[PLUG] VLC remote control

[Larry Williams]

Erik Lane wrote:
> Nope, not at all what I wanted when I said remote. I simply want to SSH into
> the box and tell it to play the file off of its disk onto its screen. I
> naively thought that a simple command or two and I'd be done without having
> to get up from cuddling with my wife and sons, since I had the laptop next
> to me. (Well, I also wanted to impress them - see look what daddy can do!)

It appears VLC has some remote control options, including a telnet-like 
option.  I'm playing with the HTML option, controlling video playback 
via web interface.