[Gambas-user] Embedding VLC movie window immediately... without a 2 second pause

[Lee McPherson]

Oops... i don't know what I was talking about.  It was using the SHELL 
that did that... here I am using EXEC anyways.  Is there another way to 
run VLC within gambas that I don't know about?  I'm somewhat of a newbie 
to this.  I've only used vb6 for basic stuff before and am not that 
proficient with linux yet. 

Jaap Cramer wrote:
> Hi
> I think the delay comes from using the shell. When I use a simple shell line to readout that prg, it usualy take a little time. I dont know why
> Jaap
>
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>> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:49:19 -0400
>> From: leemcpherson at ...626...
>> To: gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [Gambas-user] Embedding VLC movie window immediately... without a 2	second pause
>>
>> I have the basic code to embed a VLC movie window into a gambas app, 
>> however, there is an annoying 2 second pause before the window finally 
>> becomes embedded.  The movie will actually start playing for a couple of 
>> seconds in a separate window before it gets embedded.  I'm not sure if 
>> it's a limitation of VLC or something else but I'm trying to figure out
>> how to stop this.  Here is the basic code I'm using (borrowed from 
>> another user) :
>>
>> PUBLIC SUB Presence_Embed(windowTitle AS String)
>>   DIM key AS Integer
>>   key = WindowClasses.getWindowID(windowTitle)
>>   IF key> 0 THEN
>>   Embedder1.Embed(key)
>>   Embedder1.SetFocus
>>   ENDIF
>>   Embedder1.Visible = TRUE
>> END
>>
>> PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
>>
>>   DIM iWindowInfoArray AS Integer
>>   $MplayerProc = EXEC ["/usr/bin/vlc", "-I", "rc"] FOR INPUT OUTPUT AS 
>> "$mplayerproc"   'starts vlc command line in a process
>>   PRINT #$mplayerproc, "add /home/lee/nip.avi"    'adds a sample movie 
>> to the playlist and starts it
>>   Presence_Embed("VLC (X11 output)")
>>
>> END
>>
>>
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