PyVLC 1.0.1

A python package that utilizes telnetlib3 and asyncio to communicate with VLC Media Player

API is under constant development for adding/improvising further features and improvements

Current API Version: 1.0.1

Current API functions:

• connect(): Starts the connection to VLC on specified host and port
• send(command): Sends command to VLC
• disconnect(): Disconnects from VLC
• shutdown(): Ends the connection and shuts down VLC
• is_alive(): Returns True if the connection is alive else False

USAGE:

The library works asynchronously hence you will need to explicitly import asyncio (import asyncio) for asynchronous functioning and call the object functions with async/await syntax.

Example:

from PyVLC.PyVLC import PyVLC
import asyncio

VLC = PyVLC()
async def runner():
    await VLC.connect()
    while True:
        com = input("VLC> ")
        if com == "quit" or com == "exit":
            await VLC.disconnect()
            break
        await VLC.send(com)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(runner())

LICENSING:

This project is distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.