Commit 4a1949b9 authored by Simon Latapie's avatar Simon Latapie

* a little VLM documentation. It may be hard to understand, so I'm

   waiting for suggestions.
parent a63d4ea1
VLM: VideoLAN (Media) Manager
VLM is a little media manager originally designed to launch multiple
streams with only one VLC.
I - Interfaces
1) Telnet interface
You can launch it as a common interface.
Default port is 4212, default password is "admin". These are common
options of the interface, so you can modify them as you wish.
Once you are connected on telnet interface, just type a command
line.
2) HTTP interface
Not finished yet. Please be a little more patient !
II - VLM Elements
1) Medias
A media is composed with a list of inputs (the videos and audios you
want to stream), an output (where you want to stream them), and some
options.
There are two types of medias: vod and broadcast.
A vod media is commonly used for Video on Demand. It can be launched
only if a vod client asks for it.
A broadcast media is very close to a TV program, or channel: it is
launched, stopped, paused by the administrator (or a schedule), may
be repeated several times etc.
2) Schedules
A Schedule is a script with a date. When the current date is the
schedule date, the script is launched. There are of course other
options, like a period, a number of repetitions, etc. for the
schedule to be launched several times (or endlessly) automatically.
III - Command line syntax:
Note: an element is a media or a schedule.
1) Command lines:
help
Displays an exhaustive commmand lines list.
new (name) vod|broadcast|schedule [properties]
Creates a new element. You must specify if it as a vod media, a
broadcast media, or a schedule (there is no default type).
"media" and "schedule" are reserved names, and element names
must be unique.
Properties are optional: you can use the "setup" command to set
it.
setup (name) (properties)
Set the property of the (name) element.
See Properties section for more information.
show [(name)|media|schedule]
Displays current element states and configurations.
"show (name)" displays all information about the (name) element.
"show media" displays a summary of medias states.
"show schedule" displays a summary of schedules states.
"show" is a the same as "show media show schedule".
del (name)|all|media|schedule
Destroys an element, or a group of elements. If the element is
at a non-stop state, it stops it (media or schedule).
"del (name)" destroys the (name) element.
"del all" destroys all elements.
"del media" destroys all medias.
"del schedule" destroys all schedules.
control (name) (command)
Changes the state of the (name) media.
See Commands section for more information.
save (config_file)
Saves all media and schedule configurations in the (config_file)
configuration file. the "save" command overwrites the file if it
already exists. States (playing, paused, stop) are not saved.
See Configuration File section for more information.
load (config_file)
Loads the (config_file) configuration file.
See Configuration File section for more information.
2) Properties:
Note: except the "append" property, all property can be followed by
another one, recursively.For example:
"setup pouet input file://arf.avi output udp:127.0.0.1 enabled loop"
is a valid command line.
Media Properties Syntax:
input (input_name)
Adds (input_name) at the end of the media input list.
output (output_name)
Defines the output of the media.
The syntax is equivalent to the ":sout=..." option , but you
do not have to put the ":sout=" string.
option (option_name)[=value]
Adds the (option_name) to the media option list.
The syntax is equivalent to the ":(option)=..." option , but you
do not have to put the ":" string.
Options are global: they are applied to all inputs of the
media.
enabled|disabled
Enable or Disable the media.
If a media is disabled, it can not be streamed, paused,
launched by a schedule, or played as a VoD.
loop|unloop
Used for broadcast only.
If a media with "loop" option receives the "play" command
and finally finishes to play the last input of the list, it
will automatically restart to play the input list.
Schedule Properties Syntax:
enabled|disabled
A disabled schedule will never be launched.
append (command)
Adds a command to the command line list.
The command line can be every command the VLM can understand.
Note: the rest of the line will be considered as part of the
command line. You cannot put another option after the
"append" one.
date (year)/(month)/(day)-(hour):(minutes):(seconds)|now
Specifies the first date the schedule should be launched.
the date must have the explicit form:
(year)/(month)/(day)-(hour):(minutes):(seconds)
For example: 2004/03/07-12:42:30
If you write "now" instead of a date, the schedule will be
launch as soon as possible (as soon as it is enabled), and
the current date will be used as the first date of the
schedule (for repeating).
period (years)/(months)/(days)-(hours):(minutes):(seconds)
Specifies the period of time a schedule must wait for
launching itself another time.
For now, the period has a very close syntax to a date:
months are considered as 30 days
years are considered as 12 months.
If a period is specified without a "repeat", it will be
launched endlessly.
repeat (number_of_repetitions)
Specifies the number of times the schedule has to be launch
again. For example, if a schedule has "repeat 3", it will be
launched 4 times.
3) Control Commands Syntax:
play
Starts a broadcast media. The media begins to launch the first
item of the input list, then launches the next one, and so on
(like a playlist).
pause
Puts the broadcast media in paused status.
stop
Stops the broadcast media.
seek (percentage)
Seeks in the current playing item of input list.
IV - The configuration file
A VLM configuration file is very simple: it is only a list of command
lines: one line corresponds to one command line.
If you want to create a configuration file, just edit a text file and
type a list of VLM command lines. But beware of recursive calls: you
can put a "load (file)" command in a configuration file, so for
example, if you put a "load pouet" in a pouet file, and you launch the
"load pouet" command, then pouet will be loaded endlessly, and VLC
will crash (at least).
The load command converts the medias and schedules configurations into
command lines, and writes them into a file.
Note: commentary system has not been implement yet.
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