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Well, I tried the following command line: "VLCPortable.exe --extraintf rc Video.mp4", but although the RC interface appeared to work, there was no video or GUI. I'm obviously doing something wrong; what is it?

Thanks!

Hi, you can use --extraintf ;) I'm extremely happy to hear from a developer! And impressed. Anyway, thanks for the tip; I found it in the documentation. Awesome! If you want to do something simple, you might as well write a lua interface module or a C interface plugin ! What is your use case ? Prim...

Thank you most emphatically! I agree that RC might not be enough for what I need (though what I need is pretty simple), and I'm looking into libVLC, but I'm finding it intimidating. Fortunately, at least there's an Autoit UDF that implements the API to the library. But for the mean time, would you b...

I must have better control of VLC from my own outside application (NOT a browser, and never a browser). RC definitely is far better than the clumsy techniques I'm using now (basically pulling down menus and selecting one item), but I've noticed that if you launch a vid with the RC interface, the GUI...

Yes, I was confused. I definitely saw spaces in the title encoded with plus signs in some circumstance, but that wasn't VLC's fault. I've learned that I just need to encode the path into URI syntax to search window titles for it.

Thanks to all.

I've set the preferences option "Change title according to current media" to $F. I've got a tool that launches a video path with VLC then waits for a window to exist which has the correct title (or substring of the title). The problem is, the window title that appears is neither in simple ...

I apologize, Ed, for failing to come back here to let you know that you helped a very great deal! Thank you!! I'd still like some way of either putting VLC in a known state (playing or paused) -or- inquiring the current state from VLC, but it seems you need to script with lua and I can't figure out ...

Okay, I've got the main stuff working! I spent a lot of time trying to use the Win32 API function "SetFocus()", but I always got an access error, even after using OpenProcessToken() and AdjustTokenPrivileges() functions to allow access privilege. It was driving me crazy, until I realized t...

Thank you once again, sir -- You've helped already! I have to work on the setting the focus, so I'll start there.

But please post your PowerShell code when you have the chance. I'm sure it will help me quite a bit.

Have a great day, and don't worry about your English -- it's just fine!

Thank you enormously! Hooray for Ed! I'm coding in AutoIt, which has even more power and capability than PowerShell, including the ability to directly access DLLs. But PLEASE don't let that dissuade you from helping me with how you do it with PowerShell, since Its very probable that I can translate ...

The documentation here described several different interfaces for controlling VLC on Windows other than with the GUI, but I desperately need suggestions and advice concerning which to use, and no one has been willing to help. :cry: I will have several independent instances of VLC or VLC Portable run...

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When you enable All Options in Preferences (i.e., Advanced Preferences), under "Control interfaces", there's a checkbox labelled "Windows messages interface". If this is what it seems to me -- the ability to send Windows messages to VLC to control it programmatically -- I deeply ...

I want to programmatically control any one of several separate instances of VLC/VLC Portable playing one video each under 64-bit Windows 7 or 10 (I've already learned that I don't want to use playlists). I only need to accomplish simple things, such Pausing / Playing (not toggling; I need to be sure...

Every so often (not rarely), after launching VLC on a video file (no format is more problematic than another it seems), it goes into a super-speed infinite loop in which the video title or filename flashes at breakneck speed alternating with a blank VLC title bar forever. It refuses to respond to an...

These questions are in regard to the Windows version of VLC.... I strongly prefer VLC NOT to change the window size or position at any time once I set it to the size and place I choose, even when the embedded videos change size. I don't seem to recall having this issue prior to v3.0.3, but I may wel...

Thank you enormously, garf ! Once I had downloaded the link you provided and ran it, all the problems I was having vanished! :D And just for the record, here are the answers to your questions: Which version of Windows? - 64-bit Windows 10 Pro and 64-bit Windows 7 Pro. I did not need to reset my pref...

For some time now, VLC later versions 2 and now with version 3 (or at least VLC Portable v3.x from PortableApps.com), when trying to play a DVD (ISO or Folder), the mouse cannot select DVD menu items and the like (such as audio settings and subtitles in the official DVD GUI). This is terrible! :cry:...

I have the same question for v2.2.2 under Windows 7. I have a lot of mkv files with English subtitles which are not set to default in the container, but I always want to watch them with subtitle track 1 always enabled.

Any way to do that with this latest version?

As an alternative to resetting all your preferences, on Windows 7 I found that I could correct this problem as follows: Edit the file "C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc" (there is no file extension). In my copy with this problem, I found the following text lines: # Video filter...

It is extremely frustrating to learn that there is virtually NO known documentation on the detailed operation of VLC for Android/FireTV! The provided Wiki is 99% useless . That being the case, I'm forced to ask this question here: Once I get to the field that is supposed to allow me to enter an &quo...

Although I'm using a full Fire TV instead of a stick, I am extremely angry that -- even after extensive searching -- I still cannot find ANY documentation that explains how to use this EXTREMELY crappy version of VLC to connect to Windows network (SMB) shares (or any other networking infrastructure,...

In the past, VLC has played media files immediately upon opening a file, but now I'm forced to press the play button to start them, which I do not like.

How can I adjust the settings so that media files will play right away without having to press the play button?

Thanks

Suddenly (within the last week or so), VLC versions 2.0.6 (as well as the latest nightly v2.0.7) started showing terrible color and brightness (etc, etc) while playing all the video files I checked (.mp4, .wmv, .avi, .flv, .mpg, .mpeg2, etc) on my 32-bit XP Pro/SP3. The machine has a separate Radeon...

Thanks, ostrom! We need MORE people to second this feature request.

I've regrettably had to switch away from VLC and use one of the scores of video players that have had such reset feature for years. How terribly disappointing!