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hello tyana,

I really dont know about the VLC application. I was explaining my case on using libVLC with a custom player application.

sorry I cant help further.

regards,
Martin

ok, thanks
but I actually meant using the libvlc functions.
It seems to be possible by using a Filter (marquee)... I am reading about it

Hello guys!

Is it possible to overlay a black image when I pause my video and then remove this image when i resume it again?
It would be great if i can use a fade in/out effect as well.

regards,
Martin

Hello guys! i just wanted to post here how I made it work, for those out there who eventually need to change window position. i found out that the window used by libvlc uses the libxcb library which is handled by modules/video_output/xcb/window.c On line 343 of this file i added the following (right...

may I ask what the --video-x and --video-y parameters do ?
are they obsolete now ?

well I am on Ubuntu.

i think if i would use libvlc_media_player_set_xwindow I would need to setup the widget.
the example i am compiling does not use any widget ... so i was thinking if there is a way to move window position without widget...

i added command line options --video-x and --video-y but they dont modify window position. char const *vlc_argv[] = { "--video-x=100", "--video-y=100", "--no-embedded-video", "--no-video-deco", }; int vlc_argc = sizeof(vlc_argv) / sizeof(*vlc_argv); /* Load th...

hi all, i am using the example code for libVLC #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <vlc/vlc.h> int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { libvlc_instance_t * inst; libvlc_media_player_t *mp; libvlc_media_t *m; /* Load the VLC engine */ inst = libvlc_new (0, NULL); /* Create a new item */ m = lib...