Check if playback is behind live stream

[jcvamp]

Hi.

I'm using VB.net to make a program that plays live streams. I've found that it's possible to pause the video, and also change the playback speed, meaning that you can catch back up with the live stream. However, as input.position and input.time return 0, I don't know how to check when the playback has caught back up to the live stream.

Any ideas?

[da2424]

vlc.input.time also returns 0?
Which version of VLC do you use?
In the most of cases, vlc.input.time should return a relative time.

[jcvamp]

vlc.input.time also returns 0?

Yup.

Which version of VLC do you use?

2.2.1

[da2424]

If vlc.input.time also returns 0, you will not really have a chance to get the current position.
You could try vlc version 2.2.2 or v3

[jcvamp]

Where can I download those versions?

[da2424]

These versions are available here:
http://nightlies.videolan.org/

[jcvamp]

Thanks.