vlc-ctrl 1.0.8

Description:

vlcctrl 1.0.8

Lets you control a running instance of vlc player, start a new instance, get track information, etc.

Supported platforms

python 2.7 / 3.4
Linux



Features

Controls vlc player over dbus.
Play, pause, shuffle, toggle, prev, next, stop commands.
Play all files in a directory (recursively added).
Add files / directories based on inclusion and exclusion patterns.
Change volume / fade volume.
Print current track info.
Quit vlc.
Quit based on return code of another command.
Can be used as a cron job.



Dependencies

vlc player, of course.
python-dbus or python3-dbus
On Ubuntu: >apt-get install python-dbus or >apt-get install python3-dbus




Usage

Pause:
vlc-ctrl pause

Play a directory:
vlc-ctrl play -p /home/user/music

Increase volume 10%:
vlc-ctrl volume +10%
vlc-ctrl volume +0.1

Quit when return code of “command” is 0, retrying the command at most 5 times at 30s intervals and fade out in 10s:
vlc-ctrl quit -c command -r 5,30 -f 10

Get info on currently playing track:
vlc-ctrl info

For more commands, see:
vlc-ctrl -h




Download

PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/vlc-ctrl
Source: https://github.com/amol9/vlc-ctrl

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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