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VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 29 Jul 2012 19:57
by jose.mira
Hi.
I posted a VLC extension script to show a dialog with the playlist's total time as a reply to another post. You can get it
here:
--- EDIT (12.3.2013, mederi) ---
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-- playlistduration.lua -- VLC extension --
--[[
INSTALLATION:
Put the file in the VLC subdir /lua/extensions, by default:
* Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\
* Windows (current user): %APPDATA%\VLC\lua\extensions\
* Linux (all users): /usr/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
* Linux (current user): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
* Mac OS X (all users): /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/extensions/
(create directories if they don't exist)
Restart the VLC.
Then you simply use the extension by going to the "View" menu and selecting it.
--]]
function descriptor()
return { title = "Playlist Duration" ;
version = "1.0" ;
author = "abremir" ;
url = '';
shortdesc = "Playlist Duration";
description = "Get the playlist duration.\n"
.. "Returns the total play time of the current playlist." ;
}
end
function activate()
vlc.msg.info("[playlist duration] start")
playdur = vlc.dialog("Playlist Duration")
playdur:add_label("", 1, 1, 11, 2)
playdur:add_label("Total time:", 12, 1, 1, 2)
durlabel=playdur:add_label(playlist_duration(), 13, 1, 1, 2)
playdur:add_label("", 14, 1, 11, 2)
playdur:add_button("Ok", close_dialog, 12, 3, 2, 1)
playdur:show()
end
function deactivate()
vlc.msg.info("[playlist duration] stop")
end
function close_dialog()
vlc.deactivate()
end
function dur_to_time(duration)
if duration>0 then
local durationHour = math.floor(duration / 3600)
local durationMinute = math.floor((duration % 3600) / 60)
local durationSecond = math.floor(duration % 60)
return durationHour, durationMinute, durationSecond
else
return 0, 0, 0
end
end
function playlist_duration()
local sum = 0
local play_list = vlc.playlist.get("playlist",false)
for k, item in pairs(play_list.children) do
if item.duration ~= -1 then
sum = sum + item.duration
end
end
local h, m, s = dur_to_time(sum)
return tostring(string.format("%02d:%02d:%02d", h, m, s))
end
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:13
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Cool.
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 25 Feb 2013 18:41
by henreem
Hey jose, thanks for sharing this
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=97639&p=348096#p348096
I'm going to dig into the code, hope it is still all working good.
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 26 Feb 2013 21:04
by jose.mira
Hi.
With the latest VLC version it still woks fine
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 25 Apr 2013 05:53
by ParaNoya
Hi
I think this would be a great app
I am a dummy...how..
exactly.... do I get it and install it?
I am currently using v2.o5.0
Thanking u in advance for any help
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:48
by mederi
You can find
instalation instructions for example here:
http://addons.videolan.org/content/show ... ent=156396
Select and copy (Ctrl+C) the script here, open Notepad in Windows and paste (Ctrl+V) the script there, then File > Save as... File name: playlistduration.lua / Save as type: All files. Put the lua file in "vlc\lua\extensions\" directory in your computer (typically in c:\Program Files\). If "\extensions\" subfolder does not exist, then create it there manually. Start VLC, then open the menu View > Playlist Duration.
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 26 Apr 2013 10:35
by ParaNoya
Thank you for your help
Would it be possible to just have it display- without having to go to View etc?
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:22
by mederi
Perhaps [Refresh] button instead of [Ok] in the dialog box? "Total time" feature has been already implemented in VLC2.1 directly in playlist. However, there is still possibility to improve the extension to provide some more information.
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 15 Oct 2013 18:05
by justtivi
Hey guys,
I'm on a Mac running the latest version of Lion. I installed the script just fine and it works well on my desktop PC running Windows 7. However, when I use it on my Mac, it doesn't work right. The dialog window pops up, but it pops up wide, a bit wider than the screen, and then it doesn't show anywhere on the window the actual total playlist time. Also, the ok button doesn't work.
Again, everything works great on Windows. Not working right on my Mac.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks guys!
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 14 Oct 2014 21:08
by wefandango
bump?
Not working here on my Mac w OSX 10.9.5. I get the same blank box and 'ok' dialog as mentioned above.
Re: VLC Playlist Total Time Extension
Posted: 15 Oct 2014 22:59
by mederi
I think you will have the
total time feature in VLC-2.2 on OS X.
But you could
help me to debug the extension script on your Mac. Is there anything like "Tools > Messages: Verbosity [2]" you could activate before activating/using the extension?
You could also try to
edit the script and reformat widgets in a grid of the dialog box as there is obviously a different behavior on Mac: playdur:add_{widget}(... , column, row, col_span, row_span)
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R\C|_____1_____|_____2_____|
_1_|Total_time:|_00:00:00__|
_2_|___[Ok]____|___________|You can also remove the empty labels.
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function activate()
vlc.msg.info("[playlist duration] start")
playdur = vlc.dialog("Playlist Duration")
playdur:add_label("Total time:", 1, 1, 1, 1)
durlabel=playdur:add_label(playlist_duration(), 2, 1, 1, 1)
playdur:add_button("Ok", close_dialog, 1, 2, 1, 1)
playdur:show()
end