Control VLC media player via the HTTP interface.

You can use the VlcClient class to control a specific VLC media player instance.

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Sof.Vlc.Http;

namespace tmp
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            TestVlcClient().Wait();
        }

        public static async Task TestVlcClient()
        {
            var vlc = new VlcClient("127.0.0.1", 8080, "password");
            
            vlc.StatusUpdated += (sender, e) =>
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Position: {vlc.Status.Time}, Volume: {vlc.Status.Volume}");
            };

            await vlc.Play();
            await Task.Delay(5000);

            await vlc.Pause();
            await Task.Delay(5000);

            await vlc.SetVolume(200);
            await Task.Delay(5000);
        }
    }
}

Supported actions:

• UpdateStatus() - Request a status update from VLC.
• GetDirectoryContents(string location = "file://~") - Request the contents of a specified directory on the host machine.
• GetPlaylist(string search = null) - Request the media player's current playlist.
• Play(string uri, string name, VlcPlaylistAddMode options) - Add an item to the playlist and start playback immediately.
• Add(string uri, string name, VlcPlaylistAddMode options) - Add an item to the playlist without starting playback immediately.
• Play() - Play the last active item or the first item if there is no previous item.
• Play(int id) - Play the specified playlist item by it's Id.
• Pause() - Toggle play/pause. If currently stopped, play current item or first item in the playlist.
• Pause(int id) - Toggle play/pause. If currently stopped, play specified item.
• ForcePause() - Pause the current media item.
• ForceResume() - Play the current media item.
• Stop() - Stop the current media item.
• Next() - Skip to the next media item in the playlist.
• Previous() - Skip to the previous media item in the playlist.
• Delete(int id) - Delete the specified item from the playlist.
• Clear() - Clear the entire playlist.
• ToggleRandom() - Toggle whether the playlist will be randomized.
• ToggleLoop() - Toggle whether the playlist will loop.
• ToggleRepeat() - Toggle whether the current playback item will be repeated.
• ToggleFullscreen() - Toggle fullscreen mode.
• TakeSnapshot() - Take a snapshot of the currently playing video.
• SetVolume(int val) - Set the player's absolute volume (between 0-300).
• SetRelativeVolume(int relVal) - Change the player's relative volume (e.g. +5).
• SetPercentageVolume(int val) - Set the player's absolute volume as a percentage (50%).
• SetRelativePercentageVolume(int relVal) - Change the player's volume as a percentage (e.g. +10%).
• SortPlaylist(VlcPlaylistSortKey key, VlcPlaylistSortOrder order) - Sorts the playlist by the specified key and in the specified order.
• SortPlaylistDescending(VlcPlaylistSortKey key) - Sorts the playlist by the specified key in a descending order.
• SetPosition(int secs) - Set the playback position in seconds.
• SetRelativePosition(int relSecs) - Changes the playback position relative to it's current position in seconds.
• SetPercentagePosition(int secs) - Set the playback position as a percentage of the total length (e.g. 25%).
• SetRelativePercentagePosition(int relSecs) - Changes the playback position as a percentage of the total length relative to it's current position (e.g. +10%).
• SetRate(double val) - Set the playback rate e.g. 0.5 = half speed, 2.0 = double speed.
• SetAudioDelay(double secs) - Sets the audio delay in seconds.
• SetSubDelay(double secs) - Sets the subtitle delay in seconds.
• SetAspectRatio(VlcAspectRatio ratio) - Set the aspect ratio.
• SetPreAmp(int db) - Set the pre amp volume.
• EnableEqualizer() - Enable the audio equalizer.
• DisableEqualizer() - Disable the audio equalizer.
• SetEqualizerPreset(string val) - Set the equalizer preset.
• SetEqualizerBandValue(int band, double val) - Set the equalizer value for the specified band.
• SetAudioTrack(int streamId) - Set the audio track
• SetVideoTrack(int streamId) - Set the video track
• SetSubtitleTrack(int streamId) - Set the subtitle track
• AddSubtitleTrack(string path) - Add a subtitle track to the current media item.
• PlayTitle(int num) - Jump to the specified title for the current playback item.
• PlayChapter(int num) - Jump to the specified chapter for the current playback item.

The VlcScanner class can be used to scan the local network to search for machines with a running VLC media player that has its HTTP interface open.

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Sof.Vlc.Http;

namespace tmp
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            TestVlcScanner().Wait();
        }

        public static async Task TestVlcScanner()
        {
            var scanner = new VlcScanner();
            scanner.EndPointsUpdated += (sender, endPoints) =>
            {
                Console.WriteLine("VLC media players: \n" + String.Join("\n", endPoints));
            };
            await scanner.UpdateEndPoints();
        }
    }
}