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Hello all ,
i want to use the marquee option through telnet ....

I did a lot of google but couldnt fine the proper example....evertywhere i find is

"vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
You can then use commands like:
@test marq-marquee Goodbye
These new commands are also available in the telnet interface."


but there is no proper example how to use this from telnet option....
any help is higly appreciated....
Thank you

what is the @test, when I tried that it said 'Unknown destination object.' I am running MacOS 10.6 with VLC 1.0.5 (newest when I posted this). Also, this is unrelated to the post, but whenever I ^c out of the rc, it crashes my kernel and I have to force reboot

Hi. This is my first post and I hope it will be useful.

In order to modify the marquee by the telnet interface you need to "name" that marquee. You can do this as follows:
So, when you run this VLM script, @texto is a visible identificator for that marquee. You just open your telnet console and write (this is the hard-to-guess part... I guess...):
And the telnet console should answer with a "0 no error".

Hope it helps.