How to exit process (RC interface) after streaming out?

[prideaux90]

I know there is vlc://quit or --play-and-exit and these work when you are PLAYING a movie.

However, when i stream and use the RC interface, i want the RC interface (and the process) to exit / end automatically when the movie finishes playing. Any ideas how to do this please ?

Some examples of various command lines i tried.

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vlc.exe "path\to\my\movie.mp4" vlc://quit

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vlc.exe "path\to\my\movie.mp4" --play-and-exit

The above two lines will exit 100% no doubt;

BUT neither of the next two lines will exit / end the process if i am streaming.

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vlc.exe -v "path\to\my\movie.mp4" --play-and-exit --sout #standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst=0.0.0.0:1234} -I rc

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vlc.exe -v "path\to\my\movie.mp4" --sout #standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst=0.0.0.0:1234} -I rc vlc://quit

[kodela]

If you start vlc with a batch-file, then maybe you can with this second line stop the vlc:

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taskkill /F /IM vlc.exe

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Why do you need rc?

Use -I dummy if you want no interaction.

[prideaux90]

Why do you need rc?

Because if i am streaming a really long movie, i can type commands in the window that pops up to know what's happening, e.g. get_length, get_time, seek, etc.

Anyway thanks for replying, I appreciate it.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Then type quit in the rc command.

[prideaux90]

typing quit does not quit, instead it shows.

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quit: returned 0 (no error)

However i can just click the X on the top right hand side which does quit and exit the process. But i already knew that.

The reason i asked is because i wanted to manipulate the streaming from my program, something like
proc = Process.Start(etc);
proc.WaitForExit();
//once it exits, do other logic here.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Then, this is a bug.