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VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby sensory » 19 Jan 2012 20:51

Hi all,

I upgraded to the latest Nightly and I can't find the Web interface in the options. It used to be under Advanced > Interfaces > Main Interfaces.

Where has it been moved to?

Thanks!

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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 19 Jan 2012 23:58

Activate it through the view menu.
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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby sensory » 25 Jan 2012 22:43

Doesn't seem to work. I don't want to have to go back to an RC just to use the web interface successfully. It should be an option you can enable in the options and it'll start up as usual.

Another point, why does the web interface always have to be so cumbersome to enable? It's a very good feature but even in rc you have to go through a bunch of menus to enable it.


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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby sensory » 28 Jan 2012 01:24

And how do I go about setting it up so that the HTTP interface just works? Enabling LUA interpreter does nothing.

Again, why make this so difficult? One section with options, click to enable. Call it HTTP Web Interface. Why do we have to play a guessing game in a mountain of menus? :(

Screenshot, nightly of 27th of January:
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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby VLC_help » 29 Jan 2012 15:37

It is that.

If you want HTTP on, then on the Lua Interface part you input http
and to the Lua intefface configuration part you input http={host='0.0.0.0:8080',dir='lua/http' (or what options you want to use)

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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby sensory » 29 Jan 2012 17:46

Still no dice. Tried substituting 0.0.0.0 with 127.0.0.1 and localhost. Nothing.

Options in the latest nightly as of writing:
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Still baffled as to why such a simple operation has been made so difficult. :? If this is the sign of things to come for the RC of VLC I'll be finding an alternative. A straight forward web interface is a must.

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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby VLC_help » 30 Jan 2012 18:56

Sorry, I missed }

So it should be http={host='0.0.0.0:8080',dir='lua/http'} (change the dir, if you have something different)

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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby sensory » 30 Jan 2012 20:06

Still nothing. http://localhost:8080 returns "Problem loading page" -- works fine in VLC 1.1.11

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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby VLC_help » 31 Jan 2012 16:59

I'll check this out during weekend.

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Re: VLC 2.1.0-git - Where is the HTTP interface located?

Postby VLC_help » 05 Feb 2012 13:35

Thanks. It is a bug in QT4 interface most likely. It runs fine from command-line/.bat

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vlc --extraintf=luaintf --lua-intf=http
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/5986


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