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 system requirements for dbus-python package
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% sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev
Install with pip
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% pip3 install vlc-helper
The vlc-repl and myvlc scripts are provided
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% 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.
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CLI helpers for VLC media player
We found that vlc-helper demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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