Smart Home Cinema – Voice Control is a Windows app that lets users control local movie playback by voice using VLC Media Player or PotPlayer.
It is designed for people who watch local movie files on a Windows PC — especially in a PC-to-TV setup — and want hands-free control from bed, sofa, or across the room.
Smart Home Cinema now supports two control paths. Local Voice Edition uses a microphone connected to the Windows PC and a local voice engine for direct voice control. Voice Assistant Edition uses Alexa or Google Assistant through TriggerCMD to send commands to the Windows PC. In both editions, Smart Home Cinema executes the local automation, and VLC Media Player or PotPlayer performs the actual playback.
Smart Home Cinema is a local Windows voice-control layer for existing local movie playback. It can be controlled either through Local Voice Edition, using a microphone and a local voice engine on the Windows PC, or through Voice Assistant Edition, using Alexa or Google Assistant through TriggerCMD.
It does not replace the media player. VLC Media Player or PotPlayer remains the actual playback engine.
It does not provide movies. The user’s movie files remain stored locally on the Windows PC or local storage setup.
Smart Home Cinema helps users control a local Windows movie-watching session by voice.
These actions are executed locally on the Windows PC. The difference between editions is how the command reaches Smart Home Cinema: Local Voice Edition uses a local microphone-based voice engine, while Voice Assistant Edition uses Alexa or Google Assistant through TriggerCMD.
The current Command Center includes 25 voice-command actions grouped into three areas: movie playback, subtitle control, and local system/workflow actions.
Movie commands include starting playback on the PC or TV, pausing and resuming playback, stopping the current movie, moving to the next movie, deleting the current movie, jumping forward or backward by preset intervals, showing playback progress, and stopping the full viewing session.
Subtitle commands include downloading subtitles, adjusting subtitle timing forward or backward, automatically synchronizing subtitles, and cleaning subtitle files.
System and workflow commands include switching between the primary and secondary monitor, showing or closing the Command Center overlay, opening the Movies folder, and shutting down the PC when requested.
The purpose is to make a simple Windows PC + TV local movie setup easier to control without reaching for a keyboard, mouse, phone remote, or physical remote control.
Smart Home Cinema supports two command paths.
Local Voice Edition
User voice command → microphone connected to the Windows PC → local voice engine → Smart Home Cinema → VLC Media Player or PotPlayer