How to know if the stream is playing ?

[Maloupi]

Hi,

I'm using libvlc_vlm_play_media to stream live cameras.
I need to know if the stream is playing or not (if an error occurs for example).
How can i do this ? Which function do i have to use ?

[Sébastien Escudier]

you need to use the event manager
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/ ... __vlm.html

[Maloupi]

Thank you.
Is there a tutorial or a quick help on how to use it ?

[Sébastien Escudier]

you can read this :
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/ ... event.html

[Maloupi]

Thank you

[Maloupi]

For information :
I'm finally using the libvlc_vlm_get_media_instance_time function.
If the time is > 0, i consider that my stream is really playing.

[Sébastien Escudier]

yes.
But with events you wouldn't need to call the function until the media is actually started.
And you are notified when it ends/errors

[Maloupi]

With events i can't distinguish which media i am looking at.
I added several broadcast streams to a vlc instance (with libvlc_vlm_add_broadcast)
If i want to know if, for example, the second stream is playing, i don't know how to do because the event manager is for one instance (libvlc_VlmMediaInstanceStatusPlaying), not one stream.

[Sébastien Escudier]

Not true...
in the events callback parameter, you have a field psz_media_name
so you know which media it is.

[Maloupi]

Sorry, my fault, i didn't see it.
I will look at this again and better
Thank you.