vlc.playlist.add 'options' not working VLC 1.1.5

[zenouija]

Hello Guys,

I need help, I'm not able to specify any options in vlc.playlist.add(mrl,name,options) to work in VLC version 1.1.5. I can display video but any option i put in seems to be ignored. Im not able to save the file. What am I doing wrong? Is there anything I need to add or a workaround I need to perform?

Thanks for your help!


javascript:
function doGo(targetURL) {
var vlc1 = document.getElementById("vlc1");
var options = new Array(":sout=#duplicate{dst=display, dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst=C:\VLC\video1onshore.asf}}");
vlc1.playlist.clear();
vlc1.playlist.add(targetURL, "", options);

//vlc1.playlist.add(targetURL);
vlc1.playlist.play();
};

HTML activex embed:
<td colspan="2">
<object classid="clsid:9be31822-fdad-461b-ad51-be1d1c159921"
codebase="http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/video ... /axvlc.cab"
width="720" height="576" id="vlc1" events="true" viewastext>
<param name="mrl" value="" />
<param name="showdisplay" value="true" />
<param name="autoloop" value="false" />
<param name="autoplay" value="false" />
<param name="volume" value="50" />
<param name="starttime" value="0" />
</object>
</td>

[zenouija]

Had anyone experienced this? Please help...

[Martin_Johansson]

Hi

I have also tried to get around this for some time now. Found some other threads mentioning something about security measures making vlc ignoring options in playlist. I can make a http-stream in standalone VLC and view it in my VB-program, but I cannot do the reverse (create http-stream in VB and view in standalone VLC). There must be a way to get around this since the same thing can be done in VLC standalone! Did you manage to get passed this?

Thanks in advance!

/Martin J

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Sure you can. But you can't do it with ActiveX.

[Martin_Johansson]

Ok, thanks for clarifying that.

/Martin J

[adam.eckels]

So what CAN you do with ActiveX vs. the application? Is there a table I can reference somwhere or is that asking for too much?

[jacky912]

If it doesn't work on ActiveX only, somehow it is doable but the developer didn't want to enable it.

[mabeghin]

Developers have to make some limitations because if the following options were allowed on a web page:

> var options = new Array(":sout=#duplicate{dst=display, dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst=C:\VLC\video1onshore.asf}}");

That would mean a web page can write to your hard drive... Of course that is forbidden.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Indeed.

[drdim]

VLC 2.0.0
options not working
especially, i am interesting in the "crop" option:

":crop=1500:500"