在运行Apache服务器的Ubuntu计算机上播放VLC，无法播放

Question

I've used xampp (lampp) to run an Apache2 server out of my Intel ComputeStick with Ubuntu 18.04.1 installed. I've written a .cgi script with perl:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use CGI;

print CGI::header();

system("vlc /home/jack/Desktop/ayni1.mp4");

However, when I hop onto my laptop (Win10) and use Chrome to visit http://12.345.678.90:80/dashboard/perl/ayni1.cgi (That's my server, and that directory does exist), nothing happens on the hosting machine. In the browser, this line is displayed:

VLC media player 3.0.3 Vetinari Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help. > Shutting down.

I'm afraid I don't quite understand what's happening. I thought cgi scripts interacted directly with the command line; ie they could issue commands to Terminal directly. Was I mistaken in that? What am I doing wrong?

Sorry, I know this question is somewhat scattered. If needed, I'll try to provide clarification as best I can.

I'm somewhat new to all of this.

Answer 1

I think you have set VLC to open a command line interface automatically.

Reset the VLC preferences and it should work normally again.