New selection features (aspect ratio, audio, subtitle) not working.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open a video with subtitles playing.
2. Connect this app to the web interface.
3. Press one of the new buttons: aspect ratio, audio, or subtitle selection.

What is the expected output?
I expect the aspect ratio, audio track, or subtitle track to cycle to the next 
one.  (Just as if I had pressed one of the hotkeys.  The default ones for these 
actions are A, B, and V.)

What do you see instead?
Instead, one of my unset hotkeys has its action executed.  (For example, 
"Subtitle position up" is unset.  When I press any of the three new buttons in 
the app, this action is executed and the subtitle is moved up 1 pixel on the 
screen.)

If none of the hotkeys are unset, then nothing happens when I press any of the 
buttons in the app.

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
Version 0.4.3 from the Market

What version of VLC are you using?
Version 1.1.5 on Windows Vista

What version of Android are you using?
Android version 2.2.1

Which Android device are you using?
Droid X

Please provide any additional information below.
Before this feature was added, I tried another app in the Market that said it 
could cycle through subtitle tracks.  I had the same problems.  So, this may be 
a problem with VLC and/or the HTTP interface rather than the app itself.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Sailor...@gmail.com on 26 Dec 2010 at 4:41

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> Before this feature was added, I tried another app in the Market that said it 
could cycle through subtitle tracks.  I had the same problems.  So, this may be 
a problem with VLC and/or the HTTP interface rather than the app itself.

Yeah, it sounds like there might be a bug in VLC's hotkey handling.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 30 Dec 2010 at 7:44

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Do you have any suggestions on how to make these features work? Do I need to do 
something special to use them? How did you get them working for you?

Thanks.

Original comment by Sailor...@gmail.com on 3 Jan 2011 at 7:22

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Try clearing your preferences

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 3 Jan 2011 at 8:10

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Hi. Change status "Status:Invalid" i have same issue. Clearing preference 
doesn`t help. When I try to change aspect ratio it changes something about 
subtitles position. Default hotkey in pc for changing ratio is simple "a" 
button.
I even tryied instaling diferent vlc versions.
BTW my vlc remote version is 0.4.3.

Original comment by vuk...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2011 at 3:55

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Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 8:54

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I'm also having this problem, sadly :(

Original comment by ja...@jamesking.co.uk on 28 Jan 2011 at 10:00

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Issue 69 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 2 Feb 2011 at 4:32

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I have this issue as well. The 3 new buttons would trigger "subtitle down by 
1px" for me. I've keybound all unset keybindings to avoid the new buttons 
triggering unwanted effects. 
For now I've chosen the function of the 3 that would be most used by me (next 
subtitle track) and unset the keybindings for that function. This makes either 
of the 3 new buttons trigger that function. 
If you want to control a completely different different from your VLC remote, 
simply make sure it's the only unbound hotkey. It's not a solution to the issue 
but it might be a useful gimmick to remotely control any 1 function you'd like. 
;)

Original comment by J.Kop...@gmail.com on 9 Apr 2011 at 8:53

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Tonight, I ran into this one, too. And got annoyed enough to dig a little 
deeper... ;) 

Analysis:
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 vlc-http interface's /http/requests/status.xml doesn't handle "command=key" requests the way it should. Specifically, under section "<!-- misc commands -->" in line 104 of the vanilla VLC's status.xml.

Fix:
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 Replace "'VLC_OBJECT_LIBVLC' vlc_var_get" with "vlc_config_get".

Old: 
 <vlc id="rpn" param1="'key-' val value strcat 'VLC_OBJECT_LIBVLC' vlc_var_get key-pressed 'VLC_OBJECT_LIBVLC' vlc_var_set" />
New: 
 <vlc id="rpn" param1="'key-' val value strcat vlc_config_get key-pressed 'VLC_OBJECT_LIBVLC' vlc_var_set" />

(Original Source: http://goo.gl/NChFj )

It works for me, and it's a plausible change considering (Reverse Polish 
Notation, etc). But apply at own risk, ofc.

[Great Android app this, btw, love it! :]

Original comment by setebe...@gmail.com on 22 Apr 2011 at 2:52

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Issue 77 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 1 May 2011 at 4:25

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I'm curious, is there a reason that this one is still open? I mean, it's a 
shortcoming at vlc's end, isn't it?

Original comment by setebe...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 4:03

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Thanks for investigating!  I'll leave the issue open until the problem has been 
fixed upstream so that it's easier for others to find the explanation and 
work-around.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 28 May 2011 at 2:04

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• Removed labels: Priority-Medium

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Issue 93 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 7 Aug 2011 at 3:10

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Issue 97 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2011 at 1:39

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where exactly are these options for selecting subtitles, audio track... i don't 
see these controls under the now playing tab, were they removed because of this 
reported bug or something like that?

Original comment by antonio....@gmail.com on 14 Aug 2011 at 4:35

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Please give us back these controls! This app is quite useless to me without 
them. 

Original comment by Luka.Dor...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2011 at 11:11

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i like to play a movi with subtitels ,why cant i choose that on my tablet
its a vob dvd movie ,using pro version ,no luck pse help me 

Original comment by bullterr...@gmail.com on 2 Oct 2011 at 10:19

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I use vlcremote to control a USB DVB-T stick and a two screen set up. It was 
good to be able adjust screen size and switch sub-titles on and off. Please 
bring these features back.

Original comment by SimonGil...@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2011 at 2:24

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I use vlcremote to control a USB DVB-T stick and a two screen set up. It was 
good to be able adjust screen size and switch sub-titles on and off. Please 
bring these features back.

Original comment by SimonGil...@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2011 at 2:24

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Issue 110 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 31 Dec 2011 at 9:00

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Issue 124 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 31 Dec 2011 at 9:01

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The aspect ratio button on my remote does not work any more.  I have 
uninstalled and re-installed several times.  Please help.

Original comment by nater...@gmail.com on 2 Mar 2012 at 2:51

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Comment 10 by setebe...@gmail.com, Apr 21, 2011 works fine for me. Replacing 
the phrase in the status.xml seems to work. 

Thanks a lot!

Original comment by VegaBul...@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2012 at 9:25

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Could we (as in, someone with wiki editing permissions) please add the 
workaround to the wiki? 

I suppose once this is fixed in VLC, this ticket will get closed and thus 
become more difficult to find. Yet a lot of people are not going to upgrade VLC 
immediately but will stick with their current version for some time - because 
upgrading is a pain, because they are running an LTS version of a Linux distro 
which is not seeing any version updates for two years etc. etc.

There is a Troubleshooting page already - it would perfectly fit in there. 
Detail the steps described in comment 10, and once this is fixed in VLC, add a 
hint that upgrading to VLC version x.y.z will solve the issue.

Original comment by mich...@vonglasow.com on 4 Sep 2012 at 6:43