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How can i Control VLC media player through a Python scripte

so I had this idea of controlling a media player from a python script like VLC for example, but since I am new to Python I don't know how to achieve that, so let me explain what I am looking for is for example, I want to get and set a volume value of VLC from my Python script? I am not asking for a whole code or something like that just some tips to follow and thanks in advance

Solution

  • You can use python's module vlc-ctrl for this automation. And then use subprocess module module to execute its commands.

    1) Install vlc-ctrl through pip

    pip install vlc-ctrl

    test.py: (To volume up)

    import subprocess
subprocess.Popen(['vlc-ctrl',  'volume',  '+10%'])

    And run code with:

    python test.py

    More documentation for vlc-ctrl module here.