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Hello Everybody.

I am having a weird problem with VLC in Python. Using the following things.

`import vlc

self.Instance = vlc.Instance() self.List = self.Instance.media_list_new() self.Player_d = self.Instance.media_list_player_new()`

I am using self.List.add_media(address of video) to populate the media list.

Then self.Player_d.set_media_list(self.List) and self.Player_d.play()

The problem is that VLC starts in a weird (YUV something) window, without any controls. Then freezes after playing the list. I have to use Task Manager to shut it down.

Can anybody point out the problem? I want to play the VLC with all controls.

Secondly, is there anyway of checking if VLC is already running, if running, then to quit and start a new instance of VLC.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mohsin

Does it do this with any video? It sounds like the file you are using has more than one video stream. Please check and verify.

Thank you very much for the response.

It is the case with all files. The ones I am using are ".mov".