VLM 0.9.2 under Windows Connection failed

[YannickLC]

I have installed VLC 0.9.2.
If I run 'vlc --extraintf http', my browser receives a 403 Forbidden.
If I run 'vlc --extraintf telnet', the telnet connection is closed with the French message 'Perte de la connexion à l'hôte.' (in English "Connection closed by remote host").

This worked fine with the release 0.8.6i.

Thanks for any help.

[dionoea]

Please append "-vvv --file-logging" to your command line and check the vlc-log.txt file to see what went wrong.

[contremaitre]

I have the same issue with telnet under windows.

vlc output seems ok, that's weird :

main debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU

main debug: looking for memcpy module: 3 candidates

main debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext"

main debug: thread 4532 (Interaction control) created at priority 0 (interface/interaction.c:382)

main debug: thread started

main debug: Creating an input for 'Bibliothèque'

main debug: Input is a meta file: disabling unneeded options

main debug: `file/xspf-open://C:\Documents and Settings\pc\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf' gives access `file' demux `xspf-open' path `C:\Documents and Settings\pc\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf'

main debug: creating access 'file' path='C:\Documents and Settings\pc\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf'

main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates

access_file debug: opening file `C:\Documents and Settings\pc\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf'

main debug: using access module "access_file"

main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms)

main debug: Using AStream*Stream

main debug: pre-buffering...

main debug: received first data for our buffer

main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='xspf-open' path='C:\Documents and Settings\pc\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf'

main debug: looking for demux module: 1 candidate

playlist debug: using XSPF playlist reader

main debug: using demux module "playlist"

main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms)

main debug: `file/xspf-open://C:\Documents and Settings\pc\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf' successfully opened

main debug: looking for xml module: 1 candidate

main debug: using xml module "xtag"

main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)

playlist debug: parsed 0 tracks successfully

main debug: removing module "xtag"

main debug: EOF reached

main debug: control type=1

main debug: removing module "playlist"

main debug: removing module "access_file"

main debug: TIMER input launching for 'Bibliothèque' : 9.000 ms - Total 9.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 9.000 ms)

main debug: waiting for thread initialization

main debug: thread started

main debug: thread 4608 (preparser) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:79)

main debug: waiting for thread initialization

main debug: thread started

main debug: thread 4620 (fetcher) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:108)

main debug: waiting for thread initialization

main debug: thread started

main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Liste de lecture

main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1

main debug: thread 4616 (playlist) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:117)

main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate

main debug: using interface module "hotkeys"

main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms)

main debug: thread 4632 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:168)

main debug: thread started

main info: Exécuter VLC avec l'interface par défaut. Utilisez 'cvlc' pour utiliser vlc sans interface.

main debug: looking for interface module: 3 candidates

main debug: using interface module "qt4"

main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 4.000 ms - Total 4.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.000 ms)

main debug: thread 4800 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:168)

main debug: thread started

main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate

main debug: creating VLM

main debug: thread 5024 (vlm thread) created at priority 0 (input/vlm.c:112)

main debug: thread started

telnet info: using the VLM interface plugin...

main debug: net: listening to port 4212

telnet info: telnet interface started on interface 4212

main debug: using interface module "telnet"

main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 57.000 ms - Total 57.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 57.000 ms)

main debug: thread 5064 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:168)

main debug: thread started

main debug: accepted socket 5076 (from socket 5040)

[YannickLC]

Now it's fine with http. The problem was due to the access list (.\http\.hosts).

With telnet, this is quite similar to what got 'contremaitre'.

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-- logger module started -- main debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU main debug: looking for memcpy module: 3 candidates main debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext" main debug: thread 4540 (Interaction control) created at priority 0 (interface/interaction.c:382) main debug: thread started main debug: Creating an input for 'Bibliothèque' main debug: Input is a meta file: disabling unneeded options main debug: `file/xspf-open://C:\Documents and Settings\Yannick\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf' gives access `file' demux `xspf-open' path `C:\Documents and Settings\Yannick\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf' main debug: creating access 'file' path='C:\Documents and Settings\Yannick\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf' main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates access_file debug: opening file `C:\Documents and Settings\Yannick\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf' main debug: using access module "access_file" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 4.489 ms - Total 4.489 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.489 ms) main debug: Using AStream*Stream main debug: pre-buffering... main debug: received first data for our buffer main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='xspf-open' path='C:\Documents and Settings\Yannick\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf' main debug: looking for demux module: 1 candidate playlist debug: using XSPF playlist reader main debug: using demux module "playlist" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 2.436 ms - Total 2.436 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.436 ms) main debug: `file/xspf-open://C:\Documents and Settings\Yannick\Application Data\vlc\ml.xspf' successfully opened main debug: looking for xml module: 1 candidate main debug: using xml module "xtag" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 1.558 ms - Total 1.558 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.558 ms) playlist debug: parsed 0 tracks successfully main debug: removing module "xtag" main debug: EOF reached main debug: control type=1 main debug: removing module "playlist" main debug: removing module "access_file" main debug: TIMER input launching for 'Bibliothèque' : 20.102 ms - Total 20.102 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 20.102 ms) main debug: waiting for thread initialization main debug: thread started main debug: thread 4616 (preparser) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:79) main debug: waiting for thread initialization main debug: thread started main debug: thread 4628 (fetcher) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:108) main debug: waiting for thread initialization main debug: thread started main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Liste de lecture main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1 main debug: thread 4624 (playlist) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:117) main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate main debug: creating VLM main debug: thread 4664 (vlm thread) created at priority 0 (input/vlm.c:112) main debug: thread started telnet: using the VLM interface plugin... main debug: net: listening to port 4212 telnet: telnet interface started on interface 4212 main debug: using interface module "telnet" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 28.287 ms - Total 28.287 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 28.287 ms) main debug: thread 4776 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:168) main debug: thread started main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate telnet: using the VLM interface plugin... main debug: net: listening to port 4212 telnet: telnet interface started on interface 4212 main debug: using interface module "telnet" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 20.619 ms - Total 20.619 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 20.619 ms) main debug: thread 4756 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:168) main debug: thread started main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate main debug: using interface module "hotkeys" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 4.566 ms - Total 4.566 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.566 ms) main debug: thread 4728 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:168) main debug: thread started main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate logger: VLC media player - version 0.9.2 Grishenko - (c) 1996-2008 the VideoLAN team logger: Attention : si vous n’avez plus accès à l’interface graphique, ouvrez une invite de commande, allez dans le répertoire où vous avez installé VLC, et lancez « vlc -I qt ». logger: using logger... logger warning: no log filename provided, using `vlc-log.txt' logger debug: opening logfile `vlc-log.txt' main debug: using interface module "logger" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 32.217 ms - Total 32.217 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 32.217 ms) main debug: thread 4692 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:168) main debug: thread started main debug: looking for interface module: 15 candidates http debug: base :8080 main: creating httpd main debug: net: listening to port 8080 main debug: thread 4896 (httpd host thread) created at priority 0 (network/httpd.c:1107) http debug: dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http main debug: thread started main debug: find .hosts in dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\.hosts main debug: restricted to ::1 main error: invalid IP address ::1 main error: cannot add ACL from C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\.hosts main debug: restricted to 127.0.0.1 main debug: restricted to 192.168.0.0/16 http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\vlm_export.html (url=/vlm_export.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\index.html (url=/) http debug: redir= -> / http debug: redir=/index.html -> / http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\favicon.ico (url=/favicon.ico) http debug: dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs main debug: find .hosts in dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\.hosts http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\main (url=/dialogs/main) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\sout (url=/dialogs/sout) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\playlist (url=/dialogs/playlist) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\footer (url=/dialogs/footer) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\browse (url=/dialogs/browse) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\input (url=/dialogs/input) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\vlm (url=/dialogs/vlm) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\dialogs\mosaic (url=/dialogs/mosaic) http debug: dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old main debug: find .hosts in dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\.hosts main debug: restricted to ::1 main error: invalid IP address ::1 main error: cannot add ACL from C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\.hosts main debug: restricted to 127.0.0.1 main debug: restricted to ::/0 main error: invalid IP address :: main error: cannot add ACL from C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\.hosts main debug: restricted to 0.0.0.0/0 http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\index.html (url=/old/) http debug: redir=/old -> /old/ http debug: redir=/old/index.html -> /old/ http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\style.css (url=/old/style.css) http debug: dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\vlm http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\vlm\index.html (url=/old/vlm/) http debug: redir=/old/vlm -> /old/vlm/ http debug: redir=/old/vlm/index.html -> /old/vlm/ http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\vlm\edit.html (url=/old/vlm/edit.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\vlm\new.html (url=/old/vlm/new.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\vlm\show.html (url=/old/vlm/show.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\webcam.html (url=/old/webcam.html) http debug: dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\admin http debug: find .access in dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\admin http debug: using user=admin password=admin (read=11) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\admin\index.html (url=/old/admin/) http debug: redir=/old/admin -> /old/admin/ http debug: redir=/old/admin/index.html -> /old/admin/ http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\admin\browse.html (url=/old/admin/browse.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\admin\dboxfiles.html (url=/old/admin/dboxfiles.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\cone_minus.png (url=/old/cone_minus.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\info.html (url=/old/info.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\old\cone_plus.png (url=/old/cone_plus.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\vlm.html (url=/vlm.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\style.css (url=/style.css) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\mosaic.html (url=/mosaic.html) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\iehacks.css (url=/iehacks.css) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\flash.html (url=/flash.html) http debug: dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\minus.png (url=/images/minus.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\eject.png (url=/images/eject.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\empty.png (url=/images/empty.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\sout.png (url=/images/sout.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\prev.png (url=/images/prev.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\play.png (url=/images/play.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\delete_small.png (url=/images/delete_small.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\speaker.png (url=/images/speaker.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\slider_right.png (url=/images/slider_right.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\playlist.png (url=/images/playlist.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\slow.png (url=/images/slow.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\vlc16x16.png (url=/images/vlc16x16.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\volume_down.png (url=/images/volume_down.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\info.png (url=/images/info.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\pause.png (url=/images/pause.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\sort.png (url=/images/sort.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\playlist_small.png (url=/images/playlist_small.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\volume_up.png (url=/images/volume_up.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\refresh.png (url=/images/refresh.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\sd.png (url=/images/sd.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\fullscreen.png (url=/images/fullscreen.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\slider_bar.png (url=/images/slider_bar.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\slider_left.png (url=/images/slider_left.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\slider_point.png (url=/images/slider_point.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\loop.png (url=/images/loop.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\repeat.png (url=/images/repeat.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\white_cross_small.png (url=/images/white_cross_small.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\help.png (url=/images/help.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\stop.png (url=/images/stop.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\delete.png (url=/images/delete.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\white.png (url=/images/white.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\plus.png (url=/images/plus.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\snapshot.png (url=/images/snapshot.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\speaker_mute.png (url=/images/speaker_mute.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\shuffle.png (url=/images/shuffle.png) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\images\next.png (url=/images/next.png) http debug: dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\requests http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\requests\playlist.xml (url=/requests/playlist.xml) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\requests\browse.xml (url=/requests/browse.xml) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\requests\vlm.xml (url=/requests/vlm.xml) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\requests\readme.txt (url=/requests/readme.txt) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\requests\vlm_cmd.xml (url=/requests/vlm_cmd.xml) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\requests\status.xml (url=/requests/status.xml) http debug: dir=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\js http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\js\vlm.js (url=/js/vlm.js) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\js\mosaic.js (url=/js/mosaic.js) http debug: file=C:\temp\vlc-0.9.2\/http\js\functions.js (url=/js/functions.js) main debug: using interface module "http" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 77.258 ms - Total 77.258 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 77.258 ms) main debug: thread 5052 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:168) main debug: thread started main debug: accepted socket 5264 (from socket 4768)

[fpostma]

This is listed in Trac under #2022 , http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/2022

Caused by windows recv call returning -1 (and WSAEWOULDBLOCK via WSAGetLastError() ) if there is no data waiting for it. WinSock would prefer you to use select() calls to poll a socket for data I guess. There are several ways to work around this, easiest would be making the accepted socket blocking Not entirely sure what that would break though.

So fixing the unwanted Block error is probably better. Open file modules/control/telnet.c . Locate line

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if (i_recv <= 0 && ( end || errno != EAGAIN ) ) {

Insert *above* that:

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#ifdef WIN32 if (i_recv <= 0 && WSAGetLastError() == WSAEWOULDBLOCK ) { errno=EAGAIN; } #endif

Insert near top of the telnet.c file:

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#ifdef WIN32 #include "winsock2.h" #endif

It's rather crude, but annoying winsock just doesn't set the errno properly. Compile source and your vlc-server will now properly *wait* for a password

recv docs on msdn: recv() call

[dhirwinjr]

Does anyone know if there is a plan to fix this soon? I use VLC a lot at work and I'd love to move to 0.9.6 but I can't until the telnet connection issue is resolved (I checked the latest 0.9.8a version on Windows XP and it appears to still fail).

Regards,
Dave Irwin

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Does anyone know if there is a plan to fix this soon? I use VLC a lot at work and I'd love to move to 0.9.6 but I can't until the telnet connection issue is resolved (I checked the latest 0.9.8a version on Windows XP and it appears to still fail).

Regards,
Dave Irwin

Use telnetlua.

[andrewclark]

Does anyone know if there is a plan to fix this soon? I use VLC a lot at work and I'd love to move to 0.9.6 but I can't until the telnet connection issue is resolved (I checked the latest 0.9.8a version on Windows XP and it appears to still fail).

Regards,
Dave Irwin

Use telnetlua.

How do you use telnetlua?
I know for normal telnet interface you can select it in "Tools>Add Interface".
Or run from command line by going --intf telnet
The telnet interface can then be accessed by opening cmd (in windows) and going "telnet *address* 4212"

How can I do the same thing using telnetlua?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Fixed for 0.9.9

[dhirwinjr]

Fixed for 0.9.9

Is there a tentative release date for 0.9.9?

Thanks,
Dave

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Well, not yet, but early january, I would say. Or try a NB.

[dhirwinjr]

Well, not yet, but early january, I would say. Or try a NB.

Very good...I'll look forward to the new release.

Regards,
Dave