Python VLC MediaListPlayer - Getting Current State

Python VLC MediaListPlayer - Getting Current State

In the VLC Python bindings, the MediaListPlayer class provides various methods to control and interact with media playback, but it doesn't directly offer a method to get the current state (like playing, paused, stopped) of the media player. However, you can access the current state through the associated MediaPlayer instance.

The MediaListPlayer class has a get_media_player() method which returns the MediaPlayer object it is using. You can then use the get_state() method of the MediaPlayer object to get the current state.

Here's an example to demonstrate how to get the current state of a MediaListPlayer:

import vlc # Create a MediaListPlayer instance media_list_player = vlc.MediaListPlayer() # Add media to the MediaListPlayer (you can add more than one) media_list = vlc.MediaList([vlc.Media("path_to_media_file")]) media_list_player.set_media_list(media_list) # Play the media media_list_player.play() # Get the MediaPlayer instance from MediaListPlayer media_player = media_list_player.get_media_player() # Get the current state state = media_player.get_state() # State is an enum, you can compare it with vlc.State enumerations or convert it to a string print("Current State:", str(state)) # Example of comparing the state if state == vlc.State.Playing: print("The media is currently playing") elif state == vlc.State.Paused: print("The media is currently paused") # ... and so on for other states

In this code:

  • A MediaListPlayer and a MediaList are created, and a media file is added to the list.
  • The get_media_player() method of MediaListPlayer is used to retrieve the MediaPlayer object.
  • The get_state() method of MediaPlayer is called to get the current state, which is an enum of type vlc.State.

The vlc.State enumeration includes states like Playing, Paused, Stopped, among others. You can compare the state directly with these enumerations or convert it to a string for more readable output.

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