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py-vlcclient

This module allows to control a VLC instance using Python. This module uses the telnet interface of VLC and has no external dependencies.

More information about the telnet interface: http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo/VLM

The clients supports some basic commands to modify playlists and control the playback.

How to Use

First start VLC and enable the telnet interface. You can either enable it when starting VLC::

   $ vlc --intf telnet --telnet-password admin

or with network access:

    $ vlc --intf telnet --telnet-password admin --lua-config "telnet={host='0.0.0.0:4212'}"

or via the menus (depending on your platform, mostly View -> Add Interface -> Telnet).

Example usage::

>>> from vlcclient import VLCClient
>>> vlc = VLCClient("::1")
>>> vlc.connect()
>>>
>>> r.add("/home/mitch/Music/a_song.ogg")
>>> r.volume(300)
>>> r.rewind()
>>> r.status()
'( new input: file:///.... )
 ( audio volume: 200 )
 ( state playing )'

Implemented Commands

The following commands are currently implemented:

generic

help
status
info

playlists and controls

add
enqueue
seek
play
pause
stop
rewind
next
prev
clear
loop
repeat
random

volume

volume (get/set)
volup
voldown

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add command doesn't work when running vlcclient from CLI

Running vlcclient.py from the CLI:

python vlcclient.py 127.0.0.1 add file.mov

Returns:
Connected to VLC 2.0.8

But VLC reports an error like: VLC can not open "/home/username/add"

So I guess it tries to open a file called "add" instead of a file called "file.mov"

Maybe somehting wrong with the sys.argv parsing but don't really understand where.

python module

Hi
Can you please tell me a python module or package through which i can check what files are being run on Vlc player.
thnx.
any info would be really helpful.