Update syncplay.lua - Duration delay, instrs, tabs

resources/syncplay.lua

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
  Author: Etoh
  Project: http://syncplay.pl/
- Version: 0.0.5
+ Version: 0.0.7
  
 --[==========================================================================[
 
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
 Place the syncplay.lua file in one of the VLC /lua/intf/ sub-directories. By default this should be:
 * Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\intf\
 * Windows (current user): %APPDATA%\VLC\lua\intf\
-* Linux (all users): /usr/share/vlc/lua/intf/
+* Linux (all users): /usr/lib/vlc/lua/intf/
 * Linux (current user): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/intf/
 * Mac OS X (all users): /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/intf/
 
 If a directory does not exist then you may have to create it.
 
+Note: You may have to copy the VLC 'modules' folder to make it a sub-directory of the 'intf' folder.
+
  === Commands and responses ===
  = Note: ? denotes optional responses; * denotes mandatory response; uses \n terminator.
 
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ If a directory does not exist then you may have to create it.
 require "common"
 require "host"
 
-local connectorversion = "0.0.5"
+local connectorversion = "0.0.7"
+
+local durationdelay = 500000 -- Pause for get_duration command for increased reliability
 
 local port
 
@@ -265,7 +269,13 @@ function get_duration ()
         if input then
             local item = vlc.input.item()
             if item then
+            -- Try to get duration, which might not be available straight away
+                local i = 0            
+                repeat
+                    vlc.misc.mwait(vlc.misc.mdate() + durationdelay)
                     response = vlc.input.item():duration()
+                    i = i + 1
+                until response > 0 or i > 5
             else
                 errormsg = noinput
             end