Zemyoro/VLC-Presence

Discord presence for VLC Media Player

VLC Presence

Show your friends and servers your horrible music taste. Thank me and M1nx.

How do I use this?

It's pretty simple, really. Read along...

Terminal instructions

1. Download and set up NodeJS from the link or your package manager (Be sure to install NPM)
2. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/Zemyoro/VLC-Presence.git
3. Set current directory to the repository: cd VLC-Presence
4. Install modules: npm install
5. Run VLC Presence: npm start

You have successfully started VLC Presence!!! Now show your horrible music taste...

How do I show album artwork?

These steps require a Spotify account!

1. Head over to the Spotify for Developers dashboard
2. Click LOG IN and enter your Spotify login details
3. Click CREATE AN APP and enter your desired App name and App description
4. Agree to Spotify's Developer Terms of Service and Branding Guidelines
5. Go to the config.json file inside the repository folder and edit it (e.g. vim config.json)
6. Copy the Client ID value from the website and paste it into the spotify > id value
7. Click SHOW CLIENT SECRET on the website
8. Copy the Client Secret value from the website and paste it into the spotify > secret value
9. Change the spotify > enabled value from false to true
10. Run VLC Presence: npm start

You have successfully learned how to show album artwork. Now shoo!