Plover VLC commands

Add support for controlling VLC from Plover.

Setup

• create vlc.json in the same directory as your configuration, set those settings that differ from defaults, e.g.:

  {
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": "8080",
    "user": "",
    "pass": "password"
  }
  

• start VLC with the HTTP interface enabled, e.g.: vlc --extraintf http --http-password password ...

Available commands

• VLC_add:<URI>: append <URI> to the playlist.

• VLC_clear: clear the playlist.

• VLC_play:<name>: play the specified playlist item, or the last active item if not <name> is not specified, e.g.: {PLOVER:VLC_play:click.wav}

• VLC_pause, VLC_resume, VLC_stop, VLC_toggle_pause: self explanatory.

• VLC_rate: change the rate of playback, for example {PLOVER:VLC_rate:0.5} to halve the playback speed, or {PLOVER:VLC_rate:2.0} to double it. Percentage and relative rate changes are also supported: {PLOVER:VLC_rate:-10%}.

• VLC_seek: seek the video, for example {PLOVER:VLC_seek:-10s} to seek backward 10 seconds, {PLOVER:VLC_seek:+1m} to seek forward 1 minute, or {PLOVER:VLC_seek:50%} to seek to the halfway point.

Timestamp support

A custom meta to get the current video timestamp is also provided: VLC_timestamp. For example using {[inaudible ^}{:VLC_timestamp}{^]} would translate to something like: [inaudible 00:08:01].

Release history

0.6.6

• add support for add, clear, and play commands

0.6.5

• add timestamp support

0.6.4

• fix rate command documentation
• add support for percentage and relative rate changes

0.6.3

• improve seek command documentation
• add rate command