rc interface problem: "faster" and "slower" not working

[nonzyro]

Okay:
1. I know I shouldn't post bugs here but it was difficult enough registering and logging in (I have to use TOR because my IP has *allegedly* been blocked, though I've never used the forum in my life).
2. I just wrote a lengthy post which was lost because I go prompted to login again. I was *already* logged in. Therefor excuse the terseness of this post.
3. Please do not think I don't appreciate what the developers of VLC Player do. I'm grateful for all their hard work and I love VLC Player, in spite of the fact that VideoLan's ability to engage with the public is lacking at best.

Problem: Pretty much what the title suggests:

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vlc --extraintf rc --rc-host localhost:1234 Starts fine. Then: echo pause | telnet localhost 1234 Works. However: echo slower | telnet localhost 1234 Does not. Going to the GUI, I set the speed slower and it works. Then open a console and: echo normal | telnet localhost 1234 Works too. Playback speed goes back to normal. Only "slower" and "faster" fail.

Go figure.

Here's the relevant info:

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VLC version 2.2.4 Weatherwax (2.2.3-37-g888b7e89) Compiled by sebastian on rigel (Jun 5 2016 15:54:01) Compiler: gcc version 4.9.2 (Debian 4.9.2-10) OS: Debian Jessie

My guess is a few missing line of code or lines that were left commented out from a time when things were being tested.

[nonzyro]

SOLVED: echo "rate d" where d is a double (decimal number 1.0 = normal, 0.5 = half, 2.0 = 2x). This is NOT properly documented and I had to, pardon the pun, go through dubious *sources* (just kidding).

Anyway, here's an example:

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echo "rate 0.5" | telnet localhost 1234

Please can someone modify the rc module to reflect this at some point in the next year or so.