How does vlc.py play video stream?

Question

I want to use vlc.py to play mpeg2 stream http://wiki.videolan.org/Python_bindings.

There are some examples here: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/bindings/python.git;

Answer 1

According to this Pastebin entry, linked to in this mailing list, it can be solved using a method like this:

import vlc
i = vlc.Instance('--verbose 2'.split())
p = i.media_player_new()
p.set_mrl('rtp://@224.1.1.1')
p.play()

I haven't tried it though, so please let me know if it works.