Python VLC MediaList – Setting a Single Media Object

Python VLC MediaList is a module used in VLC media player to create a playlist of media files to be played. In this tutorial, we will learn how to set a single media object in a VLC MediaList using Python.

Setup

Before we can start, we need to have VLC Media Player and Python VLC module installed. To install them, open the command prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac/Linux) and run the following commands:

pip install python-vlc

After installation, import the vlc module in your Python program:

import vlc

Creating a Media Object

We need to create a Media object before we can set it in a MediaList. A Media object represents a single media file. We can create it by calling the vlc.Media() constructor with the path to the media file. Here's an example:

media = vlc.Media("C:/path/to/media.mp4")

In the above example, we created a Media object with the path to a video file named media.mp4 located at C:/path/to/ directory.

Creating a MediaList

To create a MediaList, we can call the vlc.MediaList() constructor with no arguments:

media_list = vlc.MediaList()

Setting a Single Media Object in a MediaList

To set a single media object in a MediaList, we can call the media_list.add_media() method with the Media object as an argument:

media_list.add_media(media)

In the above example, we added the media object we created earlier to the media_list.

Printing the MediaList

To verify that the Media object is successfully added to the MediaList, we can print the media titles in the list using the media_list.media() method:

for media in media_list.media():
    print(media.get_mrl())

In the above example, we looped through the MediaList and printed the media titles using the get_mrl() method.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to set a single media object in a VLC MediaList using Python. We also learned how to create a Media object and a MediaList. You can now use this in your Python programs to create and manage playlists in VLC media player.