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Posted by Darko on 11/06/07 03:49
On Nov 5, 6:45 pm, "Stefano" <o...@interfree.it> wrote:
> 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
Think about executing another application in the web-environment: do
you think it would work if you tried to exec( "winword" ) (Microsoft
(R) Word)? Of course not. You can't just "run" an application from php
and have it shown in the browser window.
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