VLC media player

The vlc platform allows you to control VLC media player.

Important

The VLC media player integration集成将 Home Assistant 与您的设备、服务等连接和集成。 [Learn more], is currently only available for installations that are based on the Home Assistant Core in a Python virtual environment.

Configuration

To add a VLC media player to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yamlconfiguration.yaml 文件是 Home Assistant 的主要配置文件。它列出了要加载的集成及其特定配置。在某些情况下,需要直接在 configuration.yaml 文件中手动编辑配置。大多数集成可以在 UI 中配置。 [Learn more] file. 在更改了configuration.yamlconfiguration.yaml 文件是 Home Assistant 的主要配置文件。它列出了要加载的集成及其特定配置。在某些情况下,需要直接在 configuration.yaml 文件中手动编辑配置。大多数集成可以在 UI 中配置。 [Learn more] 文件后,重启 Home Assistant 以应用更改。 该集成现在显示在集成页面的 设置 > 设备与服务 下。其实体在集成卡片上以及实体标签上列出。

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: vlc

Configuration Variables

name string (Optional)

The name to use in the frontend.

arguments string (Optional)

Additional arguments to be passed to VLC.

Only the “music” media type is supported for now.

This action will control a background VLC instance, therefore you cannot use this to control a VLC instance launched on your desktop, unlike the Kodi media player for example.

Full configuration

A full configuration for VLC could look like the one below:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: vlc
    name: speaker_1
    arguments: "--alsa-audio-device=hw:1,0"

Additional configuration on macOS

On macOS python-vlc won’t find the VLC plugin directory unless you add this to the user’s .bash_profile that is running Home Assistant:

export VLC_PLUGIN_PATH=$VLC_PLUGIN_PATH:/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins

Additional configuration on Linux

You need to add the homeassistant user to the audio group:

sudo usermod -a -G audio homeassistant