Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: vlc-helper
Version: 0.1.7
Summary: CLI helpers for VLC media player
Home-page: https://github.com/kenjyco/vlc-helper
Author: Ken
Author-email: kenjyco@gmail.com
License: MIT
Download-URL: https://github.com/kenjyco/vlc-helper/tarball/v0.1.7
Keywords: vlc,video,video player,cli,command-line,repl,dbus,screenshots,annotations,helper,kenjyco
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Video
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
Requires-Dist: bg-helper
Requires-Dist: chloop
Requires-Dist: click (>=6.0)
Requires-Dist: dbus-python

Warning
-------

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
-------

Install system requirements for ``dbus-python`` package

::

   % sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev

Install with ``pip``

::

   % pip3 install vlc-helper

Usage
-----

The ``vlc-repl`` and ``myvlc`` scripts are provided

::

   % 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.


