Only oldrc remote control available on windows?

[anderskeilstrom]

Hello all,

i have a weird problem and do not know if it is "wanted" or a bug. i'm currently writing some php scripts to control vlc over the RC interface and apparently the only RC interface available on windows is the OLDRC.

i also use the unix (mac) and linux version of vlc and there seems to be no problem when using RC, both version 2.1.4. because i have a 32bit windows i'm currently stuck at 2.1.3. on that one. besides, that does not matter, the problem is also there on vlc <2.1.3 (tested latest 1.1.x and 2.0.x)

here a small overview of my testing machines:
OSX Mavericks // VLC 2.1.4
Ubuntu LTS 14.04 // VLC 2.1.4
Windows7 x86 SP1 // VLC 2.1.3

now, here is my command which should start vlc:

<PATH_TO_VLC_EXEC> -I rc --rc-host=127.0.0.1:9009

this works as expected on mac + linux but the windows interface returns different lines and is, when accessing over telnet, some kind of less stable (feels so, not sure).

after using -vv with the above command, i can see that the old rc interface is loaded!? why is that? even when activating the remote control interface in the vlc gui, vlc writes inside the input field below the checkbox "oldrc".

is there no "new" rc interface available on windows platform?

thank you in advance for clarifying some things up here

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

The Lua RC interface does not work properly on Windows.

[anderskeilstrom]

hi rémi, thank you for your fast reply. this is unfortunate, are there any plans to make the lua interface work on windows in one of the future releases or should i rewrite my code using another interface?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

I don't know what other people plan or do not plan to do.

[Ludrax]

are there any plans to make the lua interface work on windows in one of the future releases

maybe some ...incentive will change mind of that other people

[bll]

Since only oldrc seems to work for VLC > 2.0.8, perhaps the 'rate' command could be added to the oldrc interface?