Check if VLC is running a video

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Check if VLC is running a video

Postby pettedemon » 08 Aug 2022 17:43

Hi,
I have a vlc running in raspberry with a playlist 24/24 hours. How can I check if it is playing a video? sometimes there is the pid but it is not running a video. thanks

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Re: Check if VLC is running a video

Postby jill_vlabs » 09 Aug 2022 10:32

do you mean like remotely from another device ?
or you want from the pi to know if a video is playing?

for remote control you have those option:
https://docs.videolan.me/vlc-user/3.0/e ... index.html

or via telnet :
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/rc/

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Re: Check if VLC is running a video

Postby pettedemon » 09 Aug 2022 10:34

Hi,
I want to check if a video is running and have a response like TRUE so if it is FALSE I kill the pid of vlc and restart the playlist in loop. thanks


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