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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Status.java: VLC status thread 
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1998-2006 the VideoLAN team
+ * 
+ * Author: Filippo Carone <filippo@carone.org>
+ *
+ * Created on 5-jun-2006
+ *
+ * $Id $
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it
+ * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * 
+ */
+
+package org.videolan.jvlc;
+
+/**
+ * In this thread we check the playlist status and the input status to see if:
+ * - the playlist is running
+ * - the input is playing
+ * - if the input has a vout child
+ *
+ */
+public class Status implements Runnable {
+
+	final JVLC jvlc;
+	public boolean inputPlaying;
+	public boolean inputVout;
+    private long resolution = 50;
+	
+	public Status(JVLC jvlc) {
+		if (jvlc == null)
+			throw new RuntimeException("No jvlc instance.. I die");
+		if (jvlc.playlist == null) 
+            throw new RuntimeException("No playlist instance.. I die");
+		this.jvlc = jvlc;
+		new Thread(this).start();
+	}
+	
+	public void run() {
+		while (true) {
+			while (jvlc.playlist.isRunning()) {
+				if (jvlc.playlist.inputIsPlaying()) {
+					inputPlaying = true;
+                }
+				else {
+					inputPlaying = false;
+                }
+                     
+				if (jvlc.playlist.inputHasVout()) {
+					inputVout = true;
+                }
+				else {
+					inputVout = false;
+                }
+				try {
+					Thread.sleep(resolution);
+				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+					e.printStackTrace();
+				} 
+			} 
+            inputPlaying = false;
+            inputVout = false;
+			try {
+				Thread.sleep(resolution);
+			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}