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Displaying counter in the main screen

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:33
by alexwilmac
Hello,
I searched for the possibility of displaying the counter, either the time elapsed or the time remaining of the audio file that's playing directly in the main window, instead of the VLC logo and in big fonts.
As far as I know there is the possibility to show the current time (year, month, ....) but not the counter.
It would be useful in case you are far from the PC and you can't see the little counter on the bottom right of VLC.

Regards,
Alex

Re: Displaying counter in the main screen

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 15:30
by VLC_help
You can use time left with marquee filter. But you have to enable some visualization filter in that case.
http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation: ... mat_String

Re: Displaying counter in the main screen

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 16:23
by alexwilmac
Hi,
I tried but my complete inexperience with VLC produced just errors.
I create a link and added command options this way
"C:\Program Files (x86)\0000x86\MULTIMEDIALI\VLC\vlc.exe" -marq-marquee $H $M $S
but it didn't work.
If it's not asking too much, can you tell me the option string I have to use just to diplay the current hour, minute and second of the file played?
Thanks,
Alex

Re: Displaying counter in the main screen

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 17:20
by VLC_help
It should be something like

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vlc --sub-filter 'marq{marquee=$t($P%%),color=16776960}:marq{marquee=%H:%M:%S,position=6}' somevideo.avi
Unfortunately I don't have computer with VLC this week, so I can't provide you with better sample.