[Gambas-user] controlling VLC via a virtual terminal...

[Benoît Minisini]

>    Hi folks!
>       I cant seem to send commands to VLC through it's remote control
> interface when started using SHELL.
> 
> Gambas 2.23
> 
> ShellString = "vlc --intf rc --video-title " & psPlayerTitle & " " &
> psFileName
> mpProcessHandle = SHELL ShellString FOR READ WRITE AS "VLC"
> 
>    VLC starts up in remote control mode properly (the app reads the
> startup messages and prints them so that I can verify remote control
> interface, so I know it is ready to accept commands.  If it was in a
> 'real' console one could type 'shutdown', for example (less the quotes
> of course) and VLC would kill itself. But when I put a button on the
> form and set a property to the value 'shutdown', then call a sub from
> the property assignment in order to send the message to the process like
> this;
> 
> PRINT #mpProcessHandle, Value
> 
>    Nothing happens, except that I might start to get lots of binary data
> streaming into the GAMBAS IDE console pane.
> 
>    Anyone got any ideas? I can attach the source package (it is small)
> if anyone would like to take a look.
> 
> Regards
> Steve.
> 

If VLC really needs a virtual terminal, then you must use SHELL ... FOR INPUT 
OUTPUT. And why use SHELL ? You should use EXEC instead.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini