Thread: VLC plugin

Originally Posted by Sal R.

Seeing as I got this far, adding movies to the playlist via "ADDTOFILE," then restarting rrvlc updates the playlist and the movies play.

Also, despite setting the height & width, it does not change the resolution of the rrvlc window and it can't be resized.

I've created a debug version. Its not much but it might help.

Add the following to you rrvlc.ini file under [General]
Debug=True

Then unzip the attached file.

Originally Posted by Erwin

Here is my .ini

Erwin. Can you post your RRVLC.ini file. Its not in the zip file

The RRVLC.exe w/ debug is working, but it's still not sizing properly. How do I get it view full screen?

Originally Posted by Sal R.

The RRVLC.exe w/ debug is working, but it's still not sizing properly. How do I get it view full screen?

from your screen shot it doesn't look like its embedded properly (the screen name to capture is RRVLCscrn1). Full screen is got by double clicking on it but it will go full screen not just 800*480.

Heres another debug version with output for hieght and width found.

Originally Posted by lambosprit

Erwin. Can you post your RRVLC.ini file. Its not in the zip file

2nd attempt

Any plans on enabling VLC to remember video position once exitting the player?

Originally Posted by Erwin

2nd attempt

ok. Still not sure. I noticed you've added a Path setting. This does nothing.Its actually BasePath.However the BasePath setting adds to your text in the playlist file so what you'd be asking rrvlc to look for is d:\tmp\d:\temp\test.avi.

There are very few reasons for using the BasePath setting when using RoadRunner skinning. I only put it in there because it was a feature of the dll I am using. For normal skinning you would use the DLPATH and DLTEXT in combination to get the path to the file or directory you want to play. RR never gives you a relative path, its always an absolute path so the BasePath feature of rrvlc is normally redundant.

Does that make sense?

Anyway I have made an even more verbose debug exe. Just add Debug=True to your RRVLC.ini under the [General] section. It creates a debug log file in your rrvlc directory and pops up some message boxes when things are really important.

I've added it to the first post.

I've added some new features as well.

THNX! It seems to work now with the new files you posted. I can now play the files I listed in the RRvlc.m3u file. You forgot to put '[' and ']' around general in the RRvlc.ini file. I'm also getting the following error when I exit RR: Run-time error '-2147417848 (80010108)': Automation error.

I'm now trying to integrate VLC player into the Ultimate skin as you describe in post #46. I put the VLC.ini into the ultimate skin map and I added the following text string into the menu.txt:
&mainbut2=VlcDVD@icons\dvd.png@LOAD;vlc.skin;RU N; C:\program files\road runner\rrvlc.exe;RRVLCscrn1;",""&

When I press the second menu button some kind of transparent background (same as post #54) appears but RRvlc does not start. Any idea what causes this problem?

Hurray. Somebody has it working. Great.

I will correct the ini file. (I was testing what happens when its goes wrong)
The automation run time error is when roadrunner closes and rrvlc cannot talk to it. Its a vb6 thing that I haven't found out how to fix. If anyone has any ideas they would e greatly received.

For the ultimate problems.

First the RRvlc.ini should be in the same place as your rrvlc.
If you still have the files in your play list that worked then it should load them and start playig without needing to do anything.

what does the debug log say. It should have output matching the time you pressed your menu2 button.

I will also check it still works for me as I have made some changes.