How can I time out from a bad URL ?

[GeorgeC]

Hi,

I am using a command such as the following as part of a windows batch file:

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vlc !URL! --sout=#std{access=file,mux=mp3,dst=!FILENAME!} --run-time 10 vlc://quit

In this command, "--run-time 10", as intended, stops the streaming of a connected URL to the file after 10 seconds.

The problem is that if the stream at the URL is down, vlc keeps trying to connect and does not quit. How then do I tell vlc to quit if failing to connect to the specified URL stream after, let's say, x secs.

Thx

gc

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

If the URL is not responding, VLC will time out and quit.

--run-time is for playback time, not total time.

[GeorgeC]

If the URL is not responding, VLC will time out and quit.

--run-time is for playback time, not total time.

Understood. The question is whether there is a way of controlling the length of time before vlc quits.

gc

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Yeah, in the TCP/IP stack settings of the OS.

[GeorgeC]

If the URL is not responding, VLC will time out and quit.

I tested this, waiting several minutes. It does NOT time out and quit.

Yeah, in the TCP/IP stack settings of the OS.

Where exactly and how ?


I was hoping to find a solution within vlc..... When entering a bad URL in the VLC GUI, i.e. in interactive mode, an Errors and Warnings dialog is promptly displayed. Can't the same be generated in command line mode, followed by stopping the attempt to connect ?

Thank you again.

gc

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Works for me, and depends on your OS - wrong venue.