cvlc controls

[sDoky]

Hi, I want to start using vlc in framebuffer mode, but there's a problem. I don't know how to enable controls (play, pause, stop, next, etc...). I am already using these shortcuts in ordinary vlc interface and they work just fine. infortunately it does not for my framebuffer.

PS: i am using Arch Linux, 2.6.32.9 and the latest build of VLC (tried the provided binary and compiled, no difference, even in speed)

thank you very much.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Normal controls are only available in X11.

[sDoky]

Normal controls are only available in X11.

I've found out that ncurses interface does the trick, I run it like so

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vlc -I ncurses <file-to-play>

and it works just fine. But it doesn't handle stuff like switching subtitles, audio and so on, so I switched from framebuffer to X - dwm and I run vlc as usualy from X. There are no windows so it looks kinda weird, but I don't mind. it's the only x app that I need in window and I am willing to live with that. firefox runs in fullscreen (well to be correct maximized). bottom line - ncurses is great, but I rather use ordinary interface, though I don't want to

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Well, you could use the controls in framebuffer, but you'd need Qt4 built with framebuffer support instead of X11.

[sDoky]

Well, you could use the controls in framebuffer, but you'd need Qt4 built with framebuffer support instead of X11.

is that possible?