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Posted: **24 Mar 2007 22:36**

Hi,

I'd like to create a little script which will start vlc in a loop, each time changing source. For this I need vlc to quit after

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[00000245] main playlist: nothing to play

By default vlc will remain idle.

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#!/bin/bash

while true
do
    source=`curl -u [username]:[password] x.x.x.x/video.m3u`

    vlc \
    --no-play-and-stop \
    --sout '#standard{access=udp,url=224.0.0.1:1234,sap=true,name="Dreambox"}' \
    $source
done

Is this possible ?

Posted: **25 Mar 2007 00:07**

add vlc:quit to the playlist.

Posted: **25 Mar 2007 00:38**

Thanks. That seems to do the trick.

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[00000245] main playlist error: refcount is 1, I have a bad feeling about this
[00000245] main playlist error: we waited too long, cancelling destruction

It takes about 5 seconds before it finaly quits. Is it possible to speed things up a bit ?

Posted: **25 Mar 2007 01:42**

Well, in next releases...

I think that you should get a look at --sout-keep.
and at adding on object on the playlist from the command line.

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Quit vlc at end of playlist

Quit vlc at end of playlist