VLC2.0 and sout=". (%m)

[pcd]

Ticket is
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/6494

It seems the ticket is closed ! I do not understand the reason. What is the solution ?

[VLC_help]

Solution according to the trac is to &option= to paste the options (sout part). I haven't tested that.

[hrotsvith]

no, that doesn't work unfortunately. I think courmisch didn't really understand what we were talking about.

[pcd]

Solution does not work - with me also.

Any other suggestion from experts - please ?

[martin]

Solution does not work - with me also.

Any other suggestion from experts - please ?

for me does not work too ! Will be some solution ???

[VLC_help]

You can try old HTTP interface
e.g.

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vlc -I oldhttp

or

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vlc --extraintf oldhttp

[pcd]

After that command - what else needs to be done ?

I tried on the browser

http://127.0.0.1:8080

it did not work.

[VLC_help]

My bad. It was removed before 2.0.x release, not after it.

[pcd]

So - it is not possible to do http remote control with vlc 2.x ?

It is very important for linux stb users who stream media via vlc to their box (and to tv).

Will you please do another ticket ?

Thanks in advance.

[VLC_help]

I can open a feature request ticket if you have some kind of URL spec you want the http interface to follow.

[pcd]

Thanks.

Success finally ! Streaming on the http inteface worked with the following syntax :-

h**p://x.x.x.x:8080/requests/status.xml?command=in_play&input=C:\dream\Video1.mpg&option=sout%3D%23transcode%7Bvcodec%3Dmp2v%2Cvb%3D800%2Cacodec%3Dmp2a%2Cab%3D128%2Cchannels%3D2%2Csamplerate%3D0%7D%3Ahttp%7Bdst%3D%3A9090%2Fdboxstream.ts%7D

Regards, pcd.

[frax]

Did you get this working with passing in options to vlc 2.0? I had no success .
Can you somehow see in the web gui as before wich options you passed in ?

I try to pass in options for dumping a stream

status.xml?command=in_play&input=udp://@:8080&option=:demux=dump :demuxdump-file=dump.ts

/Fredrik

[martin]

Did you get this working with passing in options to vlc 2.0? I had no success .
Can you somehow see in the web gui as before wich options you passed in ?

I try to pass in options for dumping a stream

status.xml?command=in_play&input=udp://@:8080&option=:demux=dump :demuxdump-file=dump.ts

/Fredrik

try ...&option=demux=dump&option=demuxdump-file=dump.ts

[neilv]

I'm struggling with a similar issue, although it's a different option parameter, since upgrading to 2.0.2.

From 1.1.12 and had no problem with the oldhttp interface:

http://*.*.*.*:8080/requests/status.xml?command=in_enqueue&input=/media/files.mkv :audio-track=1

to enqueue a video file (which has multiple audio tracks) with a specified audio track. audio-track=0 is for the 1st track (default), 1 is for the 2nd, and so forth.

With VLC version 2.0.2, through the lua/http interface, this stops working even if I tried:

http://*.*.*.*:8080/requests/status.xml?command=in_enqueue&input=/media/files.mkv&option=audio-track=1

http://*.*.*.*:8080/requests/status.xml?command=in_enqueue&input=/media/files.mkv&option=:audio-track=1

Enqueueing the song works, but the audio track selection seems to be ignored altogether.

Any suggestion is very much appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

[martin]

for me it works under 2.0.1 win VLC:

each &options= must be send to vlc as it = only text, without quote_plus(), all others (audio-track=1) with quote_plus().Basic sout string with quote_plus too.

eg in python:
tmp = quote_plus(sout_string)
tmp += "&options=" + quote_plus("audio-track=1")
tmp += "&options=" + quote_plus("sub-track=0")
...

note -where you download 2.0.2 ? In 2.0.1 (Win) does not work mpga or mp2a for old OE1 boxes. No sound. I think, there is some bad in audio types in vlc.

[neilv]

for me it works under 2.0.1 win VLC:

each &options= must be send to vlc as it = only text, without quote_plus(), all others (audio-track=1) with quote_plus().Basic sout string with quote_plus too.

eg in python:
tmp = quote_plus(sout_string)
tmp += "&options=" + quote_plus("audio-track=1")
tmp += "&options=" + quote_plus("sub-track=0")
...

Thanks a bunch Martin! The issue appeared to be how the '=' after 'audio-track' has to be encoded. In PHP, given your hint, I basically did this:
...
url = url.'&option=audio-track'.rawurlencode('=').'1';
...

note -where you download 2.0.2 ? In 2.0.1 (Win) does not work mpga or mp2a for old OE1 boxes. No sound. I think, there is some bad in audio types in vlc.

My 2.0.2 is actually a Linux distribution following the Ubuntu package manager update procedure. With this issue, I realized I could have posted something more general instead of being under a Windows specific forum, but after searching through the forums, I felt that this discussion is most relevant.

[martin]

can you tell me, please, if linux's vlc 2.x returns "dir" or "directory" ? F.eg. from firefox:

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http://x.x.x.x:8080/requests/browse.xml?dir=

[neilv]

can you tell me, please, if linux's vlc 2.x returns "dir" or "directory" ? F.eg. from firefox:

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http://x.x.x.x:8080/requests/browse.xml?dir=

Using "dir" returns "Error loading... httprequests.lua:388: cannot open directory..."
Using "directory" returns an xml file with just the <root> </root> tag.

[martin]

ok, it was my mistake. I need know, if is returned "dir" or "directory" in 2.x under linux.
May be it as:

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http://x.x.x.x:8080/requests/browse.xml?dir=/

?

[neilv]

ok, it was my mistake. I need know, if is returned "dir" or "directory" in 2.x under linux.
May be it as:

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http://x.x.x.x:8080/requests/browse.xml?dir=/

?

Yes, .../browse.xml?dir=/ returns the elements from the root directory in Linux.

[martin]

Thanks, but I need know, if it returns "dir" or "directory"