Published May 25, 2020 © GPL3+

Smart_VLC media player

Here's a small but unique idea to make your VLC media player a smart one. It operates on hand-gesture.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)

Jumper wires (generic)

Story

This project lets you to play/pause and volumeUP/volumeDOWN in VLC media player with the help of movement of your hands. Alongside ultrasonic sensor measure the distance and act accordingly by the python program.

Code of python program used in this

import serial #Serial imported for Serial Communication
import time   #Required to use delay functions
import pyautogui


ArduinoSerial = serial.Serial('com3',9600) #Create Serial port object called arduinoSerialData
time.sleep(2) #wait for 2 seconds for the communication to get established

while 1:
    distance = int(ArduinoSerial.readline()) #read the serial data and print it as line
    
    if (distance<5):
        print("Vdown")
        i=8
        while(i>0):
            pyautogui.hotkey('ctrl', 'down')
            i=i-1
        
        
    elif (5<distance<12         ):
        print("Play/Pause")
        pyautogui.typewrite(['space'], 0.2)

    
    elif (9<distance<20):
        print("Vup")
        i=8
        while(i>0):
            pyautogui.hotkey('ctr l', 'up')
            i=i-1
        
    else:
        print('Nothing')