VLC Player (org.videolan.vlc)

VLC Player is a software-based media player that implements the Media Player interface. VLC is not a standalone device, and will typically be launched by the Atlas Agent.

• Manufacturer: VideoLAN
• Compatibility: VLC Player 3.0+
• Namespace: org.videolan.vlc
• Protocol: HTTP
• Port: 8080

Configuration Options

Argument	Type	Description
password	str	The password you set as the --http-password argument when launching VLC player.

Interfaces

• Media Player — Media Player Control Interface
• System — System Details Interface

Standalone Control

When using VLC standalone (without the Experience Manager), VLC must be started with additional flags to start the HTTP API. The following example starts a video fullscreen, with the http interface. Note the use of the entraintf, http-password and http-port flags:

/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -f -L \
    --no-video-title-show \
    --extraintf http \
    --http-password yourpassword \
    --http-port 8080 \
    /path/to/video.mp4