Python VLC MediaPlayer –Setting Media Role
In this article we will see how we can set role of the MediaPlayer object in the python vlc module. VLC media player is a free and open-source portable cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project. MediaPlayer object is the basic object in vlc module for playing the video. Role can be available role or can be customized one.
In order to do this we will use set_role method with the MediaPlayer object
Syntax : media_player.set_role(role)
Argument : It takes role as argument for available one it can be role id
Return : It returns 0 on success, -1 on error
Below is the implementation
Python3
# importing vlc moduleimport vlc# importing time moduleimport time# creating vlc media player objectmedia_player = vlc.MediaPlayer()# media objectmedia = vlc.Media("death_note.mkv")# setting media to the media playermedia_player.set_media(media)# setting video scalemedia_player.video_set_scale(0.6)# setting media player rolemedia_player.set_role(2)# setting volumemedia_player.audio_set_volume(80)# start playing videomedia_player.play()# wait so the video can be played for 5 seconds# irrespective for length of videotime.sleep(5) |
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Another example Below is the implementation
Python3
# importing vlc moduleimport vlc# importing time moduleimport time# creating vlc media player objectmedia_player = vlc.MediaPlayer()# media objectmedia = vlc.Media("1mp4.mkv")# setting media to the media playermedia_player.set_media(media)# setting media player rolemedia_player.set_role(2)# setting volumemedia_player.audio_set_volume(70)# setting video scalemedia_player.video_set_scale(0.6)# start playing videomedia_player.play()# wait so the video can be played for 5 seconds# irrespective for length of videotime.sleep(5) |
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