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Hello,
how does VLC behave when there are scripting commands in an ASF type media file? I know it to be a major security problem with Windows Media Player but have not found any info how VLC handles it.

Does it execute those commands and if yes, on all platforms or only Windows?

Here are links about the issue in windows media player
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828026
http://code.google.com/p/videosearcher/

Thanks for any response

VLC doesn't execute them at all...

Thanks for your reply

It is how I thought then. Actually I will recommend vlc to a friend of mine, who uses Win7 and OSX (laptop). One argument, I wanted to give is security. I know there can be bugs in the code but I wanted to tell him that VLC is not prone to these kind of "script attacks" in media files.

Could I say, generally, that VLC won't execute any embedded scripts, even if the file format permits it?

Thanks again

Thanks for your reply

It is how I thought then. Actually I will recommend vlc to a friend of mine, who uses Win7 and OSX (laptop). One argument, I wanted to give is security. I know there can be bugs in the code but I wanted to tell him that VLC is not prone to these kind of "script attacks" in media files.

Could I say, generally, that VLC won't execute any embedded scripts, even if the file format permits it?

Thanks again

Yes, because, usually, we don't have the specs and embedded scripts are difficult to support without the specs.