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Posted: **03 Nov 2020 22:09**

Hi,
I'm looking for a solution to create a global variable to store the handle : "fd" when I create a socket

fd = vlc.net.connect_tcp("localhost",54293)

I've made an event which fire every input_changed , I need to send the player state.

PlayerState = vlc.var.get(vlc.object.input(), "state")

At first time the socket is created but when I jump in my event at the second time the socket handle is gone.
I don't know how to create a global variable .
Thanks

Posted: **17 Nov 2020 19:47**

Where is fd defined? To have it stay the same for multiple events and not be redefined it should be set outside of the input_changed() function (activate(), the global scope, etc...).

Also, if you are making a tcp connection to send the player state, it might just be better to set up and tear down the connection on every input_changed event, rather than trying to store an open connection.
For example,

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function input_changed()
  fd = vlc.net.connect_tcp("localhost", 54293)
  -- send player state and do other stuff
  vlc.net.close(fd)
end

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