How do i use the VLC to auto replay as loop?

Question

VLC how can i apply auto loop of the given content while using with options? Following did not work to loop.

private void start() {

    frame.setVisible(true);
    String mrl = "file:///home/sun/Downloads/t1.avi";
    // fails
//    String[] options = {
//      "--loops",
//      "--repeat",};

    ///Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -vv qtcapture:// --sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=768,fps=25.0,scale=1}:standard{access=udp,mux=ts{dts-delay=9000},dst=239.0.0.5}'

    //mediaPlayer.playMedia(mrl, options);
    //String[] options = {"--loops"};
    // no luck fails too
    mediaPlayer.playMedia(mrl, 
            ":sout ':standard{loop}'");


  }

Answer 1

If you use VLCJ, I suggest that you to call mediaPlayer.setRepeat(true); It works in my VLCJ project as follows:

mediaPlayer.setRepeat(true);
mediaPlayer.setPlaySubItems(true);
mediaPlayer.playMedia(mrl, options);

Tested with with JRE 1.6 32-bit:

• VLCJ 1.2.0 + VLC engine libVLC 1.1.11 (Windows 32-bit)
• VLCJ 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT + nightly build VLC engine libVLC 2.1.0 (Windows 32-bit)

Answer 2

I believe you had a typo; the documented option is "--loop".

The following is all that is needed:

vlc --loop video.mp4

To do this from Java, you could:

public class Player {
    public static final void main(String args[]) {
        try { 
            Runtime.getRuntime().exec("vlc --loop "+args[0]);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.toString());
        }   
    }   
}

and then:

java Player filename.mp4

Answer 3

In the latest version, no need for complex scripting. Click on TOOLS > PREFERENCES. Look bottom left of interface, "Show settings" radio button should be set to "ALL". Look at left Panel, click on "Playlist". Check/Tick "Repeat All" CHECKBOX.