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Run VLC from the command line on Mac OS X and stream internet radio or shuffle local videos fullscreen from a playlist
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC "$@" |
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Create file in /usr/local/bin
touch /usr/local/bin/vlcEdit it
nano /usr/local/bin/vlcPaste above code in and then make it executable:
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/vlcYou can try it out by running vlc inside Terminal:
Radio
vlc http://www.radioparadise.com/m3u/aac-128.m3uIf the audio skips, then try the direct stream instead:
vlc http://stream-tx4.radioparadise.com:80/aac-128The Ogg stream is also pretty good:
vlc http://stream-sd.radioparadise.com/rp_192m.oggSee also: http://www.radioparadise.com/rp_2.php?#name=Listen
Video playlist
-f for Fullscreen, -L for looping, -Z for randomize videos, --no-osd to hide filename overlays. (More options at https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help/)
vlc -f -L -Z --no-osd /Users/username/Movies/playlist.m3u