Stream Deck VLC Control

A Stream Deck plugin that lets you remotely control the VLC media player.

Requirements

Installed and running VLC media player.
To be able to remotely control the VLC media player, it is required that VLC is running with enabled Webinterface access.

Platforms

This plugin supports macOS and Windows 10.

Installing on Windows

Activating the Web Interface

To activate the web interface, click the Tools menu in VLC and select Preferences.
Click the All option under Show settings to view VLC’s advanced settings. Scroll down in the list of advanced settings and select Main interfaces under the Interface header.
Click the Web checkbox to enable the HTTP interface.
Click on LUA under the Main interfaces. Set a password under the LUA-HTTP settings.
Save your settings and restart VLC. Each time you start VLC, the web server will be started in the background – Windows will prompt you to allow VLC firewall access when you restart it, indicating that the web server is running.

Configuring Stream Deck VLC Control

1. In your stream deck configuration manager, add a VLC Control button.
2. Click on this button, and set the following parameters, replacing password with the password you previously set.
   • Host: localhost
   • Port: 8080
   • Password: {PASSWORD SET IN VLC}

Installing on macOS

Activating VLC Web Interface

1. Go to VLC > Preferences > Interface. There is a section named "HTTP web interface", enable the checkbox for the interface, and set a password. The password is required.
2. Restart VLC player
3. Ensure you have enabled the player by going to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser. Leave the username blank, and use the password you set. If you see a VLC player menu come up, you have successfully enabled the VLC Web interface.

Configuring Stream Deck VLC Control

1. In your stream deck configuration manager, add a VLC Control button.
2. Click on this button, and set the following parameters, replacing password with the password you previously set.
   • Host: localhost
   • Port: 8080
   • Password: {PASSWORD SET IN VLC}

Compiling on Windows 10

For compiling on Windows 10 you have to install Visual Studio 2019 and CMake.
You also have to install Boost 1.73.0 or later under C:\include and C:\lib or pass the Boost_ROOT option.

cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -S . -B "build64"
cmake --build build64 --config Release

Compiling on macOS

For compiling on macOS you have to install Xcode and CMake.
You also have to install Boost 1.73.0 or later under /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib or pass the Boost_ROOT option.

cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build --config Release

Troubleshooting

1. Check that you can connect and control the VLC-Player via your Webbrowser.
2. Sometimes the Stream Deck has problems communicating with a plugin. Restarting the computer fixes the problem.

Licence

Stream Deck VLC Control is licenced under The MIT License (MIT) and is not officially associated with Elgato or the VideoLAN Organization.

Stream Deck and VLC are trademarks or registered trademarks of Elgato and the VideoLAN Organization respectively.