control VLC from another program

[douglas222]

I'd like to have some control of VLC by a custom program.

Load "filename"
locate ( begining, or time )
Play
Stop

Is this possible on either Windows or Linux?

Thank you

[grindstone]

Hello douglas222!

Of course you can. libVLC is made for that.

See this tutorial for the basic way to do it.

You can also control the VLC - player by another program. See this example of a video displayed inside another window, written in freeBasic.

regards
grindstone