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Is it possible to start vlc from a command line obtaining it's stdin, and then send it commands interactively thro stdin e.g tell it to start playing another .mp4 file or something?

Thanks

like vlc -Irc ?

Is vlc always listening for commands in this mode? i.e Can I send it a command asychronously, telling it to abort a current loop, say ?

Are there any examples on this website ?

Thanks.

Could you provide an example of what you want to do exactly?