Is this API code still valid?

mlapl1 · Postby **mlapl1** » 17 Oct 2009 05:41

Hello

I am working on a PC with windows XP Pro - SP3 installed. I have not played with VLC for about a year and recently upgraded from version 0.9.4 to version 1.0.2. I also installed the Firefox web plugin v. 1.0.2.

I have a web page served by an apache server on a remote linux box which contains the code at the end of this message. The purpose of the code is to play a segment of an mpg file stored on the PC, not the server, from one point to another point. I try to do this by setting start-time and stop-time with vlc_controls.options.set.

The playback is started automatically with the following command when the html page is loaded:

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<body onload="init()">

When I run the code below on a system with VLC 0.9.4 it works more or less correctly (the first, automatic, playback actually does not start at the correct start-time but once I stop the playback manually it plays correctly between the start and stop times). On the upgraded VLC system (v. 1.0.2), however, nothing happens. When I click on the Play button in the control bar, VLC complains that it has nothing in the playlist. This happens in both FF and IE. In IE, however, the debugger reports an error as follows:

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VLCcontrols.prototype.updateStatusText = function() {
	var status = VLC_status[0];
	if (this.target.input) status = VLC_status[this.target.input.state]; @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ This is where the error is reported
	if (status) {
		document.getElementById("infosStatus").innerHTML = status;
		if (VLC_controller_last_status != status) this.debug("status : " + status);
		VLC_controller_last_status = status;
		}
	if (VLC_controller.onStatusChangedCallback) VLC_controller.onStatusChangedCallback(status);
}

I am not very strong in Javascript and cannot find the appropriate VLC documentation though I have looked in the wiki. would appreciate any comments or advice as I really need this functionality.

Also I have not uploaded any new files to the server - I do not quite know where to find them.

Thank you

Now below is my code

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function init() {
                // load plugin
                myvlc = new VLCObject("mymovie", "800", "600", "0.8.6");
                myvlc.write("vlccontent");

                // load controls APL
                vlc_controls = new VLCcontrols(myvlc); // necessary - gives controls at base of player

                // APL sets start-time and end-time
                start_code=gup('start');
                vlc_controls.options.set("start-time", start_code);
                // alert('Start_code set at: '+start_code); //this is set correctly

                stop_code=gup('stop');
                // alert('Stop_code set at: '+stop_code); // this is set correctly
                vlc_controls.options.set("stop-time", stop_code);

                vlc_controls.onready = function () {
                        vlc_controls.play("c:/blabla/blabla.mpg"); // plays a local file
                        vlc_controls.options.set("start-time", start_code);
                        vlc_controls.options.set("stop-time", stop_code);
                }
                waitControlsLoaded();

        } // init

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