Problem running VLC with exec()

[joosh]

I've been working on this for a week or so now, but can't figure out what the problem is.
vlc.exe is showing up in task manager, running under system, but nothing is happening.
No VLC icon in the systray, and no streaming over the designated port.
When running manually, vlc.exe takes 10-15% of CPU usage.
When running via PHP file, CPU usage is always at 0.
Does anybody here use VLC to stream videos? What kinda tweaks did you have to do to make it work?

[cthackers]

you have to call vlc with some parameters to make it stream and it won't open a window. it will just be a process. this is how i made mine work (to stream my web cam as a flv stream)

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cvlc --color v4l2:// :v4l2-dev="/dev/video0" :v4l2-input=0 :v4l2-width=320 :v4l2-height=240 --sout='#transcode{vcodec=FLV1,vb=640,width=320,height=240}:std{mux=ffmpeg{mux=flv},access=http{mime=video/x-flv},dst=0.0.0.0:9000/stream.flv}'