# vlc-player

> VLC player

Latest version **2.0.0** (published 2022-03-10) · ISC license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install vlc-player
pnpm add vlc-player
yarn add vlc-player
bun add vlc-player
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 |
| Published | 2022-03-10 |
| First published | 2016-02-10 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | ISC |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 2.2 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 8 |
| Author | Francois Leurent |
| Maintainers | 131, idjem |
| Keywords | vlc, player, mp4 |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vlc-player
- Repository: https://github.com/131/node-vlc-player
- Homepage: https://github.com/131/node-vlc-player#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/131/node-vlc-player/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/vlc-player

## Recent versions

- 2.0.0 (latest) — 2022-03-10
- 1.2.0 — 2022-03-03
- 1.1.0 — 2018-12-21
- 1.0.0 — 2017-02-09
- 0.12.0 — 2016-03-02
- 0.11.0 — 2016-02-12
- 0.9.0 — 2016-02-10

## README

# VLC player
Simply lookup and start vlc process 

## API

```js
const vlc = require('vlc-player');

const player = await vlc( ['path/to/video.mp4'] );

// vlc is started
// child is a dummy nodejs process

setTimeout(function(){
  player.kill();
}, 1000);
```


# Credits
* [131](mailto:131.code@leurent.email)
* [VLC](http://videolan.org)


# Keywords / shout box
vlc, vlc-win32, vlc-binaries, mp4, ffmpeg, "Let's have a beer and talk in Paris"

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