Python bindings
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Python bindings
The bindings feature:
- Complete coverage of the libvlc API, since it is automatically generated from the include files.
- No compilation hassles: the generated module is pure python.
- No versioning hassles: the same module works with multiple VLC versions.
- API documentation.
Download
You can download the vlc.py module from the Git repository. It only depends on ctypes (standard module in python >= 2.5). Put the module in some place accessible by python (either next to your application, or in a directory from sys.path).
Alternatively, you can generate it by yourself using the generate.py program and accompanying files in the vlc source tree (see [1]).
Usage
The vlc.py file also contains a runnable example player application (see code at the end of the file, starting from the line "if __name__ == '__main__').
A set of helper examples examples provide a pyGtk, a pyQt and a pyWx player to ease integration.
There is also a README
Note: you must install VLC before using it through Python.
Projects using this binding
http://code.google.com/p/movie-content-editor/ See also LibVLC_Users
FAQ
Win32 initialization
When initializing vlc.Instance() with no parameter, it tries to guess the location of the modules. However, if you pass any argument to vlc.Instance(), you will need to supply the appropriate "--plugin-path=/path/to/the/modules" yourself.
See also
- Old Python bindings - The old, obsolete python bindings that are no longer used and since then removed. Kept only for historical interest.
