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Stream your YouTube playlist in VLC behind the scenes from the command line.

Project description

VLCYT

Stream your YouTube playlist in VLC behind the scenes from the command line.

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Requirements

64-bit VLC Media Player
64-bit Python 3.8

Note

This project has only been tested on Windows 10.

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/hillt03/VLCYT

Usage

Be sure to include quotes around arguments.

python -m vlcyt "<youtube_playlist_url>" [-v "<VLC Install directory>"]

If you have VLC installed and get a FileNotFound Error, use the -v switch to include the path to your VLC install directory. Otherwise, don't forget to install VLC (64-bit).

After running for the first time, you can then simply enter python -m vlcyt and the last playlist you passed in will begin playing.

Commands

NOTE: Most commands have multiple aliases separated by commas, use whichever you prefer.

?, help

Opens the help menu and shows whether or not looping and shuffling are enabled.

volume, v

Adjust the volume (0 - 100).

skip, s, next, n, forward, f

Skips song(s).
For example: Entering "skip" will skip one song, entering "skip 5" will skip 5 songs.

play, pause, p

Plays/Pauses the current song.

repeat, replay, r

Repeats the current song one time.

back, b

Skips to the last song played.

loop, l

Enables looping. The current song will keep playing until looping is disabled.

shuffle

Shuffles the playlist without repeating until every song has been played.

exit, quit, q

Closes the program.

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PyPI

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