vlc-helper 0.1.8

CLI helpers for VLC media player

Warning

This is Linux only as D-BUS does not work on Mac.

You must have the following system packages installed

• vlc (to play videos)

• imagemagick (to take screenshots)

• wmctrl (to determine window name)

Install

Install system requirements for dbus-python package

% sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev

Install with pip

% pip3 install vlc-helper

Usage

The vlc-repl and myvlc scripts are provided

% venv/bin/vlc-repl --help
Usage: vlc-repl [OPTIONS]

  Start a REPL to control VLC media player

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

% venv/bin/myvlc --help
Usage: myvlc [OPTIONS] [FILENAME] [STARTTIME] [STOPTIME]

  Start filename at specific start time (and/or end at specific end time)

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.