Endpne.LibVLC.Windows.GPL

This file describes commands available through the requests/ file:

Lines starting with < describe what the page sends back Lines starting with > describe what you can send to the page

All parameters need to be URL encoded. Examples:

-> %23

% -> %25

• -> %2B space -> + ...

Deprecation Notice:

The entire interface is moving to using for input and output parameters and attributes pl_play and in_enqueue previously accepted paths. This is still supported, but from 1.3 will be required where path attributes are provided in output, these should be ignored in favour of uri attributes path support is scheduled to be removed entirely from 1.3

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Get album art for current input: /art (NB: not /requests/art)

Get album art for any playlist input (available from API version 3): /art?item=123 (NB: not /requests/art)

status.xml or status.json

< Get VLC status information, current item info and meta. < Get VLC version, and http api version

add to playlist and start playback: ?command=in_play&input=&option= the option field is optional, and can have the values: noaudio novideo

add to playlist: ?command=in_enqueue&input=

add subtitle to currently playing file ?command=addsubtitle&val=

play playlist item . If is omitted, play last active item: ?command=pl_play&id=

toggle pause. If current state was 'stop', play item , if no specified, play current item. If no current item, play 1st item in the playlist: ?command=pl_pause&id=

resume playback if paused, else do nothing ?command=pl_forceresume

pause playback, do nothing if already paused ?command=pl_forcepause

stop playback: ?command=pl_stop

jump to next item: ?command=pl_next

jump to previous item: ?command=pl_previous

delete item from playlist: ?command=pl_delete&id= NOTA BENE: pl_delete is completly UNSUPPORTED

empty playlist: ?command=pl_empty

set audio delay ?command=audiodelay&val=

set subtitle delay ?command=subdelay&val=

set playback rate. must be > 0 ?command=rate&val=

set aspect ratio. Must be one of the following values. Any other value will reset aspect ratio to default ?command=aspectratio&val= Valid aspect ratio values: 1:1 , 4:3 , 5:4 , 16:9 , 16:10 , 221:100 , 235:100 , 239:100

sort playlist using sort mode and order : ?command=pl_sort&id=&val= If id=0 then items will be sorted in normal order, if id=1 they will be sorted in reverse order A non exhaustive list of sort modes: 0 Id 1 Name 3 Author 5 Random 7 Track number

toggle random playback: ?command=pl_random

toggle loop: ?command=pl_loop

toggle repeat: ?command=pl_repeat

toggle enable service discovery module : ?command=pl_sd&val= Typical values are: sap shoutcast podcast hal

toggle fullscreen: ?command=fullscreen

set volume level to (can be absolute integer, percent or +/- relative value): ?command=volume&val= Allowed values are of the form: +, -, or %

seek to : ?command=seek&val= Allowed values are of the form: [+ or -][:][<M or m or '>:][<nothing or S or s or ">] or [+ or -]% (value between [ ] are optional, value between < > are mandatory) examples: 1000 -> seek to the 1000th second +1H:2M -> seek 1 hour and 2 minutes forward -10% -> seek 10% back

command=preamp&val= sets the preamp value, must be >=-20 and <=20

command=equalizer&band=&val=<gain in dB, must be >=-20 and <=20) set the gain for a specific band

command=enableeq&val=<0 or 1> 0 -- disables the equalizer 1 -- enables the equalizer

command=setpreset&val= set the equalizer preset as per the id specified

<Displays the equalizer band gains. Band 0: 60 Hz, 1: 170 Hz, 2: 310 Hz, 3: 600 Hz, 4: 1 kHz, 5: 3 kHz, 6: 6 kHz, 7: 12 kHz , 8: 14 kHz , 9: 16 kHz

<Display the list of presets available for the equalizer

Commands available from API version 2

select the title ?command=title&val=

select the chapter ?command=title&val=

select the audio track (use the number from the stream) ?command=audio_track&val=

select the video track (use the number from the stream) ?command=video_track&val=

select the sibtitle track (use the number from the stream) ?command=subtitle_track&val=

playlist.xml or playlist.json:

< get the full playlist tree

NB: playlist_jstree.xml is used for the internal web client. It should not be relied upon by external remotes. It may be removed without notice.

browse.xml or browse.json:

< ?dir=

get file list from uri. At the moment, only local file uris are supported

NB: uri is the preferred parameter. Dir is deprecated and may be removed in a future release. < ?dir=

get

's filelist

vlm.xml:

< get the full list of VLM elements

vlm_cmd.xml:

< execute VLM command ?command=

get the error message from