2 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-vlc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2bf59a633411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-vlc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+, vlc
+, substituteAll
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-vlc";
+  version = "3.0.7110";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ydnqwwgpwq1kz1pjrc7629ljzdd30izymjylsbzzyq8pq6wl6w2";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./vlc-paths.patch;
+      libvlcPath="${vlc}/lib/libvlc.so.5";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # no tests
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://wiki.videolan.org/PythonBinding";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tbenst ];
+    description = "Python bindings for VLC, the cross-platform multimedia player and framework";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-vlc/vlc-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-vlc/vlc-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b1cf732711a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-vlc/vlc-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/vlc.py b/vlc.py
+index e3245a5..cebec09 100644
+--- a/vlc.py
++++ b/vlc.py
+@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def find_lib():
+ 
+     else:
+         # All other OSes (linux, freebsd...)
+-        p = find_library('vlc')
++        p = "@libvlcPath@"
+         try:
+             dll = ctypes.CDLL(p)
+         except OSError:  # may fail