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Is there any way to make VLC Player display a custom message embedded in an M3U playlist? Or any other way to get the user to see dynamic custom content via the on-screen display? Any info or ideas are welcome. Thanks

I installed vlc-4.0.0-20190111-0834-dev-win64.exe and the problem is not present. This is great I hope the development team makes it stick. Let me know if I can help. Thanks

Is there any way to make Filename to txt work with VLC Player 2.2.8? Thanks

For example, when you use http://127.0.0.1:8080/requests/status.xml it can return a set of XML that can be returned to a caller. I saw that a lot of what is built with Lua that creates some type of panel/dialog that you have to use to run its job. I am looking for a way to get information from the c...

Can a Lua extension return a result as a variable? I guess then it would have to be triggered by something like the command line. Thanks for any help.

We have a video database that uses VLC to look up content. The database uses FileMaker to send a request to VLC like so: http://127.0.0.1:8080/requests/status.xml this request returns to a variable that we can retrieve the name of playing file and its position. It also does not need to bring VLC Pla...

I keep checking to see if Nvidia's driver make a difference when they release a new version. I have installed the latest again and nothing has changed.

Cool glad this info served you. As for me no change whether or not Fast Seek is on or off. I am back to using 2.2.8 Weatherwax version which works flawlessly. I hope the new versions can work this out. I will be willing to help out in any way they ask to get this fixed.

I realized later that it never changed. It just seemed like it did when I unchecked and checked it a few times. Now I have downloaded the newest VLC 3.0.4 and it still does this. Now it also does not update the picture when using the forward hotkey. Thanks

Well... it was doing it with all type of files. I used *.mp4, *.avi, *.mov, and *.mkv. It was doing it with all of them.

It was unchecked. I checked it, then saved and closed VLC. At this point, no change happened in the playback. I went back to it and unchecked it. Now it does not jump around. I am pleased with the outcome, however, I am scratching my head... could this be a bug? Thanks

I have recently upgraded to the current release of VLC. I am using the Windows 64bit version (3.0.3 Vetinari). In previous versions of VLC when I would hold down the right of left arrow key while the video was playing the play head (CTI) would quickly move forward or backward to the desired location...

Hi, I am trying to create a string for my snapshots that contains the filename (I have just settled for the full path) and the time code. I format it like so vlc-$F-$T and I keep getting the word error and a number code at the end of it. I used the documentation at this page to get my syntax. Does a...

As for the way VLC launches, is possible to force settings of thing like shuffle on or off, and force an aspect ratio? I am current launching a bunch of media files in VLC that seem to have a 4:3 aspect. I would like to always play these in the 16:9 aspect. I am wondering if in saving a playlist thi...

Thanks, great! Works like a charm! Here is the problem now. I have keys on my keyboard passed F12. I have F13 - F26, when I try to set the Global Hotkey higher that F12 it just says "Unset" and it does not work when restarted. Is there a way to set keys higher than F12? Thanks! http://pcte...

Hi I figured that this question might be more related to development so I decided to post here also: Hi, does anybody know of a method (CLI, script, etc.) to make VLC move its play head based on a set increment (e.g. 5 secs) without it having to be focused? What I mean by focused is that it does not...

Hi, I have a Sony BDP-S3200 that I have streamed Windows Media Player to successfully. I have not had any luck with VLC. Does anybody know which streaming protocol (pic) should be used to setup VCL with a device like this.

Hi, does anybody know of a method (CLI, script, etc.) to make VLC move its play head based on a set increment (e.g. 5 secs) without it having to be focused? What I mean by focused is that it does not have to be the application on the for-front and it will not interrupt what you are focused on. Thanks

Wow! It really did, I have been searching for years for this. Plus a great help because it taught me that I can make my own *.m3u script to play files. That is what I really want. This allows something like a database the ability to reference dynamically create content. The plugin is great, I take o...

Can VLC play multiple A to B point tracks
e.g.
MyVideo1.mp4 - timecode 00:10:34 to 00:20:62
MyVideo2.mp4 - timecode 00:08:17 to 00:34:01
MyVideo3.mp4 - timecode 00:56:17 to 01:12:09

in order and keep it playing and repeating? I see a lot of plugins, is there one that can do this? Thanks

I am interested in a video player that can be automated to open a video at particular time-code and play from there to another point. To be clear, lets say a video is 1 minute long, the video would open at 22 seconds and then only play until 42 seconds. This could then be automated via a script. I a...