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I would like to know the command-line equivalent of
- the vlc GUI "playlist/information/write metadata title"
- or in javascript vlc.playlist.add("dvb-t://frequency=586000",NAME,"");

to set the playlist item name from the command line

I managed to get it with the :meta-title option however vlc starts using it for the playlist only ONCE the item has been streamed/played once.

the goal is to control vlc item being played remotely using rc interface - I stream multiple dvbt frequencies and default playlist items names are neither unique neither self-explanatory.

thank you !!

I don't think you can set the item name from the command line directly. You would have to create a playlist file instead.

Yeap but when you use a playlist file, you can't trnascode/stream/etc... anymore....

to give you more insight, the whole thing is about controlling a vlc streaming dvbt server from rc interface with a pc-tablet, smartphone

thanks for the help !