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Arch: Control VLC through terminal commands?

I’m making a Python script to play music through VLC and I wanted to add a way to control audio playback of VLC, like pause/play, next/previous, etc. I know I can change shuffle mode before launching VLC with the –random and –no-random arguments. However, is there a way to change playback settings through the Linux terminal while VLC is running?

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@utopiah@lemmy.ml · Mar 07

I tinker with VLC using and… so far my “trick” is a bit dirty, namely I don’t “control” it as much as I killall potential running instances then I start cvlc again with the right parameters. If you want continuity though you might not want that. Note also that if you plan to do scripting check mpv as it’s a bit easier to tinker with IMHO.

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