option to hide the gui while using telnet interface

[babitha]

Hi,
I am using vlc 0.8.6d.I would like to hide the gui interface after enabling telnet.I am using the command vlc --extraintf telnet --telnet-port 4000.But trhis will pop up the gui.Is there any solution to hide the gui.
Thanks in advance,
Babitha

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

vlc -Idummy --extraintf telneet

[babitha]

Hi jean,
Thanks for ur reply.While using vlc -I dummy --extraintf telnet, a new command window gets opened which shows the message quoted below.My purpose is to run the vlc in background using telnet interface.

[00000301] dummy interface: VLC media player - version 0.8.6d Janus - (c) 1996-2
007 the VideoLAN team
[00000301] dummy interface:
Warning: if you can't access the GUI anymore, open a command-line window, go to
the directory where you installed VLC and run "vlc -I wx"

[00000301] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...

Thanks in advance,
Babitha

[hihi]

Hi Babitha,

I'm looking for the same, did you make any progress on it?

Tanks in advance!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

This is everywhere in the doc and so on...
-d for a daemon and so on.

[babitha]

Hi frndz,
The command to run vlc in background using telnet is :
vlc -I dummy --dummy-quiet --extraintf telnet --telnet-port 4000.
Thanks,
Babitha