Control vlc over dbus

dbusVLC.py

import dbus
import dbus.mainloop.glib
import time

dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
bus=dbus.SessionBus()

obj = bus.get_object("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.vlc",
                     "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2")
print(dir(obj))

vlc = dbus.Interface(obj, "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player")
print(dir(vlc))

pause = vlc.get_dbus_method( "Pause" )
pause()

time.sleep(3)

play = vlc.get_dbus_method( "Play" )
play()

pidginAndVLC.py

import dbus
import dbus.mainloop.glib
import time

dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
bus=dbus.SessionBus()

obj = bus.get_object("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.vlc", # bus name. The app you want to talk to
                     "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2")    # object path
print(dir(obj))

vlc = dbus.Interface(obj, "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player") #org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player is an interface, a named group of methods.
print(dir(vlc))

pause = vlc.get_dbus_method( "Pause" )
pause()

time.sleep(3)

play = vlc.get_dbus_method( "Play" )
play()

obj = bus.get_object("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService", # bus name. The app you want to talk to
                     "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")    # object path
print(dir(obj))

vlc = dbus.Interface(obj, "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface") #org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player is an interface, a named group of methods.
print(dir(vlc))

pause = vlc.get_dbus_method( "PurpleAccountAddBuddy" )
pause(1, 11)