As wizzwizz4 stated the vlc.py program is available @ https://wiki.videolan.org/Python_bindings along with example code for wxpython, pyQt and pyGtk
The documentation is here: https://www.olivieraubert.net/vlc/python-ctypes/doc/
Here is a rough bit of code, which runs from the command line, to give you a start
import requests import vlc import time import os #Test data a local file, a couple of radio stations and a video to cover all the bases urls = [ 'file:///home/rolf/Music/H5O.mp3', 'http://www.lounge-radio.com/listen128.m3u', 'http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/aacplus/live.pls?service=acbb', 'http://statslive.infomaniak.ch/playlist/energy90s/energy90s-high.mp3/playlist.pls', 'http://streaming.radio.rtl2.fr/rtl2-1-44-128', 'http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/VfE_html5.mp4' ] #Define playlist extensions playlists = set(['pls','m3u']) #Define vlc playing Status values playing = set([1,2,3,4]) Instance = vlc.Instance() # Loop over urls provided for url in urls: print ("\n\nLooking for:", url) # Grab file extension ext = (url.rpartition(".")[2])[:3] found = False # Test if url is a local file or remote if url[:4] == 'file': if os.path.isfile(url[7:]): found = True else: print ('Error: File ', url[7:], ' Not found') continue else: try: r = requests.get(url, stream=True) found = r.ok except ConnectionError as e: print('failed to get stream: {e}'.format(e=e)) continue if found: player = Instance.media_player_new() Media = Instance.media_new(url) Media_list = Instance.media_list_new([url]) Media.get_mrl() player.set_media(Media) # if url is a playlist load list_player else use player if ext in playlists: list_player = Instance.media_list_player_new() list_player.set_media_list(Media_list) if list_player.play() == -1: print ("\nError playing playlist") else: if player.play() == -1: print ("\nError playing Stream") #=========================================================# # #Use this code for 15 second samples print ('Sampling ', url, ' for 15 seconds') time.sleep(15) # #=========================================================# # #Use this code to play audio until it stops # print ('Playing ', url, ' until it stops') # time.sleep(5) #Give it time to get going # while True: # if ext in playlists: # state = list_player.get_state() # if state not in playing: # break # else: # state = player.get_state() # if state not in playing: # break #=========================================================# if ext in playlists: list_player.stop() else: player.stop() else: print ('\nError getting the audio')
