From: Mat Schaffer <schapht@...>
Date: 2006-07-12T01:56:39+09:00
Subject: Re: VLC streaming getting messages from vlc


On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:45 PM, Une b�vue wrote:

> if i do :
>
> reponse=`/Applications/FreePlayer/new/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC
> rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/freeboxtv/210 &`
>
> from a ruby script i get the reponse from the VLC app only after i've
> killed the job.
>
> howver i'd like having part of this message when VLC is playing the
> movie in order to assure evrething is right...
>
> how to get that ?
>
> -- 
> une b�vue
>

IO::popen  should do the trick.

http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref_c_io.html#popen

-Mat