VLC discord RP integration

[sniff122]

Having discord RP (rich presence) integration will allow users to display the video/audio file/stream on their discord profile, is this does become an addition, there should be an option in options called something like

send now playing to discord

and when that is checked, it will use the discord API to send the playinf information, if the video/audio being played is a stream, it should also have an option to view the stream by clicking a button in discord what will open that stream in VLC.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Sorry, but to people who are unfamiliar with Discord, it's very hard to understand what you want.

[EasyThe]

Sorry for bumping up the thread but I would also love to see Discord's Rich Presence integrated in VLC.
So Discord is free voice and text chat for gamers.
When you play a game on your computer, Discord sees that and shows it as a status on your Discord profile. If the game or the software that you are using has the RIch Presence integration, Discord can get more information about what you are doing in that software/game. On the Rich Presence page you can see more information about the integration. https://discordapp.com/rich-presence

For example on this image you can see Spotify integrated with Discord, so in Discord everyone who can see my Discord profile, can see what I am listening on Spotify.

Really looking forward to see this feature in VLC.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It should be doable as a plugin.

[KaKi87]

Hello,

Any news on this ?

I found this : https://github.com/Pigpog/vlc-discord-rpc

But it doesn't seems very practical to use.

Thanks

[h0rsepower]

I would also like to see if there's any update on this. I tried using the Discord rich presence thing, and I could not get it to work on MacOS.

[dylhack]

Hi, I am a contributor of "pigpog/vlc-discord-rpc," we're looking into developing a VLC plugin to communicate with the Discord desktop client via IPC to accomplish the presence integration. This would mean Discord will only show that you're listening to VLC if you're using the Discord desktop client.

[KaKi87]

Nice ! That's exactly what I'm looking for

[dylhack]

If you'd like to follow the progress on this plugin you can join our Discord. https://discord.gg/M9cVAMv

[Dream WEaver]

Not sure if this is a new ability but you can add VLC as a game so that it will show you are using VLC under Settings -> Game Activity
Now, having something like `npm` does would be better since it shows more information.