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How to enable logging?

Postby masimo » 17 Mar 2011 15:14

I would like to enable logging, but it does not work. I used the command line

vlc -I http –fullscreen --file-logging --logfile=vlc.log --log-verbose=2

but no log file was generated. I tried relative and absolute file paths, but this had no effect. Then I tried to enable logging using the GUI: Tools>Preferences>All>Advanced>Logging. However, still no effect.

My configuration is: Vlc 1.1.7, Windows XP or Windows Vista (tried both)

Logging is important for me, because I have a Java App scheduling videos in 7x24 mode using the http interface of vlc. Once or twice a week the screen of the TV turns black while playing a vidoe but the audio is still playing (feedback from end users, I have no direct access to the system). So far I couldn’t reproduce this in my development and test environment. Before starting a thread on this topic, I would like to find out, when and under which conditions this happens. Logging would be quite helpfull for this.

Thanks for any help!
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Re: How to enable logging?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 17 Mar 2011 16:31

--extrainf logger --fulscreen
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Re: How to enable logging?

Postby masimo » 23 Mar 2011 23:45

Thank you very much! This worked perfect. Finally I used

vlc -I http --extraintf logger --log-verbose=2 --verbose-objects=+all -vvv --fullscreen

to get as much information as possible.

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Re: How to enable logging?

Postby SarasotaSlim » 16 Oct 2012 20:09

Thank you very much! This worked perfect. Finally I used

vlc -I http --extraintf logger --log-verbose=2 --verbose-objects=+all -vvv --fullscreen

to get as much information as possible.
Thx, those spelling fixes and extra args resolves this for me. :)
HINT: My common VLC-usage is to transcode (via 'sout') to add on-screen 'Marquee' info,
and for that, I still use VLC v2.0.5, since marquee metadata-expansions ($-symbols) work there.

[ The VLC-version 2.x code beyond 2.0.5 remains 'broken' for that marquee functionality, tho there IS
an open and accepted bug-report on that...i.e. ticket #9514 ]


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