# vlc-playlist-control

> Provides an easy way to control the playback of a VLC playlist

Latest version **0.1.0** (published 2019-06-24) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install vlc-playlist-control
pnpm add vlc-playlist-control
yarn add vlc-playlist-control
bun add vlc-playlist-control
```

## Health

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

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support; pre 1.0.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 |
| Published | 2019-06-24 |
| First published | 2019-06-24 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 2.1 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 (+1 in 1 direct dependencies) |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 0 |
| Author | Johan Winther |
| Maintainers | wello |
| Keywords | vlc, playlist, control |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vlc-playlist-control
- Repository: https://github.com/JohanWinther/vlc-playlist-control
- Homepage: https://github.com/JohanWinther/vlc-playlist-control#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/JohanWinther/vlc-playlist-control/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/vlc-playlist-control

## Dependencies (1)

- [request](https://npm.io/package/request.md) ^2.88.0

## Recent versions

- 0.1.0 (latest) — 2019-06-24

## README

# VLC Playlist Control
Provides an easy way to (programmatically) control the playback of a VLC playlist.

## Setup
### Requisites
* VLC desktop version
* Node
### Installation
Run these commands:
```batch
git clone https://github.com/JohanWinther/vlc-playlist-control.git
cd vlc-playlist-control
npm install
```
Enable the [VLC http server](https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Interface:HTTP/). Remember to set a password and port number under the Lua settings.

Change the server host+port number and/or password in the `index.js` file.

## Commands
The commands need to be run in the same directory as `index.js` or be referenced with paths.
### Start video number N in opened playlist
```batch
node index.js video N
```
where `N` is the video number.
### Run custom command
```batch
node index.js command
```
where `command` is a supported VLC http command. Further reference can be found [here](https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_HTTP_requests/).

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