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Hi guys, I'm trying to make a manual fade functionality to use with VLC. I'm able to access VLC through it's remote control interface but I can't adjust the brightness from there.
I followed this tutorial to ge the remote control working:
http://n0tablog.wordpress.com/2009/02/0 ... ogramming/

I've also looked at the VLC documentation and some forum threads, including this one:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=83093

However all I can find is how to adjust the video filter when starting VLC, not while a video is playing.
How can I access the brightness and contrast variable during runtime, is my question.

Thanks a bunch.

You cannot. Please send patch to improve VLC.

So I have to code such feature?
Where should I start? Do I have to use libvlc directly? Or is it simply a module or an interface thing?

Thanks for the quick reply.

Probably the easiest is to extend the RC interface (a lua script) and extend it.