libVLC Media List Management
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Global Description of the available objects
The atomic item that represent a media that you can play is a libvlc_media in libVLC.
A media_list is an object that contains several libvlc_media. You can add items to that media_list.
You can play a media_list using a media_list_player.
A media descriptor can contain a media list
A playlist downloaded from Google video has a corresponding libvlc_media. This libvlc_media has several subitems. You can access them through libvlc_media_subitems() which returns a media_list.
This explains how a media_list can be hierarchical. To browse it you'll use libvlc_media_list_hierarchy_view(). To view the all the item without hierarchy use libvlc_media_list_flat_view().
Sample Code
void play_media(libvlc_instance_t *vlc, libvlc_drawable_t window)
{
libvlc_media_list_t *ml;
libvlc_media_list_player_t *mlp;
libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
libvlc_media_t *md1, *md2;
ml = libvlc_media_list_new(vlc);
md1 = libvlc_media_new_path(vlc, "http://mycool.com/movie1.avi");
md2 = libvlc_media_new_path(vlc, "http://mycool.com/movie2.avi");
libvlc_media_list_add_media(ml, md1);
libvlc_media_list_add_media(ml, md2);
libvlc_media_release(md1);
libvlc_media_release(md2);
mlp = libvlc_media_list_player_new(vlc);
mp = libvlc_media_player_new(vlc);
/* Use our media list */
libvlc_media_list_player_set_media_list(mlp, ml);
/* Use a given media player */
libvlc_media_list_player_set_media_player(mlp, p_mp);
/* Get our media instance to use our window */
libvlc_media_player_set_drawable(mlp, window);
/* Play */
libvlc_media_list_player_play(mlp);
/* Let it play forever */
while(1) sleep(300);
}