VLCi (VLC Interface)

A free Flash Interface for VLC HTTP remote

VLC Interface was primary made to control VLC on a computer standing as a Hi-Fi installation from any computer on the same network.

Screenshots:

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Download:

(right click to save file on your disk):
- vlcinterface.swf
- vlcflash.html

Installation:

Copy the SWF and the HTML files in the “http” folder of your Videolan installation. eg: c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\http\
Once copied , if VLC is configured with its native HTTP interface, you just can start using your new Flash interface from the VLC HTTP remote host using your favorite web browser. eg: http://localhost:8080/vlcflash.html
You can also directly use the SWF file by executing it from everywhere on your disk, but without a copy in VLC installation the interface will not be shared with other computers on your network.
VLC playlist actualy must be organised as following to work : general folder > artists folder > albums folder > titles

Future:

- better visual interface
- full playlist
- debug
- new features

History:

2008-07-06

Filenames with upper case were not delivered by VLC HTTP interface on Linux, so filenames were renamed with lower case only.
Many Thanks to Greg who found the bug.

6 Responses to “VLCi (VLC Interface)”

  1. Greg Says:
    July 4th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    Maybe you can help.

    I’m trying to use your flash interface for VLC, which looks great. For some reason, I cannot access any file (html or the swf) other than “index.html” that is located in the http directory of Videolan. If I rename “VLCFlash.html” to “index.html”, I can load the file, but it can’t load the .swf file.

    Any help? Thanks

  2. Tex Says:
    July 4th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    @Greg :
    Maybe something wrong with the VLC HTTP interface … can you load some of the other standard html files from VLC http folder ? (eg : flash.html, vlm.html …)

    Which version of VLC are you using ?

  3. Greg Says:
    July 5th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    Thanks for the response.

    I’m running 0.8.6e, on a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.04.

    And yes, I should have mentioned, I can get to any file in the http directory (vlm.html, vlm_export.html, mosaic.html) that was installed with the player. It’s only that I’ve added after installation, which I can load if I change the filename to match one of the existing docs I can access.

  4. Tex Says:
    July 5th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    It was running fine on 0.8.6c (win32) here and i have just installed a fresh 0.8.6h to check if there was a change, but it is working fine too.

    So maybe a problem with the Linux version of the VLC HTTP System, maybe something related with the text case : try to rename VLCFlash.html to vlcflash.html and check if this page is loading.

  5. Greg Says:
    July 5th, 2008 at 11:07 pm

    Ding! That did the trick. Excellent thought.

  6. Tex Says:
    July 5th, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    OK, so i’ll have to rename the original files for other Linux users.
    Thank you for your help Greg.

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