Post #1892669
2026-05-01 06:45 UTC
Wait, VLC has had a built-in TUI this WHOLE TIME? AND IT RULES!?
$ vlc --intf ncurses
Replies (6)
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@sussus.guhcat.com@bsky.brid.gy 2026-05-01 07:05
oh woah! that's sick :O been enjoying ncspot, but it (understandably!) not being able to play local files has had me meaning to look for a TUI that does for a while.. gonna have to give good old VLC a try 🙂↕️
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@eskealler@mastodon.social 2026-05-01 07:51
@tris@namtao.com I never knew! Thanks 🙏
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@jak2k@mastodontech.de 2026-05-01 08:49
@tris@namtao.com Yes. And there is also a web api.
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@laund@wetdry.world 2026-05-01 10:50
@tris@namtao.com neat. Tho i haven't installed vlc in quite some time, mpv is where its at for me nowadays.
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@zperk13@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-02 23:05
@tris@namtao.com for those on arch/endeavour/etc, you do need https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/vlc-gui-ncurses/ for this to work
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@balu@muenster.im 2026-05-02 23:11
@tris@namtao.com On some systems you can just call it as `nvlc` iirc.