Minimal UI state using Remote Control Interface

[tommygr]

Currently I have a remote control app that is using the Remote Control Interface. I use VLC for playing back and RTSP stream and so I launch it with the Minimal Interface flag. I do this to hid the transport controls and menu bars.

If the stream stops for some reason ( broken network or stream ) I would like to show the transport controls bar again so the user can hit play to start the stream again.

RC interface has no way to do this. I can send a Ctrl+H to hid and show the menu and controls. The problem is that its a toggle and I cant tell what state the UI is in.

Question: Is there a way to programmatically hid and show the transport control bar using the RC interface? If not then how do I tell if the control bar is visible?

I was going to write a plug-in or a lua script to do this but it not clear if you have access do this from a plug-in or script.

Any suggestions or help is appreciated.

[tommygr]

Is this the wrong forum for this question? Maybe I should post it on the dev side.