VLC problem with autoplay

[Andrew Farris]

On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 19:53 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> 2009/9/2 Andrew Farris <flyindragon1 at aol.com>:
> > [snip]
> 
> > You could always try making a 'custom command' that would redirect all
> > the output from VLC to a file that you can read later. To accomplish
> > this, go (from Nautilus) to the "Edit > Preferences | Media" tab, then
> > for the audio CD, click the drop-down, and select "Open with other
> > application..." then on the bottom there, use the "Custom Command" and
> > enter this:
> >    vlc &> vlc_output.txt
> 
> That sounds like an excellent idea I thought so I tried it, though I
> specified a full path for the output just in case.  It worked fine
> when I ran it from a terminal but when it is run from the 'What do
> want to run this CD with' window then no log file is generated, even
> the first time when vlc works correctly.  Does the redirection only
> work from a terminal?
> 
> Colin
[snip]

I think it should work whether you're in a terminal or not.

Just to be sure, you could force it to run from a terminal by doing
something like this:
    gnome-terminal -e "vlc &> vlc_output.txt"


-- 
Andrew
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