[bongo-devel] The --rc-fake-tty option does not work on Windows

[Daniel Brockman]

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Hi,

On GNU/Linux, one can easily script VLC by starting it with
the `rc' interface module, forcing it to treat its standard
input device as a TTY using the --rc-fake-tty option and
then simply piping commands to the VLC process.

This does not work on Windows.  While typing commands into
the terminal window that appears when running `vlc -I rc'
does work as expected, one cannot script VLC in this way
because it won't see the commands that are piped to it.

Simply put, it appears that the --rc-fake-tty option does
not do what it should do on Windows.

Is this a known problem?  Is there a good workaround?
Should I file it as a bug?


Thanks,

-- 
Daniel Brockman <address@hidden>