This reverts commit d0905507.

This reverts commit 7b4a81eb.

This reverts commit aeb379ed.

This reverts commit 98691bc7.

in order to be consistent with other libvlc methods (libvlc_media_player_get_length, get_time, ...)

(cherry picked from commit 35baa96f7b3493737c1575c2dbffc7946a9c04df)
Signed-off-by: Jean-Paul Saman <jean-paul.saman@m2x.nl>

If vlc_cancel() while the timer thread is between mwait() and
vlc_mutex_lock(), a dead lock would occur at vlc_join(). We need to
release the timer lock first.

Invoking
python vlc.py filename.avi
will play the given movie.

It would be nice if its syntax was the same as all other enums...

Pointed-out-by: Taylor Venable

(and also remove an unneeded include).

At the moment it doesn't handle those size/bold/* stuff, only takes font
from it. But IMO still better than old file-choosing way.

Parameter is default, so no need to tell it here.