[vlc] Re: howto setup VLC server like VLS ?

[Jim Duda]

Just to close out this thread ... I figured out my problem.

The "telnet" in the LTSP (diskless node) machines was linked to the 
"busybox" utility.  I replaced the busybox with the real telnet application 
and my problem has been resolved.

Jim


"Jim Duda" <jim at duda.tzo.com> wrote in message 
news:df08b2$5bp$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> Almost there, but I still have one problem.
>
> On my server, I launch vlc as follows:
>   vlc  --intf telnet --cr-average 1000 --vlm-conf 
> /usr/local/etc/videolan/vlc/vlc.cfg &
>
> My vlc.cfg has:
> new livetv broadcast enabled
> setup livetv input pvr:// --cr-average 1000
> setup livetv output #standard{mux=ts,access=udp,url="224.0.0.1"}
> control livetv stop
>
> From the server, I can telnet to localhost 4212
> From winxp machines, I can telnet to server 4212
> From other linux machines, running LTSP (diskless clients), attempts to 
> telnet server 4212 results in no response from the server.  I get the 
> password prompt, but it ends there.
>
> When I telnet from either the server, or the winxp machines, I can enter 
> the password, then control livetv play, and all works great!  VLC on the 
> linux diskless computer and winxp machines, as the client, is clean and 
> crisp.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what could go wrong with bidirectional 
> communications on the telnet interface from certain linux machines?
>
> I'm going to start adding debugging to the code to try and track this 
> down.
>
> Jim
>
> "Benjamin Pracht" <bigben+spam at videolan.org> wrote in message 
> news:20050829165825.GA16252 at diwi.org...
>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2005, Jim Duda wrote :
>>>
>>> How can I get vlc (vlm) to read such a configuration file on startup?
>>>
>>
>> The --vlm-conf <file> option should make the trick.
>>
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