[vlc-devel] Proper way to wait for VLC remote interface messages...

[Jean-Paul Saman]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Peter Tap <ptrtap at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> In my Java application, I connect to VLC remote interface via socket, send
> the request (such as play, pause, etc.) and wait for the response. The way I
> am waiting for the response is shown in the following code:

Maybe this helps. It is a routine that sends one command and tries to
wait for its response from the rc-interface over a socket. I have used
it successfully in the past.

void vlc_rc( int fd, int repeat, char *cmd, size_t len, unsigned long sleep )
{
    int i;
    int result = 0;
    char buff[255];

    for( i=0; i<repeat; i++)
    {
        write( fd, cmd, len );
        write( fd, NL, 2 );
        usleep( sleep );
        do {
            memset( &buff[0], 0, 255);
            result = read( fd, &buff[0], 255 );
            buff[254] = '\0';
            printf( "[%d] %s", i, &buff[0] );
        } while( result > 0 );
    }
    printf( "DONE\r\n" );
}

Kind regards,

Jean-Paul Saman