Atom VLC
A bottom panel to control VLC media player from Atom
Installation
Atom VLC is available at apm index, install from Atom
interface or using apm command.
$ apm install atom-vlc
Or Settings ➔ Install ➔ Search for atom-vlc
Features
- Shows playing song info (title, artist, album)
- Shows playing song artwork
- Allows forward, backward, play/pause and stop
- Compact and full mode
Configuration
Atom VLC uses VLC's Lua HTTP interface to control VLC. So you need to configure VLC in order to accept connections from Atom and Atom VLC too.
VLC
VLC's Lua HTTP interface only works when it's set a
password to access the interface. So go to Tools ➔
Preferences. Bellow Show settings area toggle All then
go to Interface ➔ Main interfaces ➔ Lua, bellow Lua HTTP set
a password.
After that go to View ➔ Add interface ➔ Web.
Atom VLC
Only Password setting is required, the others can work
by default.
| Setting | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Password | string |
The password at VLC Interface |
| Host | string |
The IP address or hostname of the host running VLC |
| Compact mode | boolean |
Show the panel compact |
Developers
Run from git repository
You only have to clone the repository, install dependencies and link to a directory in the Atom's package directory.
$ git clone https:/github.com/renatoalencar/atom-vlc
$ cd atom-vlc
$ npm install
$ cd ..
$ ln -s atom-vlc ~/.atom/packages
Dependencies
- atom-space-pen-views
- font-awesome