python-vlc won't start the player

Question

Ok here go .Im trying to play a video located online.I got the url ,which is the following: http://fsi.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/video_4.mp4 Its not something i will use in my application but Its just a sample file . Reading the examples for the python-vlc module i wrote the following code:

import vlc Instance = vlc.Instance('--fullscreen') player = Instance.media_player_new() Media = Instance.media_new('http://fsi.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/video_4.mp4') Media.get_mrl() player.set_media(Media) player.play()

In general I use anaconda and jupyter to write code .In the jupyter enviroment the code above executes corectly except the fullscreen parameter(which is still not what i need).So i tried running my code on a command window expecting the vlc player to start to fullscreen mode.Instead the code returned 0 as expected but the player never started.Im using windows 10 and vlc 2.2.4 . Can you please explain or at least help me understand why is this happening ?

PC Planet · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-21 00:36:43Z

I prefer:

from time import sleep sleep(5) # Or however long you expect it to take to open vlc while player.is_playing(): sleep(1)

This way, we can return once video is done playing.

Θοδωρής Φλώκος · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 07:35:32Z

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Ok I solved it on my own.I just had to put an infinite loop in the end,so the player has enough time to run:

while True: pass

answered Apr 13, 2017 at 7:35

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3 Comments

Tendai Over a year ago

why is this even accepted as the correct answer when there is an answer that breaks an infinite loop exists. stackoverflow.com/a/57583062/5153955

Θοδωρής Φλώκος Over a year ago

That is a legitimate question. Although little bit late... Because in the application I used this I wanted the player to be constantly open.

Alex M.M. Over a year ago

It works, maybe it is not the best solution but now I got an idea where the problem came from! Thank you!

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