How to change the url to play without stopping the whole player?

[stko]

Hi

at first a big thank for the great work of the python binding !

But there's one little thing :-)

When trying to switch the player from one url to another like this simplified example:

instance = vlc.Instance()
player = instance.media_player_new()
media = instance.media_new("media_url_1")
player.set_media(media)
player.play()

 time.sleep(10)

# player.stop

media = instance.media_new("media_url_2")
player.set_media(media)
player.play()

The player stops and throws an error

[h264 @ 0x7285e807c400] get_buffer() failed
[h264 @ 0x7285e807c400] thread_get_buffer() failed
[h264 @ 0x7285e807c400] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x7285e807c400] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x7285e8068340] get_buffer() failed
[h264 @ 0x7285e8068340] thread_get_buffer() failed
[h264 @ 0x7285e8068340] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x7285e8068340] no frame!
[00007285e8060940] ts demux error: libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 14, expected 11) for PID 0

If I uncomment the player.stop() statement, then the player (re-) starts with the the second media_url_2, but the viewer windows closes first and re-opens with the new stream (and loses its original postion and size...)

Is there any way to change the media stream without this negative effect of the window closing and reopening?

[oaubert]

This is more libvlc-related than python-specific, but I would say that if you need to have control over the video output, then you have to manage it explicitly (through set_xwindow/set_hwnd/set_nsobject)