How to prevent console from being displayed when using VLC's dummy interface

Question

I\'m trying to launch VLC in \"dummy\" mode from a Node.js server script, however using child_process.spawn(\'vlc\',[\'-I dummy\']) produces a new console windo

Answer 1

I would like to complement Adam M-W answer.

VLC has a command line option to suppress this window --*-quiet where * is the interface.

e.g. For the dummy interface, use

child_process.spawn('vlc',['-I dummy','--dummy-quiet']) For the rc interface, use

child_process.spawn('vlc',['-I rc','--rc-quiet'])

answered Jun 13 '11 at 14:12 Adam M-W

at least on my system, VLC now sends its messages to stdError, so this is the channel which needs to be monitored.

My interface is with Qt , QtProcess and these are the options that worked for me.

Using MergedChannels and reading stdOut.

m_proc->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
connect (m_proc,SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()),
           this, SLOT(readyRead()));

void ReDirVLC::readyRead(){
    if (!m_proc) return;
    qDebug()<readAllStandardOutput() << endl;
}

Using SeparateChannels and reading stdError

m_proc->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::SeparateChannels);
connect (m_proc,SIGNAL(readyReadStandardError()),
           this, SLOT(readyRead()));

void ReDirVLC::readyRead(){
    if (!m_proc) return;
    qDebug()<readAllStandardError() << endl;
}