vlc.MediaDiscoverer

class vlc.MediaDiscoverer

Bases: _Ctype

(INTERNAL) Base class for ctypes.

(INTERNAL) ctypes wrapper constructor.

event_manager()

Get event manager from media service discover object.

Warning

Deprecated! Useless, media_discoverer events are only triggered when calling start() and stop().

Returns:

event manager object.

is_running()

Query if media service discover object is running.

Returns:

true if running, false if not.

localized_name()

Get media service discover object its localized name.

Warning

Deprecated! Useless, use list_get() to get the longname of the service discovery.

Returns:

localized name or None if the media_discoverer is not started.

media_list()

Get media service discover media list.

Returns:

list of media items.

release()

Release media discover object. If the reference count reaches 0, then the object will be released.

start()

Start media discovery.

To stop it, call stop() or list_release() directly.

See stop()

Returns:

-1 in case of error, 0 otherwise.

Version:

LibVLC 3.0.0 or later.

stop()

Stop media discovery.

See start()

Version:

LibVLC 3.0.0 or later.