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Hi,

I am trying to write a program that will control VLC through the RC interface. One problem I am having is that I can't get a precise position from the stream currently playing.

The --rc-show-pos option provides one with a rather vague "pos: 30%". And it is not clear when this info is displayed (seems to be at every command entered with 0.8.5-test2).

I have two suggestions to try to remedy this problem:
1. Can the format be changed or enhanced as to show the number of seconds elapsed since the beginning of the stream?
"pos: 326s" or "pos: 30%, 326s" for examples...

2. Can a new command be added that would return this info instead of relying on an external event to occur...
So one would type 'position' and will be served with : "pos: 326s" for example

Any option would work for me, with a preference for #2. Does this sound like a reasonnable thing to implement?

I would certainly like to see option two implemented, particularly if the position timestamp was provided in NPT or SMPTE format.

Ok, it turns out this feature is already implemented (by zorglub on 09/01/04 22:02:17). It is called "get_time" and is not documented.

In the same commit, other feats were implemented: "is_playing", "get_title", "get_time" and "get_length"

Question to the devs: How can one add the following lines to rc.c around the line 900, along with the other help msgs:
0.8.4 is impacted by this (as well as any further version of course). Maybe in 0.8.5?

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/15532

Thanks for your help,

Ok, it turns out this feature is already implemented (by zorglub on 09/01/04 22:02:17). It is called "get_time" and is not documented.

In the same commit, other feats were implemented: "is_playing", "get_title", "get_time" and "get_length"

Question to the devs: How can one add the following lines to rc.c around the line 900, along with the other help msgs:

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msg_rc(_("| get_time . . seconds elapsed since the beginning")); msg_rc(_("| of the current stream")); msg_rc(_("| is_playing . . 1 if a stream plays, 0 otherwise")); msg_rc(_("| get_title . . . the title of the current stream")); msg_rc(_("| get_length . . the length of the current stream")); msg_rc(_("| (in seconds)"));

0.8.4 is impacted by this (as well as any further version of course). Maybe in 0.8.5?

It make more sense for a command response with current comand following by a value instead of just a value

cmd response

get_title get_title= test.mp3
get_time get_time= xx
get_length get_length=xxx
is_playing is_playing =1