help or example needed for RSS/Atom feed

[dutch_boontje]

Hi,

For pretty long time I am using VLC, I really like it.
Good stuff for having almost anything streamed over a network.

Since I stepped from release 1.1.x to 2.0.x, I am missing (a working) solution to inject RSS/Atom feed into content.

Although I think it does work! It is (for me) not possible to have any text displayed. Alternatively, I check putting some text on screen by using Marquee, this seems to be wonderfull working - as aspected.

I have spent much time tring various options/combinatino, just to make sure it not me failing

But without any results. silly thing is: RSS feed is frequently refreshed, only no text is displayed.
feeds inluded with a picture: picture stand nicely at front of the bar. some thing is going on there

Even most options are working.. the window can be put on every spot on the screen, rss-ttl can be changed.
( I tried with: http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml )

Although I want to use it on VLM with TS-streaming. I can figure out how to.
The missing part is HOW to get just working example, because this on, does not work for VLC 2.x.

command (on Debian): vlc <soma file> --sub-source=rss --rss-urls="http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml"

Even when doing it manually, by setting all options in GUI, it doesn't show up.
Picture are displayed, no text. On Some feeds a black rectangle box is displayed.
There seem no difference on doing it manually or from command line or from VLM.


At this moment I am getting a bit tiered... Wheeping my hair out of me head... what about to do now?

- Is any there other people using this feature?
- Any recent examples? Most I found are based on VLC 1.x.
- How to debug, checking if data coming from the feed,
- Are there any requerements to the XML/data of the feed.

I tested live feeds, but de primary Atom example, does not make any change. From the logs no errors are reported.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_%28standard%29 )

The command (on Debian) i use for testing: vlc <file.mpg> --sub-source=rss --rss-urls="http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml"

accoording to a wiki, this should be the simple way to get it.

some other (very old) artikel: http://archive09.linux.com/feature/60700

... I can post lots of thing I have tested, not working.
Just to save our times...

- Could anyone post a working example ?
Just basics are fine.. I need one step to get further on this.

Debug info / version info:
edwin@desktop4:~$ vlc --version
VLC media player 2.0.3 Twoflower (revision 2.0.2-93-g77aa89e)
VLC version 2.0.3 Twoflower (2.0.2-93-g77aa89e)
Compiled by siretart on sandy (Aug 12 2012 08:05:41)
Compiler: gcc version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8)

Updating on another system (Debian -sid) does not make any changes.


On VLC version (32bit) / 1.1.3 it is all working OK.

- Is there some thing changed on the syntax to have a RSS-feed displayed ??

Looking forward to some working examples, please.

Edwin

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

You should file a bugreport for regressions.

[rmsbeetle]

I have same problem. I use this command:

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/usr/local/videolan/vlc-2.0.7/cvlc -vvv -I dummy /home/<vfile> --sout '#transcode{soverlay,sfilter=rss{urls=http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml},vcodec=mp2v,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=128}:std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=225.1.1.100:1234}' --volume 100

Logo is displayed, text is not displayed. Debug:

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VLC media player 2.0.7 Twoflower (revision 2.0.6-54-g7dd7e4d) [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.0.7 Twoflower [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2013 VLC authors and VideoLAN [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: revision 2.0.6-54-g7dd7e4d [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: configured with ./configure '--enable-run-as-root' '--enable-rss' '--enable-marq' '--enable-xml' 'USE=a52 aac ffmpeg hal libgcrypt mp3 mpeg ncurses stream x264 -X -aalib -alsa (-altivec) -arts -atmo -avahi -bidi -cdda -cddax% -cddb -cdio -dbus -dc1394 -debug -dirac -directfb -dts -dvb -dvd -esd -fbcon -flac -fluidsynth -fontconfig -ggi -gnome -gnutls -httpd -id3tag -jack -kate -libass -libcaca -libnotify -libsysfs -libv4l2 -lirc -live -lua -matroska -mmx -modplug -musepack -nsplugin -ogg -opengl -optimisememory -oss -pda% -png -pulseaudio -pvr -qt4 -remoteosd -rtsp -run-as-root% -samba -schroedinger -sdl -sdl-image -seamonkey -shout -skins -speex -sse -svg -svga -taglib -theora -truetype -twolame -upnp -v4l -v4l2 -vcdinfo -vcdx -vlm -vorbis -win32codecs -xinerama -xosd -xv -zvbi (-vcd%)' [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins' [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: saving plugins cache /usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: plug-ins loaded: 370 modules [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: opening config file (/root/.config/vlc/vlcrc) [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "ru" [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: CPU has capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 FPU [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: looking for memcpy module: 4 candidates [0x6c5108] main libvlc debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext" [0x78e498] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [0x78e498] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys" [0x78e498] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.156 ms - Total 0.156 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.156 ms) [0x78d798] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [0x78d798] inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 [0x78d798] main interface debug: no interface module matching "inhibit,none" could be loaded [0x78d798] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.166 ms - Total 0.166 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.166 ms) [0x78d798] main interface error: no suitable interface module [0x780398] main playlist debug: playlist threads correctly activated [0x780398] main playlist debug: adding item `Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg' ( file:///home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-%D0%A2%D0%92.avi.ENCODED.mpg ) [0x780398] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Плейлист [0x780398] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1 [0x7f0130000a28] main input debug: Creating an input for 'Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg' [0x78d798] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 0 candidates [0x78d798] main interface debug: no interface module matched "globalhotkeys,none" [0x78d798] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.075 ms - Total 0.075 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.075 ms) [0x78d798] main interface error: no suitable interface module [0x6c5108] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed [0x78d798] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [0x78d798] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module... [0x78d798] main interface debug: using interface module "dummy" [0x78d798] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.238 ms - Total 0.238 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.238 ms) [0x780398] main playlist debug: processing request item: null, node: Плейлист, skip: 0 [0x780398] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Плейлист [0x780398] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1 [0x780398] main playlist debug: starting playback of the new playlist item [0x780398] main playlist debug: resyncing on Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg [0x780398] main playlist debug: Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg is at 0 [0x780398] main playlist debug: creating new input thread [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: Creating an input for 'Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg' [0x7f0134000f38] main stream output debug: using sout chain=`transcode{soverlay,sfilter=rss{urls=http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml},vcodec=mp2v,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=225.1.1.100:1234}' [0x7f0134000f38] main stream output debug: stream=`std' [0x7f0134001728] main stream out debug: looking for sout stream module: 1 candidate [0x7f0134001728] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-standard-access to udp [0x7f0134001728] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-standard-mux to ts [0x7f0134001728] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-standard-dst to 225.1.1.100:1234 [0x7f0134004148] main access out debug: looking for sout access module: 1 candidate [0x7f0134004148] main access out debug: net: connecting to [225.1.1.100]:1234 [0x7f0134004148] access_output_udp access out debug: source: 194.54.64.80 port 50268 [0x7f0134004148] access_output_udp access out debug: destination: 225.1.1.100 port 1234 [0x7f0134004148] main access out debug: using sout access module "access_output_udp" [0x7f0134004148] main access out debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.678 ms - Total 0.678 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.678 ms) [0x7f0134005848] main mux debug: looking for sout mux module: 1 candidate [0x7f0134005848] mux_ts mux debug: shaping=200000 pcr=70000 dts_delay=400000 [0x7f0134005848] main mux debug: using sout mux module "mux_ts" [0x7f0134005848] main mux debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.456 ms - Total 0.456 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.456 ms) [0x7f0134000f38] main stream output debug: muxer support adding stream at any time [0x7f0134000f38] main stream output debug: muxer prefers to wait for all ES before starting to mux [0x7f0134001728] stream_out_standard stream out debug: using `udp/ts://225.1.1.100:1234' [0x7f0134001728] main stream out debug: using sout stream module "stream_out_standard" [0x7f0134001728] main stream out debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.522 ms - Total 2.522 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.522 ms) [0x7f0134000f38] main stream output debug: stream=`transcode' [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: looking for sout stream module: 1 candidate [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-soverlay to (null) [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-sfilter to rss{urls=http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml} [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-vcodec to mp2v [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-vb to 800 [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-scale to 1 [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-acodec to mpga [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-ab to 128 [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-channels to 2 [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-samplerate to 44100 [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: codec audio=mpga 44100Hz 2 channels 128Kb/s [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: codec video=mp2v 0x0 scaling: 1.000000 800kb/s [0x7f013400d738] main spu text debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Building font databases. [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Took 0 microseconds [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Using Serif Bold as font from file /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: using fontsize: 2 [0x7f013400d738] main spu text debug: using text renderer module "freetype" [0x7f013400d738] main spu text debug: TIMER module_need() : 5.372 ms - Total 5.372 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 5.372 ms) [0x7f013400e918] main scale debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates [0x780398] main playlist debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null)) [0x7f013400e918] swscale scale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: RGBA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality) [0x7f013400e918] main scale debug: using video filter2 module "swscale" [0x7f013400e918] main scale debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.668 ms - Total 1.668 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.668 ms) [0x7f013402dee8] main scale debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates [0x7f013402dee8] yuvp scale debug: YUVP to YUVA converter [0x7f013402dee8] main scale debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp" [0x7f013402dee8] main scale debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.976 ms - Total 0.976 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.976 ms) [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: using sout stream module "stream_out_transcode" [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: TIMER module_need() : 8.768 ms - Total 8.768 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 8.768 ms) [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path '/tmp' [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: `file:///home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-%D0%A2%D0%92.avi.ENCODED.mpg' gives access `file' demux `' path `/home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-%D0%A2%D0%92.avi.ENCODED.mpg' [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-%D0%A2%D0%92.avi.ENCODED.mpg' file='/home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg' [0x7f0134007178] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate [0x7f0134007178] main demux debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded [0x7f0134007178] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.261 ms - Total 0.261 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.261 ms) [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: creating access 'file' location='/home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-%D0%A2%D0%92.avi.ENCODED.mpg', path='/home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg' [0x7f01340083d8] main access debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates [0x7f01340083d8] filesystem access debug: opening file `/home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg' [0x7f01340083d8] main access debug: using access module "filesystem" [0x7f01340083d8] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.102 ms - Total 0.102 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.102 ms) [0x7f0134008528] main stream debug: Using stream method for AStream* [0x7f0134008528] main stream debug: starting pre-buffering [0x7f0134008528] main stream debug: received first data after 0 ms [0x7f0134008528] main stream debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 50000 KiB/s [0x7f01340079d8] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 7 candidates [0x7f01340079d8] main stream debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded [0x7f01340079d8] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.137 ms - Total 0.137 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.137 ms) [0x7f01340079d8] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate [0x7f01340079d8] main stream debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" [0x7f01340079d8] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.071 ms - Total 0.071 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.071 ms) [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-%D0%A2%D0%92.avi.ENCODED.mpg' file='/home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-ТВ.avi.ENCODED.mpg' [0x7f0134007c68] main demux debug: looking for demux module: 50 candidates [0x7f0134007c68] mod demux debug: MOD validation failed (ext=mpg) [0x7f0134007c68] ts demux debug: TS module discarded (lost sync) [0x7f0134007c68] main demux debug: using demux module "ps" [0x7f0134007c68] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.411 ms - Total 0.411 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.411 ms) [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: looking for a subtitle file in /home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/ [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: starting in async mode [0x7f01340081b8] main demux meta debug: looking for meta reader module: 1 candidate [0x7f01340081b8] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /root/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader [0x7f01340081b8] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/local/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader [0x7f01340081b8] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/local/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader/filename.luac [0x7f01340081b8] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/local/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader [0x7f01340081b8] main demux meta debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded [0x7f01340081b8] main demux meta debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.452 ms - Total 0.452 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.452 ms) [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: `file:///home/mrsu/videolan/video/encoded/Oxford-%D0%A2%D0%92.avi.ENCODED.mpg' successfully opened [0x7f0134007c68] ps demux warning: garbage at input, trying to resync... [0x7f0134007c68] ps demux warning: found sync code [0x7f0134007c68] ps demux debug: we found a length of: 170496000 [0x7f0134007c68] ps demux debug: we found a length of: 170680000 [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: selecting program id=0 [0x7f0134c504e8] main decoder debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates [0x7f0134c504e8] main decoder debug: using packetizer module "mpeg_audio" [0x7f0134c504e8] main decoder debug: TIMER module_need() : 3.613 ms - Total 3.613 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 3.613 ms) [0x7f0134c89828] main decoder debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates [0x7f0134c89828] main decoder debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_mpegvideo" [0x7f0134c89828] main decoder debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.242 ms - Total 0.242 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.242 ms) [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: Buffering 0% [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: switching to sync mode [0x7f0134c89828] packetizer_mpegvideo decoder debug: size 720x576 fps=25.000 [0x7f0134c504e8] mpeg_audio decoder debug: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:128 [0x7f0134000f38] main stream output debug: adding a new sout input (sout_input:0x7f0120000ae0) [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: creating audio transcoding from fcc=`mpga' to fcc=`mpga' [0x7f0120000be8] main generic debug: looking for decoder module: 25 candidates [0x7f0134000f38] main stream output debug: adding a new sout input (sout_input:0x7f0130014f30) [0x7f0120000be8] main generic debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio" [0x7f0120000be8] main generic debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.241 ms - Total 2.241 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.241 ms) [0x7f0120001028] main encoder debug: looking for encoder module: 9 candidates [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: Stream buffering done (500 ms in 4 ms) [0x7f0120001028] avcodec encoder debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x352300) [0x7f0120001028] avcodec encoder debug: found encoder MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 [0x7f0120001028] main encoder debug: using encoder module "avcodec" [0x7f0120001028] main encoder debug: TIMER module_need() : 6.503 ms - Total 6.503 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 6.503 ms) [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: Looking for filter (mpga->s16l, channels 2->2, rate 48000->44100) [0x7f0120005d88] main filter debug: looking for audio filter module: 11 candidates [0x7f0120005d88] mpgatofixed32 filter debug: mpga->f32l, bits per sample: 32 [0x7f0120005d88] main filter debug: using audio filter module "mpgatofixed32" [0x7f0120005d88] main filter debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.513 ms - Total 0.513 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.513 ms) [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: Filter 'mpgatofixed32' (0x7f0120005d88) appended to chain [0x7f01201fb018] main filter debug: looking for audio filter module: 11 candidates [0x7f01201fb018] main filter debug: using audio filter module "ugly_resampler" [0x7f01201fb018] main filter debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.606 ms - Total 0.606 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.606 ms) [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: Filter 'ugly_resampler' (0x7f01201fb018) appended to chain [0x7f01201fc298] main filter debug: looking for audio filter module: 11 candidates [0x7f01201fc298] audio_format filter debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16 [0x7f01201fc298] main filter debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" [0x7f01201fc298] main filter debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.284 ms - Total 0.284 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.284 ms) [0x7f01340024d8] main stream out debug: Filter 'audio_format' (0x7f01201fc298) appended to chain [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: Got complete audio filter chain [0x7f0134005848] main mux debug: adding a new input [0x7f0134005848] mux_ts mux debug: adding input codec=mpga pid=68 [0x7f0134005848] mux_ts mux debug: new PCR PID is 68 [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: creating video transcoding from fcc=`mpgv' to fcc=`mp2v' [0x7f0130000a28] main generic debug: looking for decoder module: 25 candidates [0x7f0130000a28] avcodec generic debug: libavcodec already initialized [0x7f0130000a28] avcodec generic debug: trying to use direct rendering [0x7f0130000a28] avcodec generic debug: allowing 4 thread(s) for decoding [0x7f0130000a28] avcodec generic debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) started [0x7f0130000a28] avcodec generic debug: using slice thread mode with 4 threads [0x7f0130000a28] main generic debug: using decoder module "avcodec" [0x7f0130000a28] main generic debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.534 ms - Total 1.534 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.534 ms) [0x7f01300041c8] main encoder debug: looking for encoder module: 9 candidates [0x7f01300041c8] avcodec encoder debug: libavcodec already initialized [0x7f01300041c8] avcodec encoder debug: found encoder MPEG-1/2 Video [0x7f01300041c8] main encoder debug: using encoder module "avcodec" [0x7f01300041c8] main encoder debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.680 ms - Total 1.680 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.680 ms) [0x7f01300041c8] main encoder debug: removing module "avcodec" [0x7f0138000b78] main input debug: Decoder buffering done in 9 ms [0x7f0120000be8] mpeg_audio generic debug: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:128 [0x7f0130000a28] avcodec generic debug: using direct rendering [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: decoder aspect is 1.333333:1 [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: source pixel aspect is 1.066667:1 [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: scaled pixel aspect is 1.066667:1 [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: source 720x576, destination 720x576 [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: encoder aspect is 11520:8640 [0x7f01340024d8] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: destination (after video filters) 720x576 [0x7f01300041c8] main encoder debug: looking for encoder module: 9 candidates [0x7f01300041c8] avcodec encoder debug: libavcodec already initialized [0x7f01300041c8] avcodec encoder debug: found encoder MPEG-1/2 Video [0x7f01300041c8] main encoder debug: using encoder module "avcodec" [0x7f01300041c8] main encoder debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.391 ms - Total 1.391 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.391 ms) [0x7f0134005848] main mux debug: adding a new input [0x7f0134005848] mux_ts mux debug: adding input codec=mpgv pid=69 [0x7f0134005848] mux_ts mux debug: new PCR PID is 69 [0x7f0130028f48] main filter debug: looking for sub source module: 1 candidate [0x7f0130028f48] main filter debug: set config option: rss-urls to http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml [0x7f0130028f48] rss filter warning: rss-size wasn't specified. Feed images will thus be displayed without being resized [0x7f0130028f48] main filter debug: using sub source module "rss" [0x7f0130028f48] main filter debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.388 ms - Total 0.388 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.388 ms) [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture debug: Filter 'rss' (0x7f0130028f48) appended to chain [0x7f0130028f48] rss filter debug: Updating the rss feeds [0x7f01100009a8] main xml debug: looking for xml module: 1 candidate [0x7f01100009a8] main xml debug: using xml module "xml" [0x7f01100009a8] main xml debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.824 ms - Total 0.824 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.824 ms) [0x7f0130028f48] rss filter debug: opening http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml RSS/Atom feed ... [0x7f0130028f48] main filter debug: creating access 'http' location='www.ad.nl/rss.xml', path='(null)' [0x7f0110001758] main access debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates [0x7f0110001758] access_http access debug: http: server='www.ad.nl' port=80 file='/rss.xml' [0x7f0110001758] main access debug: net: connecting to www.ad.nl port 80 [0x7f0110001758] main access debug: connection succeeded (socket = 6) [0x7f0110001758] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 200 [0x7f0110001758] access_http access debug: Content-Type: application/xml [0x7f0110001758] access_http access debug: this frame size=18367 [0x7f0110001758] access_http access debug: Connection: close [0x7f0110001758] access_http access debug: Accepting Cookie: cae_browser=desktop; expires=Mon, 22-Jul-2013 09:44:27 GMT; path=/; domain=.ad.nl [0x7f0110001758] main access debug: using access module "access_http" [0x7f0110001758] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 288.860 ms - Total 288.860 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 288.860 ms) [0x7f0110003838] main stream debug: Using stream method for AStream* [0x7f0110003838] main stream debug: starting pre-buffering [0x7f0110003838] main stream debug: received first data after 0 ms [0x7f0110003838] main stream debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 31250 KiB/s [0x7f0110003a98] main xml reader debug: looking for xml reader module: 1 candidate [0x7f0110003a98] main xml reader debug: using xml reader module "xml" [0x7f0110003a98] main xml reader debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.279 ms - Total 0.279 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.279 ms) [0x7f0130028f48] main filter debug: creating access 'http' location='static0.ad.nl/images/logos/ad_logo_google_news.png', path='(null)' [0x7f0110c11178] main access debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates [0x7f0110c11178] access_http access debug: http: server='static0.ad.nl' port=80 file='/images/logos/ad_logo_google_news.png' [0x7f0110c11178] main access debug: net: connecting to static0.ad.nl port 80 [0x7f0110c11178] main access debug: connection succeeded (socket = 8) [0x7f0110c11178] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [0x7f0110c11178] access_http access debug: Server: Apache [0x7f0110c11178] access_http access debug: Content-Type: image/png [0x7f0110c11178] access_http access debug: stream size=2281,pos=0,remaining=2281 [0x7f0110c11178] access_http access debug: this frame size=2281 [0x7f0110c11178] access_http access debug: Connection: close [0x7f0110c11178] main access debug: using access module "access_http" [0x7f0110c11178] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 127.405 ms - Total 127.405 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 127.405 ms) [0x7f0110008268] main stream debug: Using stream method for AStream* [0x7f0110008268] main stream debug: starting pre-buffering [0x7f0110008268] main stream debug: received first data after 0 ms [0x7f0110008268] main stream debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 26315 KiB/s [0x7f0110c11178] main access debug: removing module "access_http" [0x7f0110c12578] main image decoder debug: looking for decoder module: 25 candidates [0x7f0110c12578] main image decoder debug: using decoder module "png" [0x7f0110c12578] main image decoder debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.154 ms - Total 0.154 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.154 ms) [0x7f0110c11858] main filter debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates [0x7f0110c11858] swscale filter debug: 125x40 chroma: RGBA -> 125x40 chroma: YUVA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality) [0x7f0110c11858] main filter debug: using video filter2 module "swscale" [0x7f0110c11858] main filter debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.382 ms - Total 0.382 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.382 ms) [0x7f0110c12578] main image decoder debug: removing module "png" [0x7f0110c11858] main filter debug: removing module "swscale" [0x7f0130028f48] rss filter debug: done with http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml RSS/Atom feed [0x7f0110001758] main access debug: removing module "access_http" [0x7f01100009a8] main xml debug: removing module "xml" [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line [0x7f0130728e68] main blend debug: looking for video blending module: 1 candidate [0x7f0130728e68] main blend debug: using video blending module "blend" [0x7f0130728e68] main blend debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.270 ms - Total 0.270 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.270 ms) [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line [0x7f013400c908] main subpicture warning: original picture size is undefined [0x7f013400d738] freetype spu text debug: Breaking line

root@vlc-server:~# /usr/local/videolan/vlc-2.0.7/vlc --version
VLC media player 2.0.7 Twoflower (revision 2.0.6-54-g7dd7e4d)
Version VLC 2.0.7 Twoflower (2.0.6-54-g7dd7e4d)

[dutch_boontje]

OK, with last changed patch it is working now.

UNfortunately the opacity default value defaults to hidden

Anyway with last checkout, version VLC version 2.2.0-git Weatherwax (2.1.0-git-1272-g903d5ae).

I can see RSS/Atom feeds.

tested with:

vlc -I dummy /home/<file> --sout '#transcode{soverlay,ilter=rss{urls=http://www.ad.nl/rss.xml,opacity=0},vco ... 1.100:1234}' --volume 100

REMARK: check the "opacity=0", this is needed!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

The opacity issue is fixed.