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VLC causes buffer when embedded in Python Tkinter Frame

I have been working on a music player app that uses VLC to play songs directly from the internet and has features like seeking and a progress bar. But as the normal tkinter progress bar looks kinda old so I used customtkinter.CTkSlider widget but using this causes buffering. The song plays smoothly on using Tk.Scale.
Here, is the code:
# import external libraries
import vlc
import tkinter as Tk
from tkinter import ttk
import pyautogui
import customtkinter
import pafy
# import standard libraries
import os
from threading import Thread, Event
import time
import platform
import requests
class ttkTimer(Thread):
"""a class serving same function as wxTimer... but there may be better ways to do this
"""
def __init__(self, callback, tick):
Thread.__init__(self)
self.callback = callback
self.stopFlag = Event()
self.tick = tick
self.iters = 0
def run(self):
while not self.stopFlag.wait(self.tick):
self.iters += 1
self.callback()
def stop(self):
self.stopFlag.set()
def get(self):
return self.iters
class Player(Tk.Frame):
"""The main window has to deal with events.
"""
def __init__(self, parent, title=None):
Tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent)
self.parent = parent
if title == None:
title = "tk_vlc"
self.parent.title(title)
# Menu Bar
# File Menu
menubar = Tk.Menu(self.parent)
self.parent.config(menu=menubar)
fileMenu = Tk.Menu(menubar)
fileMenu.add_command(label="Open", underline=0, command=self.OnOpen)
fileMenu.add_command(label="Exit", underline=1, command=_quit)
menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=fileMenu)
# The second panel holds controls
self.player = None
self.videopanel = ttk.Frame(self.parent)
self.canvas = Tk.Canvas(self.videopanel).pack(fill=Tk.BOTH,expand=1)
self.videopanel.pack(fill=Tk.BOTH,expand=1)
ctrlpanel = ttk.Frame(self.parent)
pause = ttk.Button(ctrlpanel, text="Pause", command=self.OnPause)
play = ttk.Button(ctrlpanel, text="Play", command=self.OnPlay)
stop = ttk.Button(ctrlpanel, text="Stop", command=self.OnStop)
volume = ttk.Button(ctrlpanel, text="Volume", command=self.OnSetVolume)
pause.pack(side=Tk.LEFT)
play.pack(side=Tk.LEFT)
stop.pack(side=Tk.LEFT)
volume.pack(side=Tk.LEFT)
self.volume_var = Tk.IntVar()
self.volslider = Tk.Scale(ctrlpanel, variable=self.volume_var, command=self.volume_sel,
from_=0, to=100, orient=Tk.HORIZONTAL, length=100)
self.volslider.pack(side=Tk.LEFT)
ctrlpanel.pack(side=Tk.BOTTOM)
ctrlpanel2 = ttk.Frame(self.parent)
self.scale_var = Tk.DoubleVar()
self.timeslider_last_val = ""
self.timeslider = customtkinter.CTkSlider(ctrlpanel2, variable=self.scale_var, command=self.scale_sel,
from_=0, to=1000, orient=Tk.HORIZONTAL) # This causes buffer
self.timeslider.pack(side=Tk.BOTTOM, fill=Tk.X,expand=1)
self.timeslider_last_update = time.time()
ctrlpanel2.pack(side=Tk.BOTTOM,fill=Tk.X)
# VLC player controls
self.Instance = vlc.Instance()
self.player = self.Instance.media_player_new()
self.timer = ttkTimer(self.OnTimer, 1.0)
self.timer.start()
self.parent.update()
#self.player.set_hwnd(self.GetHandle()) # for windows, OnOpen does does this
def Extract(self,topic):
"""Will play video on following topic, takes about 10 to 15 seconds to load"""
url = 'https://www.youtube.com/results?q=' + topic
count = 0
cont = ''
try:
cont = requests.get(url)
except:
print('Error','Cannot Connect.. Internet not connected or invalid URL or id.')
cont = ''
data = cont.content
data = str(data)
lst = data.split('"')
for i in lst:
count+=1
if i == 'WEB_PAGE_TYPE_WATCH':
break
if lst[count-5] == "/results":
print("Error","No video found.")
return "https://www.youtube.com"+lst[count-5]
def OnExit(self, evt):
"""Closes the window.
"""
self.Close()
def OnOpen(self):
"""Pop up a new dialow window to choose a file, then play the selected file.
"""
# if a file is already running, then stop it.
self.OnStop()
fullname = pafy.new(self.Extract(pyautogui.password(mask="", title="Enter Song Name:", text="Enter Song Name:"))).getbest().url
self.Media = self.Instance.media_new(fullname)
self.player.set_media(self.Media)
# set the window id where to render VLC's video output
if platform.system() == 'Windows':
self.player.set_hwnd(self.GetHandle())
else:
self.player.set_xwindow(self.GetHandle()) # this line messes up windows
# FIXME: this should be made cross-platform
self.OnPlay()
# set the volume slider to the current volume
#self.volslider.SetValue(self.player.audio_get_volume() / 2)
self.volslider.set(self.player.audio_get_volume())
def OnPlay(self):
"""Toggle the status to Play/Pause.
If no file is loaded, open the dialog window.
"""
# check if there is a file to play, otherwise open a
# Tk.FileDialog to select a file
if not self.player.get_media():
self.OnOpen()
else:
# Try to launch the media, if this fails display an error message
if self.player.play() == -1:
self.errorDialog("Unable to play.")
def GetHandle(self):
return self.videopanel.winfo_id()
#def OnPause(self, evt):
def OnPause(self):
"""Pause the player.
"""
self.player.pause()
def OnStop(self):
"""Stop the player.
"""
self.player.stop()
# reset the time slider
self.timeslider.set(0)
def OnTimer(self):
"""Update the time slider according to the current movie time.
"""
if self.player == None:
return
# since the self.player.get_length can change while playing,
# re-set the timeslider to the correct range.
length = self.player.get_length()
dbl = length * 0.001
self.timeslider.config(to=dbl)
# update the time on the slider
tyme = self.player.get_time()
if tyme == -1:
tyme = 0
dbl = tyme * 0.001
self.timeslider_last_val = ("%.0f" % dbl) + ".0"
# don't want to programatically change slider while user is messing with it.
# wait 2 seconds after user lets go of slider
if time.time() > (self.timeslider_last_update + 2.0):
self.timeslider.set(dbl)
def scale_sel(self, evt):
if self.player == None:
return
nval = self.scale_var.get()
sval = str(nval)
if self.timeslider_last_val != sval:
self.timeslider_last_update = time.time()
mval = "%.0f" % (nval * 1000)
self.player.set_time(int(mval)) # expects milliseconds
def volume_sel(self, evt):
if self.player == None:
return
volume = self.volume_var.get()
if volume > 100:
volume = 100
if self.player.audio_set_volume(volume) == -1:
self.errorDialog("Failed to set volume")
def OnToggleVolume(self, evt):
"""Mute/Unmute according to the audio button.
"""
is_mute = self.player.audio_get_mute()
self.player.audio_set_mute(not is_mute)
# update the volume slider;
# since vlc volume range is in [0, 200],
# and our volume slider has range [0, 100], just divide by 2.
self.volume_var.set(self.player.audio_get_volume())
def OnSetVolume(self):
"""Set the volume according to the volume sider.
"""
volume = self.volume_var.get()
# vlc.MediaPlayer.audio_set_volume returns 0 if success, -1 otherwise
if volume > 100:
volume = 100
if self.player.audio_set_volume(volume) == -1:
self.errorDialog("Failed to set volume")
def errorDialog(self, errormessage):
"""Display a simple error dialog.
"""
Tk.tkMessageBox.showerror(self, 'Error', errormessage)
def Tk_get_root():
if not hasattr(Tk_get_root, "root"): #(1)
Tk_get_root.root= Tk.Tk() #initialization call is inside the function
return Tk_get_root.root
def _quit():
print("_quit: bye")
root = Tk_get_root()
root.quit() # stops mainloop
root.destroy() # this is necessary on Windows to prevent
# Fatal Python Error: PyEval_RestoreThread: NULL tstate
os._exit(1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Create a Tk.App(), which handles the windowing system event loop
root = Tk_get_root()
root.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", _quit)
player = Player(root, title="tkinter vlc")
# show the player window centred and run the application
root.mainloop()
Kindly help
Regards.

Python-vlc error: HTTP connection failure

I'm trying to play an online video using python-vlc library.
First, I was using a simple version of the player to test it out:
import vlc
#example url
url="https://player.vimeo.com/external/363536021.hd.mp4?s=6f6e87d86a49149479ebdab6c8bc421aa89f327c&profile_id=175&oauth2_token_id=57447761"
player = vlc.Instance().media_player_new()
player.set_media(vlc.Instance().media_new(url))
player.play()
while str(player.get_state()) != "State.Ended":
pass
player.stop()
It plays the while video from URL without any problems!
Now I wanted to use the more complex version with pyqt5 GUI (original source-code here):
import sys
import os.path
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QTimer
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPalette, QColor
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QWidget, QFrame, QSlider, QHBoxLayout, QPushButton, \
QVBoxLayout, QAction, QFileDialog, QApplication
import vlc
class Player(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, videoUrl, master=None):
QMainWindow.__init__(self, master)
self.setWindowTitle("Media Player")
# creating a basic vlc instance
self.instance = vlc.Instance()
# creating an empty vlc media player
self.mediaplayer = self.instance.media_player_new()
self.playableVideo = videoUrl
self.createUI()
self.isPaused = False
def createUI(self):
"""Set up the user interface, signals & slots
"""
self.widget = QWidget(self)
self.setCentralWidget(self.widget)
# In this widget, the video will be drawn
if sys.platform == "darwin": # for MacOS
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMacCocoaViewContainer
self.videoframe = QMacCocoaViewContainer(0)
else:
self.videoframe = QFrame()
self.palette = self.videoframe.palette()
self.palette.setColor (QPalette.Window,
QColor(0,0,0))
self.videoframe.setPalette(self.palette)
self.videoframe.setAutoFillBackground(True)
self.positionslider = QSlider(Qt.Horizontal, self)
self.positionslider.setToolTip("Position")
self.positionslider.setMaximum(5000)
self.positionslider.sliderMoved.connect(self.setPosition)
self.hbuttonbox = QHBoxLayout()
self.playbutton = QPushButton("Play")
self.hbuttonbox.addWidget(self.playbutton)
self.playbutton.clicked.connect(self.PlayPause)
self.stopbutton = QPushButton("Exit")
self.hbuttonbox.addWidget(self.stopbutton)
self.stopbutton.clicked.connect(self.Stop)
self.hbuttonbox.setAlignment(Qt.AlignHCenter)
self.vboxlayout = QVBoxLayout()
self.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.videoframe)
self.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.positionslider)
self.vboxlayout.addLayout(self.hbuttonbox)
self.widget.setLayout(self.vboxlayout)
self.timer = QTimer(self)
self.timer.setInterval(200)
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.updateUI)
def PlayPause(self):
"""Toggle play/pause status
"""
if self.mediaplayer.is_playing():
self.mediaplayer.pause()
self.playbutton.setText("Play")
self.isPaused = True
else:
if self.mediaplayer.play() == -1:
self.OpenFile()
return
self.mediaplayer.play()
self.playbutton.setText("Pause")
self.timer.start()
self.isPaused = False
def Stop(self):
"""Stop player
"""
self.mediaplayer.stop()
self.playbutton.setText("Play")
def OpenFile(self, filename=None):
"""Open a media file in a MediaPlayer
"""
if filename is None:
filename = self.playableVideo
if not filename:
return
# create the media
if sys.version < '3':
filename = unicode(filename)
self.media = self.instance.media_new(filename)
# put the media in the media player
self.mediaplayer.set_media(self.media)
# parse the metadata of the file
self.media.parse()
# set the title of the track as window title
self.setWindowTitle(self.media.get_meta(0))
# the media player has to be 'connected' to the QFrame
# (otherwise a video would be displayed in it's own window)
# this is platform specific!
# you have to give the id of the QFrame (or similar object) to
# vlc, different platforms have different functions for this
if sys.platform.startswith('linux'): # for Linux using the X Server
self.mediaplayer.set_xwindow(self.videoframe.winId())
elif sys.platform == "win32": # for Windows
self.mediaplayer.set_hwnd(self.videoframe.winId())
elif sys.platform == "darwin": # for MacOS
self.mediaplayer.set_nsobject(int(self.videoframe.winId()))
self.PlayPause()
def setPosition(self, position):
self.mediaplayer.set_position(position / 1000.0)
def updateUI(self):
self.positionslider.setValue(self.mediaplayer.get_position() * 1000)
if not self.mediaplayer.is_playing():
self.timer.stop()
if not self.isPaused:
self.Stop()
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
player = Player("https://player.vimeo.com/external/363536021.hd.mp4?s=6f6e87d86a49149479ebdab6c8bc421aa89f327c&profile_id=175&oauth2_token_id=57447761")
player.show()
player.resize(640, 480)
if sys.argv[1:]:
player.OpenFile(sys.argv[1])
sys.exit(app.exec_())
This code keeps returning an access stream error: HTTP connection failure.

The problem is that as soon as you start playing the video it is not available since the download is not immediate but with your code you try to update the position. The solution is to update is to get the position after it started playing:
def updateUI(self):
if not self.mediaplayer.is_playing():
return
self.positionslider.setValue(self.mediaplayer.get_position() * 1000)
if not self.mediaplayer.is_playing():
self.timer.stop()
if not self.isPaused:
self.Stop()

PyQt5 Cant link slider to the playing audio in my mp3 player

I am making an Mp3 Player, and I am almost done, the only thing left is the time slider.
I managed to make the slider so that it can change the position/time of the audio, but I want the vice-versa now, the slider to be moved by the audio progress.
(Ignore this pls, they are asking for more details but I got none other to give, thanks)
My MRE:
import os
import vlc # version 3.0.10114
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
from tkinter import Tk, filedialog # 8.6
from time import sleep
from pygame import mixer # version 1.9.6
class UiMainWindow:
def __init__(self, main_window):
self.main_window = main_window
mixer.init() # For the volume
self.vlc_instance = vlc.Instance()
media = self.vlc_instance.media_new('')
self.player = self.vlc_instance.media_player_new()
self.player.set_media(media)
self.main_window.setStyleSheet('background-color: gray')
self.main_window.resize(800, 600)
self.centralwidget = QtWidgets.QWidget(self.main_window)
# Initiating the buttons and labels
self.add_new_song_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
self.add_new_song_button.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(690, 50, 80, 24))
self.add_new_song_button.clicked.connect(self.add_song)
self.time_slider = QtWidgets.QSlider(self.centralwidget)
self.time_slider.setMinimum(0)
self.time_slider.setMaximum(10000)
self.time_slider.setValue(0)
self.time_slider.setSingleStep(1)
self.time_slider.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
self.time_slider.sliderMoved.connect(self.slider_moved)
# self.time_slider.valueChanged.connect(self.slider_changed)
self.time_slider.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(200, 80, 400, 20))
# Initiating the lists and music
self.ui_song_list = QtWidgets.QListWidget(self.centralwidget)
self.ui_song_list.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 120, 780, 480))
self.ui_song_list.setEnabled(True)
self.ui_song_list.setStyleSheet('background-color: lightblue;')
self.current_audio = '' # To prevent errors when trying to play nothing
self.audio_paths = {}
self.ui_song_list.itemClicked.connect(self.play_song)
self.retranslate_ui(self.main_window)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(self.main_window)
def config_audio(self, audio=''): # Changes the song of the player
if not audio:
media = self.vlc_instance.media_new(audio)
else:
media = self.vlc_instance.media_new(self.audio_paths[audio])
self.player = self.vlc_instance.media_player_new()
self.player.set_media(media)
def play_song(self, song): # This is called when a song is clicked
self.current_audio = song.text()
self.player.stop()
self.config_audio(audio=self.current_audio)
self.player.play()
def add_song(self):
Tk().withdraw() # Creating the interface for choosing songs
filetypes = [('mp3 files', '*.mp3'), ('wav files', '*.wav')] # Only audio should pe added
list_of_chosen_audio = filedialog.askopenfilenames(title='Choose audio files', filetypes=filetypes)
for audio_path in list_of_chosen_audio:
audio_name = audio_path[:-4].split('/')[-1] # taking only the audio name without mp3 and audio_paths
self.audio_paths[audio_name] = audio_path
self.ui_song_list.addItem(audio_name)
self.all_songs = self.ui_song_list.findItems('', QtCore.Qt.MatchContains)
def slider_moved(self):
try:
self.player.set_position(self.time_slider.value()/10000) # / 10000 because the slider didnt work if lowered the maximum value
except Exception as e:
print(e)
def slider_changed(self):
if self.player.is_playing():
print(round(self.player.get_position()*10000, 2))
self.time_slider.setValue(round(self.player.get_position()*10000, 2))
self.player.set_position(self.time_slider.value()/10000)
def retranslate_ui(self, main_window): # Setting the text for all the buttons and labels
main_window.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
main_window.setWindowTitle("MP3 Player")
self.add_new_song_button.setText("Add Songs")
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
MainWindow = QtWidgets.QMainWindow()
ui = UiMainWindow(MainWindow)
MainWindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Thanks in advance!

The slider has a setValue to set the slider position (0-1). To update the slider, add a timer to the app.
Update your code with the following changes:
class UiMainWindow:
def __init__(self, main_window):
..........
# timer to update slide bar
timer = QTimer(self.main_window)
timer.timeout.connect(self.time_hit)
timer.start(500) # 1/2 second
def time_hit(self):
if self.player.is_playing():
self.time_slider.setValue(self.player.get_position()*10000) # update slide bar

How to draw/animate transparent images/objects over a video in PyQt5?

I created a media player application using python-vlc and PyQt5, quite similar to this qtvlc code.
A minimal reproducible code is shown as follows:
class Player(QMainWindow):
"""A simple Media Player using VLC and Qt
"""
def __init__(self, master=None):
QMainWindow.__init__(self, master)
self.setWindowTitle("Media Player")
# creating a basic vlc instance
self.instance = vlc.Instance()
# creating an empty vlc media player
self.mediaplayer = self.instance.media_player_new()
self.createUI()
self.isPaused = False
def createUI(self):
"""Set up the user interface, signals & slots
"""
self.widget = QWidget(self)
self.setCentralWidget(self.widget)
self.videoframe = QFrame()
self.videoframe.setAutoFillBackground(True)
pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap()
pixmap.load("path to transparent_image.png")
self.my_label = QLabel(self)
self.my_label.setPixmap(pixmap)
self.my_label.setGeometry(300, 250, 100, 100)
self.my_label.setFrameStyle(QFrame.NoFrame)
self.my_label.setAttribute(Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground)
self.vboxlayout = QVBoxLayout()
self.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.videoframe)
self.widget.setLayout(self.vboxlayout)
self.media = self.instance.media_new("path to video file")
# put the media in the media player
self.mediaplayer.set_media(self.media)
# the media player has to be 'connected' to the QFrame
# (otherwise a video would be displayed in it's own window)
# this is platform specific!
# you have to give the id of the QFrame (or similar object) to
# vlc, different platforms have different functions for this
if sys.platform.startswith('linux'): # for Linux using the X Server
self.mediaplayer.set_xwindow(self.videoframe.winId())
elif sys.platform == "win32": # for Windows
self.mediaplayer.set_hwnd(self.videoframe.winId())
elif sys.platform == "darwin": # for MacOS
self.mediaplayer.set_nsobject(self.videoframe.winId())
self.mediaplayer.play()
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
player = Player()
player.show()
player.resize(640, 480)
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Once I run the code, I can see that the transparent image is drawn on top of the video but the image instead of showing the background video through it continues to show the portion of the QFrame as its background. Can anyone help me with getting around this issue?

How to add Timer in VLC Python in PYQt5?

I have use VLC Python binding for media Player Gui and I want to add Timer to the Below Slider its like 0.00:0.00 (current video time : total duration of video) how can i add this ??
How to callback the current playing time and display as label below position slider as mention in image ?
Please help for small hint to how to do??
import sys
from PyQt5 import QtCore as qtc
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets as qtw
from PyQt5 import QtGui as qtg
import vlc
import os.path
class MainWindow(qtw.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
##Main framwork
# creating a basic vlc instance
self.instance = vlc.Instance()
# creating an empty vlc media player
self.mediaplayer = self.instance.media_player_new()
self.createUI()
self.isPaused = False
def createUI(self):
base_widget = qtw.QWidget()
base_widget.setLayout(qtw.QHBoxLayout())
notebook = qtw.QVBoxLayout()
base_widget.layout().addLayout(notebook)
self.setCentralWidget(base_widget)
#VideoFrame Loading
self.videoframe = qtw.QFrame()
self.videoframe.setMinimumWidth(950)
self.videoframe.setMinimumHeight(525)
self.palette = self.videoframe.palette()
self.palette.setColor (qtg.QPalette.Window,
qtg.QColor(0,0,0))
self.videoframe.setPalette(self.palette)
self.videoframe.setAutoFillBackground(True)
#Position Slider
self.positionslider = qtw.QSlider(qtc.Qt.Horizontal, self)
self.positionslider.setToolTip("Position")
self.positionslider.setMaximum(100000.0)
self.positionslider.setTickPosition(qtw.QSlider.TicksBelow)
self.positionslider.setTickInterval(2000)
self.positionslider.sliderMoved.connect(self.setPosition)
self.hbuttonbox = qtw.QHBoxLayout()
self.playbutton = qtw.QPushButton("Play")
self.hbuttonbox.addWidget(self.playbutton)
self.playbutton.clicked.connect(self.PlayPause)
#Button Box
self.stopbutton = qtw.QPushButton("Stop")
self.hbuttonbox.addWidget(self.stopbutton)
self.stopbutton.clicked.connect(self.Stop)
#Volume slider
self.hbuttonbox.addStretch(1)
self.volumeslider = qtw.QSlider(qtc.Qt.Horizontal, self)
self.volumeslider.setMaximum(100)
self.volumeslider.setValue(self.mediaplayer.audio_get_volume())
self.volumeslider.setToolTip("Volume")
self.hbuttonbox.addWidget(self.volumeslider)
self.volumeslider.valueChanged.connect(self.setVolume)
notebook.addWidget(self.videoframe)
notebook.addWidget(self.positionslider)
notebook.addLayout(self.hbuttonbox)
#Actions Code
open1 = qtw.QAction("&Open", self)
open1.triggered.connect(self.OpenFile)
exit = qtw.QAction("&Exit", self)
exit.triggered.connect(sys.exit)
menubar = self.menuBar()
filemenu = menubar.addMenu("&File")
filemenu.addAction(open1)
filemenu.addSeparator()
filemenu.addAction(exit)
self.timer = qtc.QTimer(self)
self.timer.setInterval(200)
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.updateUI)
def PlayPause(self):
"""Toggle play/pause status
"""
if self.mediaplayer.is_playing():
self.mediaplayer.pause()
self.playbutton.setText("Play")
self.isPaused = True
else:
if self.mediaplayer.play() == -1:
self.OpenFile()
return
self.mediaplayer.play()
self.playbutton.setText("Pause")
self.timer.start()
self.isPaused = False
def PausePlay(self):
if self.mediaplayer.is_playing():
self.mediaplayer.pause()
self.playbutton.setText("Play")
self.isPaused = True
def Stop(self):
"""Stop player
"""
self.mediaplayer.stop()
self.playbutton.setText("Play")
def OpenFile(self, filename=None):
"""Open a media file in a MediaPlayer
"""
if filename is None or filename is False:
print("Attempt to open up OpenFile")
filenameraw = qtw.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, "Open File", os.path.expanduser('~'))
filename = filenameraw[0]
if not filename:
return
# create the media
if sys.version < '3':
filename = unicode(filename)
self.media = self.instance.media_new(filename)
# put the media in the media player
self.mediaplayer.set_media(self.media)
# parse the metadata of the file
self.media.parse()
# set the title of the track as window title
self.setWindowTitle(self.media.get_meta(0))
# print(vlc.libvlc_media_get_meta(self.media, 6))
# print(vlc.libvlc_media_get_duration(self.media))
# the media player has to be 'connected' to the QFrame
# (otherwise a video would be displayed in it's own window)
# this is platform specific!
# you have to give the id of the QFrame (or similar object) to
# vlc, different platforms have different functions for this
if sys.platform.startswith('linux'): # for Linux using the X Server
self.mediaplayer.set_xwindow(self.videoframe.winId())
elif sys.platform == "win32": # for Windows
self.mediaplayer.set_hwnd(self.videoframe.winId())
elif sys.platform == "darwin": # for MacOS
self.mediaplayer.set_nsobject(int(self.videoframe.winId()))
self.PlayPause()
def setVolume(self, Volume):
"""Set the volume """
self.mediaplayer.audio_set_volume(Volume)
def setPosition(self, position):
"""Set the position
"""
# setting the position to where the slider was dragged
self.mediaplayer.set_position(position / 100000.0)
# the vlc MediaPlayer needs a float value between 0 and 1, Qt
# uses integer variables, so you need a factor; the higher the
# factor, the more precise are the results
# (1000 should be enough)
def updateUI(self):
"""updates the user interface"""
# setting the slider to the desired position
self.positionslider.setValue(self.mediaplayer.get_position() * 100000.0)
if not self.mediaplayer.is_playing():
# no need to call this function if nothing is played
self.timer.stop()
if not self.isPaused:
# after the video finished, the play button stills shows
# "Pause", not the desired behavior of a media player
# this will fix it
self.Stop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = qtw.QApplication(sys.argv) #it's required to save a referance to MainWindow
mw = MainWindow()
mw.show()
if sys.argv[1:]:
mw.OpenFile(sys.argv[1])
sys.exit(app.exec_())
#if it goes out of scope ,it will be destroyed