Python VLC MediaPlayer - Start Playing it

Python VLC MediaPlayer - Start Playing it

To use VLC's Python bindings to control media playback, you first need to install the python-vlc module, which provides bindings for VLC. This can be installed using pip:

pip install python-vlc

Once you have python-vlc installed, you can use the vlc.MediaPlayer class to play media. Here's a simple example of how to play a media file:

import vlc import time # Path to your media file media_path = 'your-media-file.mp3' # Replace this with your media file path # Create a MediaPlayer with the media file player = vlc.MediaPlayer(media_path) # Start playing the media player.play() # As the media is playing asynchronously, keep the script running try: # Keep the script alive as long as the player is running while player.is_playing(): time.sleep(1) except KeyboardInterrupt: # Stop the player and clean up when interrupted (e.g., with Ctrl+C) player.stop()

In the above code:

  1. You import the vlc module.
  2. You specify the path to the media file you want to play.
  3. You create an instance of vlc.MediaPlayer with the media path.
  4. You start playing the media using the play method.
  5. The script waits for the media to finish playing using a loop that checks is_playing status.

The time.sleep(1) call is used to prevent the script from exiting immediately since the media is played in a separate thread. The player checks every second if the media is still playing. When the media playback is over, is_playing() will return False, and the loop will exit.

Keep in mind that the VLC media player must be installed on your system for python-vlc to work. If you encounter any issues, make sure VLC is properly installed by trying to run it directly from the command line or by checking your system's applications.

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