[vlc] Re: VLC Remote Control

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

I don't have a clue.
I don't have the time nor the knowledge of VLC to occupy myself with 
this question. You should always ask questions on the mailinglist that 
way other people might respond aswell.

DJ

On 08 dec 2003, at 16:12, Joe Niziolek wrote:
> Dear Derk;
>
> My application is unique.  We are a remote control programming company 
> that
> produces systems for trade shows, etc.  Our normal backbone for 
> control is a
> Netlinx control system made by AMX.  (www.amx.com)
>
> What I need to do, is have a presenter with a one button RF remote play
> through a list of items.  The pattern is to play a main clip and when 
> that
> is finished, an attract loop will play until the button is pressed 
> again.
> Then the process repeats itself a total of 12 times.  The trick is 
> that the
> MPEG file plays on a large display but along with that is a separate 
> display
> playing another style of video (a DOREMI video player) that outputs 
> analog
> video to a video wall.  The Doremi will provide SMPTE time code to
> coordinate booth lighting and special effects.  The client needs to 
> play the
> MPEG file back on a NT machine because the proprietary display will 
> only
> display well from a PC VGA output.
>
> Of course, I need to keep all this in sync between the analog video 
> and the
> content played back on vlc.
>
> The Netlinx system is a process controller, (not a PC) that has
> RS-232/422/485 control as well as telnet capability.  Http does not 
> seem to
> be a solution.  Netlinx uses a Motorola Coldfire processor running 
> VXWorks
> as an operating system.  My only thought is to get to the PC running 
> vlc by
> Ethernet or RS-232.
>
> My background is more in the show control side of things.  Everything 
> beyond
> control of vlc is simple for our platform.  Our client tried using 
> Windows
> Media Player and also tried PowerPoint with embedded MPEG files.  We 
> can
> control PowerPoint but its performance is not very good for timed show
> events.
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