Command Line --directx-device & --input-slave does not work

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Command Line --directx-device & --input-slave does not work

Postby GogolBordello » 07 Mar 2016 01:07

Please need urgent help for settnig up a Video Installation..

Using the latest VLC on Win7 64bit

- I'm trying to use the Command line --input-slave to play two synced Videos together ... that works

WORKING CODE:

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start "first VLC" "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" C:\Users\acer\Desktop\a.mov --input-slave C:\Users\acer\Desktop\b.mov --start-time 0 --input-repeat=-1
- The command --directx-device="\\.\DISPLAY1" & --directx-device="\\.\DISPLAY2" is used to distribute the Clips on each Display .. that also works but only if I start two VLCs.

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start "first VLC" "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" C:\Users\acer\Desktop\a.mov --no-embedded-video --directx-device="\\.\DISPLAY1" --fullscreen --loop start "second VLC" "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" C:\Users\acer\Desktop\b.mov --no-embedded-video --directx-device="\\.\DISPLAY2" --fullscreen --loop
BUT the combination of the two does NOT work.

how do i run --directx-device & --input-slave together ??

I tried:

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start "first VLC" "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" C:\Users\acer\Desktop\a.mov --directx-device="\\.\DISPLAY1" --input-slave C:\Users\acer\Desktop\b.mov --directx-device="\\.\DISPLAY2" --fullscreen --start-time 0 --input-repeat=-1
But it does not propperly work. VLC shows both clips either on one or the other screen together. But not each on the designated display.

Please help me to find a fix ! I definitely need the videos synced via --input-slave otherwise they will run apart after a while.

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Re: Command Line --directx-device & --input-slave does not work

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 08 Mar 2016 18:37

You cannot do that with one VLC. It won't go to the designated display.

What you can do is used the netsync module to synchronize the 2 VLC, though.
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