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Miscellaneous Module	vlc-lua-docs

Disparate assortment of VLC utilities only available in Interface scripts.

Availability

Script Types
Interface

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version()

Get the VLC version string.

Return value

The VLC version string

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copyright()

Get the VLC copyright statement.

Return value

String containing the VLC copyright statement

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license()

Get the VLC license.

Return value

String containing the VLC license

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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

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mdate()

Get the current date.

Return value

Number representing the current date in microseconds

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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

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quit()

Quit VLC