Disparate assortment of VLC utilities only available in Interface scripts.

Availability

version()

Get the VLC version string.

Return value

The VLC version string

copyright()

Get the VLC copyright statement.

Return value

String containing the VLC copyright statement

license()

Get the VLC license.

Return value

String containing the VLC license

action_id()

Get the ID of an action.

Parameters

• action String containing the name of an action

Return value

Number indicating the ID of the given action

mdate()

Get the current date.

Return value

Number representing the current date in microseconds

mwait()

Causes the script to wait until the given date

Usage

function Sleep(st) -- seconds
	vlc.misc.mwait(vlc.misc.mdate() + st*1000000)
end

Parameters

• date The date to be awaited in microseconds

quit()

Quit VLC