# VLC streaming getting messages from vlc

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vlc-streaming-getting-messages-from-vlc/97967>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 11, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vlc-streaming-getting-messages-from-vlc/97967 "2006-07-11T18:47:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vlc-streaming-getting-messages-from-vlc/97967/1 "2006-07-11T18:47:42Z")

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if i do :

reponse=`/Applications/FreePlayer/new/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/freeboxtv/210 &`

from a ruby script i get the reponse from the VLC app only after i’ve  
killed the job.

howver i’d like having part of this message when VLC is playing the  
movie in order to assure evrething is right…

how to get that ?

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vlc-streaming-getting-messages-from-vlc/97967/2 "2006-07-11T18:58:01Z")

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On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:45 PM, Une bévue wrote:

> how to get that ?
> 
> –  
> une bévue

IO::popen should do the trick.

[http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref\_c\_io.html#popen](http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref_c_io.html#popen)

-Mat