[vlc] Only one VLC instance

[Dotan Cohen]

On 15/10/2007, Rafaël Carré <funman at videolan.org> wrote:
> >> For now, I suppose you could use --extraintf rc --rc-unix /tmp/vlc_socket
> >> and check for the existence of the socket, then adding the file through
> >> the socket before exiting if it exists.
> >
> You can add those settings in ~/.vlc/vlcrc, and replace /usr/bin/vlc by
> your wrapper, which would call /usr/bin/vlc.orig
>
> That way, you'll keep the running instance, and files will just enqueue
> in the playlist
>

I have added the line "--extraintf rc --rc-unix /tmp/vlc_socket" to
~/.vlc/vlcrc, however, when vlc opens it overwrites the file and
removes that line. Needless to say, vlc's behaviour has not changed,
and she has multiple instances opening. What must I do?

Dotan Cohen

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