slint and vlc

[Linux for blind general discussion]

A little more background, I haven't been able to get
/usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav to play with aplay or play or paplay.
 No error returns but neither does any sound.

On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:55:15
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: slint and vlc
>
> Hello,
>
> Le 20/06/2018 ? 20:38, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
> > I have an old version of slint running on the new computer.  What I am
> > curious about is if vlc can play any url or local files on the machine
> > once downloaded.  So far it doesn't on this older version of slint.
>
> That's weird, vlc should play pretty much any file, local or remote.
>
> The version of Slint shouldn't matter at all.
>
> >From "vlc -h":
>
> <quoted text begins below>
> Usage: vlc [options] [stream] ...
> You can specify multiple streams on the commandline.
> They will be enqueued in the playlist.
> The first item specified will be played first.
>
> Options-styles:
>   --option  A global option that is set for the duration of the program.
>    -option  A single letter version of a global --option.
>    :option  An option that only applies to the stream directly before it
>             and that overrides previous settings.
>
> Stream MRL syntax:
>   [[access][/demux]://]URL[#[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]]
>   [:option=value ...]
>
>   Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific :options.
>   Multiple :option=value pairs can be specified.
>
> URL syntax:
>   file:///path/file              Plain media file
>   http://host[:port]/file        HTTP URL
>   ftp://host[:port]/file         FTP URL
>   mms://host[:port]/file         MMS URL
>   screen://                      Screen capture
>   dvd://[device]                 DVD device
>   vcd://[device]                 VCD device
>   cdda://[device]                Audio CD device
>   udp://[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]]
>                                  UDP stream sent by a streaming server
>   vlc://pause:<seconds>          Pause the playlist for a certain time
>   vlc://quit                     Special item to quit VLC
> <end of quoted text>
>
> Doesn't this syntax work for you?
>
> Here (but I don't think that the VLC version matter either):
> didier[~]$ LANG=en_US.utf8 vlc --version
> VLC media player 2.2.8 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9)
> VLC version 2.2.8 Weatherwax (2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9)
> Compiled by root on stable.slint.net (Jan 18 2018 00:49:03)
> Compiler: gcc version 5.3.0 (GCC)
> This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
> see the file named COPYING for details.
> Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file.
> didier[~]$
>
> Best,
>
> Didier
> --
> Slint distribution
> http://slint.fr
> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/
>
>
>
>

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