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Posted: **29 Mar 2009 09:11**

Hi,

I'm having a similar problem to this posting:

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=53013&p=173451&hil ... ce#p173451

Unfortunately, that specific problem wasn't answered. I'm also posting here because it doesn't appear to be a Windows-specific problem (I'm running on Linux).

My problem: If I try to use the "key" command in the TELNET command line interface, I get errors like:

[00000393] main interface error: option ... does not exist

on the window where I'm running VLC. For example, if I do something like:

key up

in the TELNET interface, then I get the response:

[00000393] main interface error: option ... does not exist

in the window where I ran VNC. I can navigate DVD menus just fine using keyboard arrow keys, but I can't seem to navigate via the command line interface.

Any suggestions would be (very) appreciated. Thanks!

Posted: **31 Mar 2009 20:43**

The legal values are

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key-toggle-fullscreen
key-leave-fullscreen
key-play-pause
key-faster
key-slower
key-rate-normal
key-rate-faster-fine
key-rate-slower-fine
key-next
key-prev
key-stop
key-jump-extrashort
key-jump+extrashort
key-jump-short
key-jump+short
key-jump-medium
key-jump+medium
key-jump-long
key-jump+long
key-frame-next
key-quit
key-vol-up
key-vol-down
key-vol-mute
key-audio-track
key-audiodevice-cycle
key-subtitle-track
key-aspect-ratio
key-crop
key-toggle-autoscale
key-incr-scalefactor
key-decr-scalefactor
key-deinterlace
key-wallpaper
key-random
key-loop
key-zoom-quarter
key-zoom-half
key-zoom-original
key-zoom-double

Posted: **01 Apr 2009 05:23**

Oh. That really helps. Thanks so much! Just one more question:

How would I use the "key" command to navigate a DVD menu? Specifically, I'm looking for the arrow keys:

Up, Down, Right, Left, and Enter

When you're viewing a complete DVD (via DVD:///file/path on the command line), then you need to navigate the menus of the DVD with the arrow keys.

Are those keys available via the TELNET interface? If not, any suggestions on how to navigate a DVD menu via the TELNET interface?

Thanks so much (again)!

Posted: **01 Apr 2009 19:46**

I realize that the list above is incomplete. Anyway, just try:

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vlc --advanced --longhelp|grep -- --key-[code]

Posted: **02 Apr 2009 07:31**

That is EXACTLY what I needed.

Thanks so much for your help!

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