Remote controlling.

[Whitman]

I've got an ATI Remote Wonder remote control and I'm wanting to write a plugin for the remtote control software to control VLC (on Windows). I was wondering if there is a way of interacting with VLC from another application.
I know I could generate key presses which correspond to the hotkeys assigned within VLC but I was hoping that there was a better way, especially if I decided to redistribute the plugin, as not all users may have the same hotkeys set.

Thanks in advance.

[mokdevel]

I know I could generate key presses which correspond to the hotkeys assigned within VLC but I was hoping that there was a better way, especially if I decided to redistribute the plugin, as not all users may have the same hotkeys set.

I would also need to control VLC some other way than key presses. Is there a proper remote controller interface to VLC available?

[HyperHacker]

You might be able to find the buttons/menu options on the VLC window and send them WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_LBUTTONUP messages to simulate clicking; I'm not sure if VLC actually uses real buttons though. Otherwise you would need to modify the source code; the best way would be to add support for custom window messages that tell it what to do. This would only work on Windows though.

[Melloware]

I know this is an older post but just thought i would let other users searching for ATI Remote Wonder support that you can control VLC using your ATI Remote Wonder remote using our software Intelliremote found here http://www.intelliremote.com

The ATI Remote Wonder and Wonder Plus are actually X10 based devices so any X10 based remote will work with Intelliremote.