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So when I have the RC interface enabled, I can obviously type in commands from that computer in the box that pops up, however, I want to be able to send commands from another PC on my network. How can I do this? I tried:

To be able to remote connect to your VLC using a TCP socket (telnet-like connexion), use --rc-host your_host:port. Then, by connecting (using telnet or netcat) to the host on the given port, you will get the command shell.

but Telnet never connects to it.


Also, for some reason, the play command doesn't work. If I use the stop command, I can't get my playlist going again.

If you didn't start interface with loopback host then maybe firewall prevents traffic?

Nope, tried firewall settings and all, even when I try to Telnet from the computer to itself, it still won't work.

For the record, I start VLC using the run command:

"C:\Program Files\Videolan\VLC\VLC.exe" -I rc --rc-host 192.168.0.105:4040

where 192.168.0.105 is the IP of the computer running VLC and 4040 is just a port I'm trying to use.

Alright rather than fumble around with RC or Telnet, I found a simple way to enter commands via the web interface. Basically using url's like:

http://192.168.0.105/?control=pause

For example, that will pause the playlist. Substitute it with other commands lie play, stop, etc and you can control your playlist pretty well. The only problem I'm having is figuring out what controls the volume.. I've tried so many different keywords, even tried looking at the source code to try to find it, but I can't get it.. any help here?

http://www.videolan.org/doc/play-howto/en/apb.html
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