'Initialize the vlc device.'

def __init__(self, name, arguments):

    import vlc
    self._instance = vlc.Instance(arguments)
    self._vlc = self._instance.media_player_new()
    self._name = name
    self._volume = None
    self._muted = None
    self._state = None
    self._media_position_updated_at = None
    self._media_position = None
    self._media_duration = None
