VLC Thing. A Poor Man's Sonos. Version 2.0 Released 12/22/2016

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Hi @kamran,

Did you confirm that you:

  1. get the correct IP address from the terminal. Ping the IP.
  2. did you enter the same password in the VLC app and the VLC Thing in ST?
  3. I am certain you did check; however, did you also enter 9090 for the port in the VLC Thing in ST?

I am not a network tech by profesion. (Just a desktop engenear.) But that is where I find most things going wrong.
FYI, I had to do these steps last night to setup my VLC Thing in ST app to connect to myVLC on my New Raspberry Pi Zero W. And it works great. Just missing an in-line battery for the occation the power goes out.

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It still works with port 8080 (on st app) so IP must be correct but I can’t use that port in conjunction with the unifi controller (my wifi (system). That is why I need to change the port

I am using the same password as well

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I’m using Linux, so I run the VLC by running its command line, this will change the http listening port to 9090

vlc --http-port 9090

my experience is if change the port in the GUI -> main interface, it will not work!

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Any idea on how to do this on a Mac? Any terminal command? Thanks

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Does it hard code the 9090 port or does it reset?
I autoloud VLC to desktop when my Pi Zero loads up. This way I don’t need a video connection to verify the load.
Another question…
How do I enable SSH in Jesia? What is the command?

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Found this on VLC’s site: https://wiki.videolan.org/Mac_OS_X/

Can someone setup a command that I can enter in Terminal to change the port. As @Kelvin_Kueh suggested on Linux

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This looks promissing.
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/31376/how-can-i-open-port-8080-of-mac-os-x-lion

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I already have another app on my mac using 8080. That is why I can’t keep it running with VLC simultaneously thus need to change port

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Ask @geko, This is his thread. The video at the top shows a MAC demo.

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Sounds good,
@geko how do I change the VLC port from 8080 to 9090 on my Mac? Any terminal command I should try?

Thanks

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You have to launch VLC with command line argument --http-port 9090

This should work on all OS’es. See Documentation:Modules/http intf - VideoLAN Wiki

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I am still not sure which command I should type in Terminal before I enter " --http-port 9090". How do I enter VLC from Terminal?

Thanks

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See if these command line examples help… (I have vlc running on linux)
https://wiki.videolan.org/Mac_OS_X/#Command_line

This is what I have to configure the listening port:
vlc -I http --http-password=YOURPASSWORD --http-host=0.0.0.0 --http-port=8080

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Type this in Terminal:

open /Applications/vlc.app --args --http-port 9090

Make sure after VLC starts to go to VLC → Add Interface menu and click on “Web”.

P.S. Note, the Linux example the other guy posted will not work on Mac, so don’t even bother :slight_smile:

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It worked!!! Thank you so much!!!

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Thank you so much for this wonderful app.
Now I can have Alexa output alerts to TV speaker by using harmony to change input first, then play via PC to TV.

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Hey Guys,

I made a tutorial hopefully some people will find helpful. It’s showing how VLC Thing and Big Talker are installed and some demo. Oh, and make sure you subscribe :wink:

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How does one change the voice from female to male or just to a different voice?

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I have tried everything and can’t get this to work. I keep getting device not connected in the logs. I have no trouble accessing the same VLC session from a browser same or different device. Maybe some could help be decipher this?

archivable true
data
{
“microDeviceTile”: {
“type”: “standard”,
“icon”: “st.secondary.refresh”,
“backgroundColor”: “#ea5462”
}
}
date 2017-04-03 10:28:00.117 PM CDT (2017-04-04T03:28:00.117Z)
description vlc jays pc connection is disconnected
deviceId f702b722-b215-4b0b-b4f4-5d753e761b89
deviceTypeId 2dcc81da-68f0-4270-9ff8-89eb2faa5dcb
displayed true
eventSource DEVICE
hubId
id b418fa50-18e6-11e7-bb39-0a00af29702c
isStateChange true
isVirtualHub false
linkText vlc jays pc
locationId a1557d16-d4c6-422b-a64a-cc6bb291c368
name connection
rawDescription
translatable false
unixTime 1491276480117
value disconnected
viewed false

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Just got my Pi 3 Model B i have installed VLC, but can’t figure out how to set it up. Nothing at all looks like my Mac. Can someone direct me to a how to or walk me through this?