The VideoLAN Forums

Aye! I too am having the desire to show artist and title on the receiving end of a stream. I'm streaming radio to other devices on my lan, but all that shows on the downstream end is http://bla.bla.b.ba:8080. Is there a configuration setting or a nifty bit of command linish to embed such data into t...

Ah! Your suggestion has revealed to me a world of hurt hitherto unknown.... Little did I know I have stepped squarely onto a philosophical stumbling block. Yes, I run as root. (And I like it that way.) (I tried running VLC as an unprivileged user, which did open, but kept getting buffer overrun erro...

System: Thinkpad T21 with fresh install of Kubuntu 9.10 and all updates; uses ALSA Mixer & Pulse Audio Problem: VLC tries to load, but then gives up (regardless of file type or method of opening...) Symptom: On open, the icon appears in the task bar, but then goes away... Clues: Sound works fine...