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?

  • WronglyCommute
    1·
    2 months ago

    You could always run whereis playerctl and parse the output with awk or sed

    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      2 months ago

      whereis is not a Bash built-in so it may itself not be installed, plus it exits 0 and returns output even on no match requiring additional logic/processing. which or command are more robust choices for this usecase