#!/usr/bin/python """ author email: anton.vredegoor@gmail.com last edit: June 9, 2013 license: GPL this uses vlc.py to stream an mp3 file, for example to some addresses on a lan. installing: ------------ -first create a file named "vlc2all.m3u" with the following content: #EXTM3U rtp://@:50004 -copy vlc2all.m3u to some computer -modify this script to include the computer's ip address, it's in the 'destinations' tuple at the end of this script running: ------------ -start the script: >>> python vlc-stream.py some.mp3 -a tkinter window appears, click 'go' to start streaming -listen to the stream by opening vlc2all.m3u on the receiving computer (of course open it with vlc!) """ from Tkinter import * import vlc import os import sys class App: def __init__(self,master,instream,destinations): self.master=master self.instream = instream self.destinations = destinations self.initialized,self.playing,self.changed,self.newpos = False,False,False,0 self.initialize_player() self.master.bind("", lambda _ : self.master.destroy()) self.container=Frame() self.container.pack(fill=BOTH,expand=YES) self.slider = Scale(self.container, from_= 0, to=100, orient=HORIZONTAL,\ command=lambda _: self.setpos()) self.slider.pack(side=BOTTOM,fill=BOTH,expand=YES) self.urlbar = Text(self.container) self.urlbar.pack(side=LEFT,fill=BOTH,expand=YES) self.urlbar.delete(1.0,END) self.urlbar.insert(END, url) self.button1=Button(self.container, text='GO', command= self.playurl, width=80) self.button1.pack(side=RIGHT,fill=BOTH,expand=YES); def initialize_player(self): "initialize a vlc player which plays locally and stream to the lan" self.inst = vlc.Instance() self.p = self.inst.media_player_new() cmd = [self.instream] s = "sout=#duplicate{" for ip,port in self.destinations: s+="dst=rtp{dst=%s,port=%s}," %(ip,port) s = s[:-1] s+="}" cmd.append(s) cmd.append("no-sout-rtp-sap") cmd.append("no-sout-standard-sap") cmd.append("sout-keep") self.med=self.inst.media_new(*cmd) self.med.get_mrl() self.p.set_media(self.med) self.initialized = True def setpos(self): self.oldpos = self.newpos self.newpos = self.slider.get() #a bit of a hack, but this should prevent slider callbacks #not involving a mouse adjustment messing up the sound position if self.newpos-self.oldpos <> 1: self.changed = True def poll(self): #song ended? if self.p.get_state()==6: self.pauseurl() self.p.set_media(self.med) #slider adjusted? if self.changed: self.p.set_position(self.newpos/100.0) self.changed=False pos = self.p.get_position() self.slider.set(pos*100.0) self.master.after(100,self.poll) def pauseurl(self): if self.playing: self.p.set_pause(1) self.playing = False self.button1.configure(text = "GO",command = self.playurl) def playurl(self): if not self.playing: self.p.play() self.playing = True self.button1.configure(text = "PAUSE",command = self.pauseurl) self.poll() if __name__=='__main__': if len(sys.argv)>1: fn = sys.argv[1] else: fn = "00000000.mp3" outport = 50004 url = "file://"+os.path.abspath(fn) destinations = ("192.168.123.122",outport),("192.168.123.125",outport),\ ("192.168.123.188",outport),("192.168.123.190",outport) root=Tk() root.geometry("680x80") root.title("vlc-stream") a = App(root,url,destinations) root.mainloop()