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by orbosphere
28 Jul 2020 14:38
Forum: Development around libVLC
Topic: VLCKit "lengthWait" not returning a value
Replies: 7
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Re: VLCKit "lengthWait" not returning a value

And does it work fine for local files? Yes- I just tested with a local .mov file. The value provided by lengthWait was fast and accurate. Any idea how I could retrieve a length of a file over the network without actually playing it? I short delay is acceptable to me. There should be a parsing flag ...
by orbosphere
22 Jul 2020 04:09
Forum: Development around libVLC
Topic: VLCKit "lengthWait" not returning a value
Replies: 7
Views: 3853

Re: VLCKit "lengthWait" not returning a value

And does it work fine for local files?
Yes- I just tested with a local .mov file. The value provided by lengthWait was fast and accurate.


Any idea how I could retrieve a length of a file over the network without actually playing it? I short delay is acceptable to me.
by orbosphere
19 Jul 2020 19:44
Forum: Development around libVLC
Topic: VLCKit "lengthWait" not returning a value
Replies: 7
Views: 3853

Re: VLCKit "lengthWait" not returning a value

What is the format of the files? I have tried .avi, .mkv, and .mp4, and the results appear to be the same. lengthWait isn't getting me anything even with a long wait time. But if I play the file and check the media's length a second later, then it appears to have the correct value. All the files te...
by orbosphere
18 Jul 2020 16:23
Forum: Development around libVLC
Topic: VLCKit "lengthWait" not returning a value
Replies: 7
Views: 3853

VLCKit "lengthWait" not returning a value

Hello, I am trying to use VLCKit / TVVLCKit on an iOS/tvOS project. I would like to be able to scan through a list of VLCMedia items and identify the length (duration) of the video file ahead of time, prior to playing the videos. I am first ensuring each item is parsed with the following: media.pars...

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