You can use Vim to control VLC and edit song lyrics or audio transcripts:
- You can add audio timing information to each line of text transcript.
- You can cue VLC audio to the time/line you are editing.
You will need:
- Vim to edit text.
- Perl to connect gvim to vlc via a socket.
- VLC.
Below: Modify the path to Perl and Vim script according to the directory you save them in.
Setup vlc to listen on a socket
" VLC setup: $ vlc > tools > prefs > main interface > enable RC, " Tcp-Input=[localhost:2150] .. ~/vim/vlc.pl will open this socket. " Console: [donot_open] console
Vim setup
" VIM Setup:
" c:\> vim c:/atmp/happy.lrc
" :so %
" and cline is '[0:23.10] file:///C:/atmp/happy.mp3' .. press F9 to play from 23s
" Music player key:
" [F2] Play
" [F3] Stop
" [F4] Pause toggle
" Lyric editor keys:
" [F9] Set filename/time from cline to vlc, or get filename/time to cline.
" [F10] Get file from vlc into cline.
" [F11] Get Time from vlc into cline.
" Notes:
" To debug: change 'perl ~/vim/vlc.pl' to 'vimrun perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -debug'
" Testing:
" Tested gvim73,cygwin perl 5, cygwin,vlc 2, on XP-PRO SP4.
" 1. file:///c:/atmp/happy.mp3 .. press F9 play this file in vlc.
" 2. [0:1:4] file:///c:/atmp/happy.mp3 .. press F9 play this file from 64 seconds.
" 3. 0:1:5 .. press F9 to cue/seek vlc to 65 second.
" 4. press F9, to add [time][filename playing in vlc] to this line.
" TODO:
" o Test Audio filenames with spaces, unicode characters
" o Test on Linux
" ==============================================================================
nmap <F2> :call system("perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -cmd=play")<CR>
nmap <F3> :call system("perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -cmd=stop")<CR>
nmap <F4> :call system("perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -cmd=pause")<CR>
nmap <F9> :call Vlc_Set_File_Time()<CR>
nmap <F10> :call Vlc_Get_Filename()<CR>
nmap <F11> :call Vlc_Get_Time()<CR>
Source vlc.vim
" $Header: c:/cvs/repo/mosh/vim/vlc.vim,v 1.1 2013-08-26 17:04:52 a Exp $
" What: VLC remote control, for editing synchronizing lyrics.
" How: Remote control vlc via tcp socket.
" AUTHOR: GPL(C) moshahmed/at/gmail
" ==============================================================================
function! Vlc_Set_File_Time()
" Look for filename on cline
let l:matcher_file = matchlist(getline('.'),'\v<(file:///.*[.]\w+)>')
if len(l:matcher_file) > 4
:call system("perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -cmd=set_file=" . l:matcher_file[1])
endif
" Look for timestamp on cline, eg. [10] for 10 seconds, [1:1] for 61 seconds.
let l:matcher_time = matchlist(getline('.'),'\v\[(\d.*)\]')
if len(l:matcher_time) > 0
:call system( "perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -cmd=set_time=" . l:matcher_time[1])
else
" Look for timestamp colon without brackets on cline, eg. 1:2 for 62 seconds.
let l:matcher_time = matchlist(getline('.'),'\v(\d+:[0-9:.]+)')
if len(l:matcher_time) > 0
call system("perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -cmd=set_time=" . l:matcher_time[1])
endif
endif
" If neither file or time on cline, insert them.
if len(l:matcher_time) < 1 && len(l:matcher_file) < 1
:call Vlc_Get_Filename()
:call Vlc_Get_Time()
endif
endfunction
" ==============================================================================
function! Vlc_Get_Filename()
let l:fileis=system("perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -cmd=get_file")
if len(l:fileis) > 0
exe ':s/^/'.l:fileis.'/'
endif
endfunction
" ==============================================================================
function! Vlc_Get_Time()
let l:timeis=system("perl ~/vim/vlc.pl -cmd=get_time")
if len(l:timeis) > 0
let l:timeis=substitute(l:timeis, '[^0-9:.]', '', 'g')
let l:timeis='['.l:timeis.']'
exe ':s/^/'.l:timeis.'/'
endif
endfunction
" ==============================================================================
Keep this perl file in your path
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# was telnet.pl from perlmonks, modified to work with vlc remote control.
# GPL(C) modifed by moshahmed on 2013-08-22
use strict;
use IO::Socket;
my ( $host, $port, $kidpid, $handle, $line );
( $host, $port ) = ('127.0.0.1', 2150);
my ($verbose,$debug,$cmd,$value,$linein) = (0,0,'',,'');
my $USAGE=q{
USAGE: $0 [options] -cmd=VLC_CMDS
WHAT: control vlc from Vim
Options:
-port=NN .. default ($port)
-h .. help.
-v .. verbose
-debug .. to debug, also use ./telnet.pl to communicate with vlc
VLC_CMDS:
play, pause, pause (toggle), stop,
get_length .. in seconds
get_time .. in seconds
get_file .. gets file:///path
set_time=1:2:3.40 .. for 1hour 2minutes 3seconds
set_file=file:///c:/tmp/happy.mp3
};
# Process args
while( $_ = $ARGV[0], defined($_) && m/^-/ ){ shift; last if /^--$/; if(0){
}elsif( m/^-[h?]$/ ){ die $USAGE;
}elsif( m/^-v$/ ){ $verbose++;
}elsif( m/^-debug$/ ){ $debug++;
}elsif( m/^-port=(\d+)$/ ){ $port = $1;
}elsif( m/^-cmd=(set_.+)=(.+)$/ ){ $cmd = $1; $value = $2;
# hms_to_seconds(1:2:3.4) => 1h.2m.3.4s = 1*3600+2*60+3 = 3723.
if ($cmd eq 'set_time' && $value =~ m,:, ) {
if ( $value =~ m,^(\d+):(\d+):(\d+), ) { # trailing chars ignored
$value = $1 * 3600 + $2 * 60 + $3;
}elsif( $value =~ m,^(\d+):(\d+), ) {
$value = $1 * 60 + $2;
}
}
die "debug: -cmd=$cmd=$value\n" if $debug;
}elsif( m/^-cmd=(.+)$/ ){ $cmd = $1;
}elsif( m/^-linein$/ ){ $linein=1;
}else{ die $USAGE,"Unknown option '$_'\n"; }
}
# create a tcp connection to the specified host and port
$handle = IO::Socket::INET->new(
Proto => "tcp", PeerAddr => $host, PeerPort => $port
) or die "can't connect to port $port on $host: $!";
$handle->autoflush(1); # so output gets there right away
print STDERR "[Connected to $host:$port]\n" if $verbose;
# split the program into two processes, identical twins
die "can't fork: $!" unless defined( $kidpid = fork() );
if ($kidpid) { # In parent, parse reply from vlc.
# the if{} part runs only in the parent process
DONE:
while ( defined( $line = <$handle> ) ) {
if ($cmd eq 'get_length') {
if( $line =~ m,^\d+,) {
print STDOUT $line;
last DONE;
}
}elsif($cmd eq 'get_time') {
if( $line =~ m,^\d+,) {
print STDOUT $line;
last DONE;
}
}elsif($cmd eq 'get_file') {
if( $line =~ m,(file://.*)\s[()],i ) {
my $filename = $1;
print STDOUT $filename;
last DONE;
}
}elsif($cmd eq 'status') {
print STDOUT $line;
last DONE if $line =~ m,returned,;
}elsif($cmd eq 'play') { last DONE;
}elsif($cmd eq 'pause') { last DONE;
}elsif($cmd eq 'stop') { last DONE;
}else{ print STDOUT $line;
last DONE if $line =~ m,returned,;
}
} # DONE
kill( "TERM", $kidpid ); # send SIGTERM to child
exit 0;
} else { # In child? send cmd to vlc
if( $cmd eq 'status' ){ print $handle "$cmd\n";
}elsif( $cmd eq 'play' ){ print $handle "$cmd\n";
}elsif( $cmd eq 'pause' ){ print $handle "$cmd\n";
}elsif( $cmd eq 'stop' ){ print $handle "$cmd\n";
}elsif( $cmd eq 'get_time' ){ print $handle "$cmd\n";
}elsif( $cmd eq 'get_file' ){ print $handle
"pause\nstatus\npause\nstatus\n";
}elsif( $cmd eq 'get_length' ){ print $handle "play\nget_length\n";
}elsif( $cmd eq 'set_time' ){ print $handle "seek $value\n";
}elsif( $cmd eq 'set_file' ){ print $handle "clear\nadd $value\n";
}else{ print $handle "$cmd\n";
}
exit 0;
}
Comments
That's a lot of script for a tip. I have done some quick formatting, but have not thought about the proposed tip yet. One point is that the "Mosh" function names are a bit jarring and should be replaced with s:. JohnBeckett (talk) 05:16, August 24, 2013 (UTC)