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Arch: Control VLC through terminal commands? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 8 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

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