import vlc
import time

# Path to your video file
video_path = "/home/wancat/mind-blowing.mp4"

# Creating a VLC instance
player = vlc.Instance()

# Creating a Media Player
media_player = player.media_player_new()

# Creating a new Media
media = player.media_new(video_path)

# Setting media to media player
media_player.set_media(media)

# Play the media
media_player.play()

# Wait for the video to play
time.sleep(10)  # Waits for 5 seconds; adjust or use a different method to wait for the video to finish

# Stop playing
media_player.stop()

# Note: The time.sleep() here is just to prevent the script from ending immediately.
# For a real application, you'll need a more robust way to check if the video is still playing.
# This could be done by polling the media player's state or setting up event handlers.