clearing playlist from rc interface

[fireblade]

Hi,

Can you tell me how I can clear the playlist or delete some items from the rc interface?

Thank you.

[arend]

I have a related problem using VLC 0.8.6 on Intel Mac.

After starting VLC with "-I rc --rc-host localhost:4444" I am able to execute most commands. However, clearing the playlist doesnt work. After giving a "clear" command the telnet session just sort of hangs. It does return a prompt but doesn't repond to commands any longer.
This happens also in local rc mode.

[jonny-blts]

same problem with vlc-0.8.6a on a gentoo machine;
start videloan from console: "vlc -I rc"
add a mpeg, and then clear the playlist...
the rc interface seems locked (i have to do a double ctrl-c to quit)

instead vlc 0.8.4a works well

update:
it seems that there is a deadlock in playlist_Clear when called from the rc plugin;
in file: src/playlist/item-ext.c:737
change playlist_LockDelete(...) to playlist_Delete(...)
and works!

[dionoea]

Could you check if the bug is still present in the development version?

[jonny-blts]

No, it's not present

I downloaded vlc-snapshot-20070331 sources

when i clear the playlist from the rc interface, i get these messages:

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clear status change: ( new input: udp://@239.10.10.10 ) status change: ( audio volume: 256 ) status change: ( play state: 1 ) [00000585] main playlist: stopping playback clear: returned 0 (no error) [00000668] main input error: refcount is 1, delaying again (id=668,type=-7) [00000668] main input error: waited too long, cancelling destruction (id=668,type=-7)

[dionoea]

Ok cool Looks like it disappeared on it's own (as a consequence to some core playlist changes i guess). I'll fix it in the upcoming 0.8.6 bugfix release.

[dionoea]

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/19645