vlm media player (streaming)

[freenode5]

is there a way to get a direct pointer to the libvlc_media_player_t inside of vlm?

Or, how would you stream one media file right after another?

example:

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libvlc_vlm_add_broadcast(...,FirstFile,...); libvlc_vlm_add_broadcast(...,SecondFile,...); // now play these two files in a row but don't kill the stream

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

There is no libvlc_media_player_t inside VLM, so fatally, you cannot get "it".

[freenode5]

any idea how I would solve the problem then?
(the problem being: how to stream files in a sequence)

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Create a media list player object?

[freenode5]

I already have one of those laying around but getting it, or any other sequence, to stream is the trick

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

An interface to streaming output in LibVLC is yet to be written. You can still use "--sout=..." in libvlc_new() though.

[freenode5]

I had no idea you could use sout in vlc_args.
I really wish I'd known that 3 weeks ago, or that someone had mentioned it earlier.

It's perfect and does exactly what I want.

Now just by adding: "--sout=#transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100,mux=mp3}:http{dst=:8090/file.mp3}"
to my list of vlc args, I can use the usual media player and media list player to stream both individual mp3 files, as well as any pls files.


Sorry if it seems cluttery, but for the sake of anyone who ever decides to search for this, I'm going to add this to my old thread as well.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Problem with that is, you are entirely dependent on the command line syntax of the day and available options of your particular LibVLC build. One day, it might just break - unlike proper well-defined function calls.

[ogi11]

Can someone please explain how to stream media out using -sout in vlc_args and libvlc_new().

Sorry if this was mentioned earlier! I am new to this.

Thanks.