('Scanning {} for "{}"'.format(media_dir, query))
-            for path, dirs, files in os.walk(media_dir):
-                for f in files:
-                    if not self._is_video_file(f):
-                        continue
-
-                    matches_query = True
-                    for token in query_tokens:
-                        if token not in f.lower():
-                            matches_query = False
-                            break
-
-                    if not matches_query:
-                        continue
-
-                    results.append({
-                        'url': 'file://' + path + os.sep + f,
-                        'title': f,
-                    })
-
-        return results
-
-    @action
-    def youtube_search(self, query):
-        """
-        Performs a YouTube search either using the YouTube API (faster and
-        recommended, it requires the :mod:`platypush.plugins.google.youtube`
-        plugin to be configured) or parsing the HTML search results (fallback
-        slower method)
-        """
-
-        self.logger.info('Searching YouTube for "{}"'.format(query))
-
-        try:
-            return self._youtube_search_api(query=query)
-        except Exception as e:
-            self.logger.warning('Unable to load the YouTube plugin, falling ' +
-                                'back to HTML parse method: {}'.format(str(e)))
-
-            return self._youtube_search_html_parse(query=query)
-
-
-    def _youtube_search_api(self, query):
-        return [
-            {
-                'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + item['id']['videoId'],
-                'title': item.get('snippet', {}).get('title', '<No Title>'),
-            }
-            for item in get_plugin('google.youtube').search(query=query).output
-            if item.get('id', {}).get('kind') == 'youtube#video'
-        ]
-
-    def _youtube_search_html_parse(self, query):
-        query = urllib.parse.quote(query)
-        url = "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=" + query
-        response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
-        html = response.read().decode('utf-8')
-        results = []
-
-        while html:
-            m = re.search('(<a href="(/watch\?v=.+?)".+?yt-uix-tile-link.+?title="(.+?)".+?>)', html)
-            if m:
-                results.append({
-                    'url': 'https://www.youtube.com' + m.group(2),
-                    'title': m.group(3)
-                })
-
-                html = html.split(m.group(1))[1]
-            else:
-                html = ''
-
-        self.logger.info('{} YouTube video results for the search query "{}"'
-                     .format(len(results), query))
-
-        return results
-
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _get_youtube_content(cls, url):
-        m = re.match('youtube:video:(.*)', url)
-        if m: url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={}'.format(m.group(1))
-
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(['youtube-dl','-f','best', '-g', url],
-                                stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-
-        return proc.stdout.read().decode("utf-8", "strict")[:-1]
-
-
-# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
-