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It's been a while since I looked at this. I think I wound up defining 'ssize_t' as 'SSIZE_T' for my VS2017 compile/link.

Which "Sleep()" function is that?
This one: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/window ... hapi-sleep uses milliseconds.

I'm a neophyte. I'm posting this in case it matters to you.

VS 2017 has a SSIZE_T (capital letters) defined in basetsd.h. It is defined as LONG_PTR, which is a long long in my x64 project.

I mentioned this in a previous thread. In Windows, I use the call to libvlc_media_get_meta() with "libvlc_meta_ArtworkURL". For ".mp3" files, this gives me a string that starts with "file:///". This string gives me the local path (ie: c:/folder/...). However, for "...

"libvlc_media_list_player_play_item_at_index(media_list_player, /* previously saved playlist item id */);
libvlc_media_player_set_position(media_player, /* previously saved position (0 to 1.0) */);"

Might you be setiing position b4 media is playing?
Are you listening for playing event?

In case it helps...
I've seen multiple subtitle files, for different languages, titled like this:
nameofmovie.mp4
nameofmovie.en.srt
nameofmovie.fr.srt
nameofmovie.es.srt
VLC then shows the language (English, French, Spanish) as the name of each subtitle.

libvlc_audio_get_mute will return -1 if there is no audio output. My point was merely to reply to this answer to the OP: "... can you try to issue your command after a libvlc_MediaPlayerESAdded event" I wanted to let him/her know that I have tried using that event. In my case, I create th...

// create the VLC instance vlcInstance = libvlc_new(argc, args); ...error chk... // create a VLC media player object vlcPlayer = libvlc_media_player_new(vlcInstance); ...error chk... // Get event manager for the player vlcEventManager = libvlc_media_player_event_manager(vlcPlayer); // docs claim no ...

"@mangokm40, could you send your code?"

Are you looking for code fragments, or a working sample? If the latter, I will have to work on one.

When I updated my crap to use libvlc 3.0, I couldn't find the correct event for this. In my case, I was trying to 'get_mute', instead of 'set_mute'. I tried "libvlc_MediaPlayerESAdded", without success. The call to "libvlc_audio_get_mute()" would fail when responding to that even...

Thanks for taking the time to respond. It's always nice (& rare) when I didn't mess up somewhere.

Thanks for the link.

Yes. This is with 3.0.6 libvlc.

"I notice the art is still copied to: %APPDATA%/Roaming/vlc/art/artistalbum/<ArtistName>/<AlbumName>"

Sorry! The art is only copied to %APPDATA% when I play the .flac file in VLC. I guess the code that does this is not part of libvlc.

I've been using "libvlc_meta_ArtworkURL()" to display the art embedded in '.mp3' files. The function returns a "file:///" MRL. I had not used '.flac' files until today. When I call the function for these files, it returns an MRL like "attachment://picture0.jpg". I notic...

If I remember correctly (rare), with 3.0.x, there were changes in the audio code. Since VLC 3, when my program runs, an application shows up in my volume mixer. When I change the volume from code, that volume is changed. If I change the volume from my Windows mixer, the volume in my application is c...

Just add following type definition before line 368 of libvlc_media.h typedef unsigned int ssize_t; I believe that is wrong. "ssize_t" is supposed to be a "size type" that allows for an error value (-1). The comment in libvlc_media.h (#361) says the function returns "-1 on n...

Does the function "libvlc_video_set_scale()" not do the "zoom" that you need? I don't think Crop is the same as zoom. I use "libvlc_video_set_crop_geometry()" as shown in these examples: libvlc_video_set_crop_geometry(vlcPlayer, "128+0+0+0"); // crop 128 pixel...

I am not a good source of information. However, a long time ago, I found this: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=53245 Because of this, I am doing the conversion in my code AFTER the call to libvlc_video_take_snapshot(). I just checked the source for 3.0.0. In file "src/video_output/vi...

I am using VS C++ and snapshot is working like this:
int rc = libvlc_video_take_snapshot(vlcPlayer, 0, path, width, height);

For details, you can look here: https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc ... b2d5a59143

Good luck!

Doubt this will be useful to anyone, but.... The delay in 3.0 happens when I have "caching" command-line settings. I just tested with/without "--file-caching=3000" and that makes the delay occur when changing audio values. Note this doesn't happen in 2.2.x. In fact, I had forgott...

I don't know if this helps, but in C, "libvlc_video_take_snapshot()" lets you select the location/filename.
I believe it only stores png format however. You'd have to convert after capture (I think).

I made a simple project and DID NOT get the weird delay. Sorry to have wasted your time. My best guess is a problem with event handling, since I did none in the simple project. Perhaps there's some updates in the event firing in version 3.0 and I have to update my handlers. Thanks (again) for your t...

Do you force a special audio output? I don't know how to do that. :) I don't think I'm providing enough information for anyone to help me. I'll just create a simple project. If the problem happens there, I will post the code. I found it perplexing because my code didn't change. I just linked libvlc...

"So, it works in VLC but not in libVLC? (in 3.0-rc5)"

Correct. To be clear, it still works. It just has a 'delay' that doesn't happen in vlc 3.0-rc5 or in libvlc 2.2.x.

I was just wondering if anyone else had gotten it. My code is the same as with 2.2.x.

Thanks

My issue is a small delay when making audio changes such as volume, mute, or audio track. The change takes almost a second to occur. This delay is NOT happening in the vlc rc5 executable. It also doesn't happen with libvlc 2.2.x. I'm just wondering if anyone else has seen this. It's most annoying wh...