Python VLC MediaPlayer - Getting Subtitles Count

Python VLC MediaPlayer - Getting Subtitles Count

To get the number of subtitles available for a media item being played by a VLC MediaPlayer instance, you can use the video_get_spu_count() method. "spu" stands for "Sub-Picture Unit", which is often used in VLC to refer to subtitle tracks.

Here's a simple example demonstrating how to get the subtitles count:

import vlc # Create a VLC instance instance = vlc.Instance() # Create a VLC media player instance media_player = instance.media_player_new() # Set the media to a file with potential subtitles media = instance.media_new('path_to_your_video_file.mp4') media_player.set_media(media) # Play the media (this might be required for some media files to ensure the tracks are properly parsed) media_player.play() # Give VLC some time to parse the media. In a GUI-based application, this delay might not be needed. import time time.sleep(1) # Get the number of subtitle tracks subtitle_count = media_player.video_get_spu_count() print(f"Number of subtitles: {subtitle_count}") # Stop the media player media_player.stop()

Make sure to replace 'path_to_your_video_file.mp4' with the path to your video file.

Note: Ensure you have the python-vlc module installed, which you can install via pip:

pip install python-vlc

Also, you should have the VLC software installed on your computer because python-vlc is a binding to the VLC libraries.

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