Dim LIFX lights when playing media(VLC) on PC

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Hey,

I’ve been trying to follow this template to get my Lifx lights to dim when I play media using VLC on my desktop computer. I’ve tested the scenes and they work properly but I’m unsure how to connect my Pi to my desktop PC so that it listens to my computer to see if any media is being played.

# Example for my telnet one
media_player:
  - platform: vlc_telnet
    name: speaker_1
    host: IP_ADDRESS
    password: PASSWORD

OR

media_player:
  - platform: vlc
    name: speaker_1
    arguments: '--alsa-audio-device=hw:0,0'

scene:
  - name: Bedroom normal
    entities:
        light.bedroom_lights:
            state: on
            transition: 2
            brightness_pct: 100
        light.bedroom_lights_2:
            state: on
            transition: 2
            brightness_pct: 100
  - name: Bedroom dim
    entities:
        light.bedroom_lights:
            state: on
            transition: 2
            brightness_pct: 20
        light.bedroom_lights_2:
            state: on
            transition: 2
            brightness_pct: 20         
 
automation:
  - alias: "Media player paused/stopped"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: media_player.speaker_1
        from: 'playing'
        to: 'idle'
    condition:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sun.sun
       state: 'below_horizon'        
    action:
        service: scene.turn_on
        entity_id: light.bedroom_lights            
    action:
        service: scene.turn_on
        entity_id: light.bedroom_lights_2
        
  - alias: "Media player playing"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: media_player.speaker_1
        to: 'playing'
        from: 'idle'
    condition:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sun.sun
        state: 'below_horizon'
    action:
        service: scene.turn_on
        entity_id: scene.bedroom_normal
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Any help here?