MLT Video Control Protocol (MVCP) Reference Documentation
Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Ushodaya Enterprised Limited
+Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Dan R. Dennedy
Author: Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>
-Last Revision: 2009-05-15
+Last Revision: 2011-04-17
General Format
The response body contains each command sent along with its arguments,
followed by each command's response status code and response body.
-
STATUS
Responds with the output of USTA for each unit and accepts no further
input. Each time the state of the unit changes, a new row is returned by
the server containing the state of the unit.
+
Unit Management
The following global commands manage the playout units within the server.
NLS
* NOT IMPLEMENTED IN MELTED YET *
-
UADD mlt-consumer[:argument]
Add a unit based upon the mlt-consumer id and optional constructor
argument.
currently playing clip index.
CLEAN {unit}
- Removes all by the playing clip.
+ Removes all but the playing clip.
WIPE {unit}
Removes all clips before the playing clip.
Transfer the unit's clip to the target unit.
The clip inherently includes the in- and out-point information.
The target unit's "points" configuration property is set to "use."
+
+PUSH {unit}
+{size}
+{XML}
+ Append an in-band MLT XML document to the unit.
+ Do note that the size and XML arguments are on new lines.
+ Size is the size of the XML payload in bytes.
+ Returns 404 if the XML is malformed or if the XML producer fails parsing.