Hello to everybody
this is my goal (it's an easy one I think, but I can't solve it).

I have a PC1 (Fedora 10)  with VNC running and I want to remote (play, stop) it by Processing running on another PC2 (Fedora 10, controlling an arduino board for other purposes).

I've chosen to use vlc's rc interface because I don't need streaming or other fine controls that telnet or http could give me.

So I have this vlc on ip 192.168.0.22:4212 running on PC1, if I simply telnet 192.168.0.22:4212 on PC2, I can give commands to play and stop.

Now, the sketch I'm using is a modified medley:

import processing.net.*;

Client client;

void setup()
{
size(200, 200);
noStroke();
// Open a TCP socket to the host:
client = new Client(this, "192.168.0.22", 4212);
}

void draw()
{
while (client.available() > 0) {
println(client.ip());
background(0);
int in = client.read();
print((char)in);
client.write("stop" +"/n/n");
  }
}

I don't know if the syntax of the "stop" command is right or not (in telnet if I type stop it works), but it looks it doesn't even find the client available (the background it's not black).
Does anybody know how to play a simple telnet connection in processing?

Thankyou

Hi,

the escape sequence for newline is \n not /n

i just started vlc using this command

vlc video.avi  --intf rc --rc-host localhost:1234


now i can play the video using the left mousebutton
and stop it using the right mouse button

import processing.net.*;
Client client;

void setup(){
 size(200, 200);
 noStroke();
 client = new Client(this, "localhost", 1234);
}

void mousePressed() {
 if (mouseButton == RIGHT) {
   client.write("stop" +"\r\n");

 } else {
   client.write("play" +"\r\n");
 }
}

void draw() {
}


hope that helps,
guru

thats interesting