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VLC would basically behave like an HTTP image server, delivering the last image from the video file it is reading. Like it is capable of streaming MJPEG, I was wondering if it could serve a JPG image file.

Hello, I want to know if it is possible to read a video file and stream it over HTTP as an image. I know that I can use the MJPEG alternative (it is working like a charm), but I need to have access to an image (indeed IE11 does not support MJPEG...). The MJPEG is working perfectly. vlc imputFile.mp4...

I'm writing a video output out-of-tree plugin for VLC, and I was wondering what the member date of the object picture_t actually is ? The picture_t we either get from the prepare of display methods. First I though It was timestamp of the picture I want to render and which is the information I'm look...

I'm writing a video output out-of-tree plugin and at some point in the process, I want to notify VLC to exit. I'm using VLC media player 2.1.6 Rincewind. I tried to use the method : vout_display_SendEventClose(vout_display_t *vd) but this method is apparently bugged ( https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/t...