Posted by Stefano on 11/05/07 17:45

I have to execute vlc (Video Lan) using exec() function under Linux debian
distribution. Running vlc from a shell works perfectly, but I have a lot of
problems if it is executed with function exec:

TEST 1

<php
$command = "vlc";
exec ($command);
?>

I get an error message in apache log file:

VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000287] skins2 interface error: Cannot open display
[00000287] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory
Error: Unable to initialize gtk, is DISPLAY set properly?

What is the DISPLAY to set ? Please consider I am a newbie in Linux.


TEST 2

Same as before but running vlc with --daemon option. Now seems that vlc
process is running and I don't get any error message in apache log file, but
it does not record any input stream.



Is there anybody that can help me ?


Thank you.
Stefano

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