This is Linux only as D-BUS does not work on Mac.
You must have the following system packages installed
vlc(to play videos)imagemagick(to take screenshots)wmctrl(to determine window name)
Install system requirements for dbus-python package
% sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev
Install with pip
% pip3 install vlc-helper
The vlc-repl and myvlc scripts are provided
% venv/bin/vlc-repl --help
Usage: vlc-repl [OPTIONS]
Start a REPL to control VLC media player
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
% venv/bin/myvlc --help
Usage: myvlc [OPTIONS] [FILENAME] [STARTTIME] [STOPTIME]
Start filename at specific start time (and/or end at specific end time)
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.