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Hi!

Is there any way to navigate the DVD-Menu from my program?

i've found the __var_set function in libvlccore - but i don't know what to do with it, or if it is supported or whatever

do i have to enable it with command-line parameters or is there any other trick?!

thanks!

DVD navigation is enabled automatically.

If you want to control the DVD navigation programmatically you have to use the __var_set function. I've done it, but I'm at work right now, so I can't check my code. Will post again when I'm at home.

how to call the __var_set and with which pointer (mediaplayer / libvlc / etc) would be a great help

I figured I'd bring this back up, since __var_set is unusable now due to libvlc_get_instance() no longer being accessable (viewtopic.php?f=32&t=73100). I've yet to get a straight answer from the people on vlc's irc channel, so I wanted to ask here: Is DVD playing officially broken in 1.1? Or is there some method that I'm not seeing for DVD menu navigation?

DVD navigation is supported in LibVLC 1.2 with the dedicated API. If you want it in an older version, you'll need to hack the code.

DVD navigation is supported in LibVLC 1.2 with the dedicated API. If you want it in an older version, you'll need to hack the code.

Gotcha, that was precicely the answer I was looking for. I'll find another solution until 1.2 comes out then. Thanks!