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Hi,

I'm writing several scripts for managing multiple VLC windows (by telnet vlc cli commands),
and trying to open 4 different videos (with different resolutions) on 4 vlc instances.

The windows sizes should be equal, no matter the original video file resolution.
Also, the positions should be set to the 4 quarters of the screen (top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right).

I tried to use the flags:
video-x, video-y for position on screen
and flags:
width, height for window size.

I think the width / height doesn't work as documented.

Also, I'm not quite sure how to determine the sizes by the window size and not by the videos?

Any assitance would be appreciated

Hi, what version of VLC are your using first ? What do you plan to do with the windows ? There might be a better way to achieve this.

Hi, what version of VLC are your using first ? What do you plan to do with the windows ? There might be a better way to achieve this.

I'm using VLC 3.0.8.
The plan is to use the VLC telnet api in order to create an option for playing simultaneously and syncing 4 different videos.
The result would be a splitted screen with 4 windows and another external timeline manager bar (with play/pause/timeline seeker..) that controls the synced videos remotly by sending commands through telnet

Hi, is there a reason why you avoid VLM and the HTTP API interface then ? It seems to match your needs a lot better than RC telnet and multiple VLC instances.

Hi, is there a reason why you avoid VLM and the HTTP API interface then ? It seems to match your needs a lot better than RC telnet and multiple VLC instances.

Yes, I wrapped the telnet api by using a certain NodeJS package that is very convenient for developing over this API.

EDIT: If I will change the way my code works and use the VLM + HTTP API, is it possible to open several Instances of WEB VLC and insert them into HTML?
(If I could place the web VLCs inside HTML I could arrange them properly with some css).