MediaControlAPI - Revision history

DoesItReallyMatter: See also: MediaControlIDL

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	The MediaControl API is a generic Media player API. The idea is to define a generic video-player API, that could be reused with other players. It is implemented in VLC by using the new [[LibVLC]] API, and both APIs can cooperate (i.e. you can instanciate a MediaControl object from an existing libvlc instance, and vice-versa).		The MediaControl API is a generic Media player API. The idea is to define a generic video-player API, that could be reused with other players. It is implemented in VLC by using the new [[LibVLC]] API, and both APIs can cooperate (i.e. you can instanciate a MediaControl object from an existing libvlc instance, and vice-versa).

	Its core part (playback control) has been taken from the [http://www.omg.org/~~docs~~/formal/00-01-03.pdf OMG Audio/Video Stream specification], and extended with additional functionalities. An [http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/download/MediaControl.idl IDL specification MediaControl.idl] has been the base of this work.		Its core part (playback control) has been taken from the [http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/00-01-03.pdf OMG Audio/Video Stream specification], and extended with additional functionalities. An [http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/download/MediaControl.idl IDL specification MediaControl.idl] has been the base of this work.

	FIXME : The API is defined in [~~http~~://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/include/vlc/mediacontrol.h "include/vlc/mediacontrol.h"] and implemented in [~~http~~://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/src/control "src/control"].		FIXME : The API is defined in [https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/include/vlc/mediacontrol.h "include/vlc/mediacontrol.h"] and implemented in [https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/src/control "src/control"].

	The Doxygen documentation can be found at [~~http~~://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/doc/doxygen/html/mediacontrol_8h.html].		The Doxygen documentation can be found at [https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/doc/doxygen/html/mediacontrol_8h.html].

	== Current status ==		== Current status ==
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	Here is an IDL description of the current version of MediaControlAPI (from git rev. 445d63e0e38053, on 20080423). In case of doubt, refer to the [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/include/vlc/mediacontrol.h mediacontrol.h file].		Here is an IDL description of the current version of MediaControlAPI (from git rev. 445d63e0e38053, on 20080423). In case of doubt, refer to the [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/include/vlc/mediacontrol.h mediacontrol.h file].
	<~~pre~~>/*		<syntaxhighlight lang="c">/*
	Module inspired by the MediaControl IDL		Module inspired by the MediaControl IDL
	*/		*/
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	exception InternalException { string message; };		exception InternalException { string message; };

	typedef sequence~~<~~octet~~>~~ ByteSeq;		typedef sequence<octet> ByteSeq;

	struct RGBPicture {		struct RGBPicture {
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	typedef sequence~~<~~RGBPicture~~>~~ RGBPictureSeq;		typedef sequence<RGBPicture> RGBPictureSeq;

	/* Cf stream_control.h */		/* Cf stream_control.h */
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	};		};
	};		};
	</~~pre~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	[[Category:Bindings]]		[[Category:Bindings]]

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	};		};
	</pre>		</pre>

			[[Category:Bindings]]

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	~~== OUTDATED INFORMATION ==~~		{{Historical\|The MediaControl API was removed from VLC in 2010.}}

	~~'''~~The MediaControl API ~~has been~~ removed from VLC ~~since~~ 2010.~~'''~~

	== Description ==		== Description ==

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	== OUTDATED INFORMATION ==		== OUTDATED INFORMATION ==

	The MediaControl API has been removed from VLC since 2010.		'''The MediaControl API has been removed from VLC since 2010.'''

	== Description ==		== Description ==

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			== OUTDATED INFORMATION ==

			The MediaControl API has been removed from VLC since 2010.

	== Description ==		== Description ==

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	== Description ==		== Description ==

	The MediaControl API is a generic Media player API. The idea is to define a generic video-player API, that could be reused with other players. It is implemented in VLC by using the new [[LibVLC]] API, and both APIs can cooperate (i.e. you can instanciate a MediaControl object from an existing libvlc instance, and vice-versa).		The MediaControl API is a generic Media player API. The idea is to define a generic video-player API, that could be reused with other players. It is implemented in VLC by using the new [[LibVLC]] API, and both APIs can cooperate (i.e. you can instanciate a MediaControl object from an existing libvlc instance, and vice-versa).

	Its core part (playback control) has been taken from the [http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/00-01-03.pdf OMG Audio/Video Stream specification], and extended with additional functionalities. An [http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/download/MediaControl.idl IDL specification MediaControl.idl] has been the base of this work.		Its core part (playback control) has been taken from the [http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/00-01-03.pdf OMG Audio/Video Stream specification], and extended with additional functionalities. An [http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/download/MediaControl.idl IDL specification MediaControl.idl] has been the base of this work.

	FIXME : The API is defined in [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/include/vlc/mediacontrol.h "include/vlc/mediacontrol.h"] and implemented in		FIXME : The API is defined in [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/include/vlc/mediacontrol.h "include/vlc/mediacontrol.h"] and implemented in [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/src/control "src/control"].
	[http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/src/control "src/control"].

	The Doxygen documentation can be found at [http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/doc/doxygen/html/mediacontrol_8h.html].		The Doxygen documentation can be found at [http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/doc/doxygen/html/mediacontrol_8h.html].

	== Current status ==		== Current status ==

	The API currently includes functions for the following things:		The API currently includes functions for the following things:
	* Playback
	** Basic features (play/pause/stop)		*Playback
	** Seeking		**Basic features (play/pause/stop)
	** Setting/getting the played media		**Seeking
	** Getting stream information		**Setting/getting the played media
	* Audio/Video		**Getting stream information
	** Snapshot control (on the fly only)		*Audio/Video
	** OSD display (of text and SVG graphics through the svg rendering module)		**Snapshot control (on the fly only)
	** Volume setting		**OSD display (of text and SVG graphics through the svg rendering module)
	** Setting the visual ID of an embedding window		**Volume setting
			**Setting the visual ID of an embedding window

	== Current uses ==		== Current uses ==
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	*the [[JavaBinding]]		*the [[JavaBinding]]

	== Foreseen evolutions ==		== Foreseen evolutions ==

	The following evolutions should be integrated in the API, but discussion is necessary to ensure that they are sufficiently flexible to match various needs :		The following evolutions should be integrated in the API, but discussion is necessary to ensure that they are sufficiently flexible to match various needs :
	* sound_[sg]et_volume: normalize volume in [0..100]
	* implement get_api_version() or get_capabilities() (which would return the list of capabilities supported by the player: ("core", "svg", "snapshot", etc)
	* Complete the implementation. For instance, the frame-by-frame unit (mediacontrol_SampleCount) is not implemented, and the stop/pause do not take the Position parameter into account (they are applied immediately).
	* Fix VLC initialization on Win32 so that it uses the registry key to find the default plugins directory by default. Currently, it uses the vlc.exe path, which it cannot find when using VLC embedded. A workaround is to chdir to the vlc.exe directory before instanciating the MediaControl() object.

	~~== Current API ==~~		*sound_[sg]et_volume: normalize volume in [0..100]
			*implement get_api_version() or get_capabilities() (which would return the list of capabilities supported by the player: ("core", "svg", "snapshot", etc)
			*Complete the implementation. For instance, the frame-by-frame unit (mediacontrol_SampleCount) is not implemented, and the stop/pause do not take the Position parameter into account (they are applied immediately).
			*Fix VLC initialization on Win32 so that it uses the registry key to find the default plugins directory by default. Currently, it uses the vlc.exe path, which it cannot find when using VLC embedded. A workaround is to chdir to the vlc.exe directory before instanciating the MediaControl() object.

	Here is an IDL description of the current version of MediaControlAPI (from git rev. 445d63e0e38053, on 20080423). In case of doubt, refer to the [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/include/vlc/mediacontrol.h mediacontrol.h file].		== Current API ==

	<pre>		Here is an IDL description of the current version of MediaControlAPI (from git rev. 445d63e0e38053, on 20080423). In case of doubt, refer to the [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/include/vlc/mediacontrol.h mediacontrol.h file].
	/*		<pre>/*
	Module inspired by the MediaControl IDL		Module inspired by the MediaControl IDL
	*/		*/
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	exception InternalException { string message; };		exception InternalException { string message; };

	typedef sequence<octet> ByteSeq;		typedef sequence<octet> ByteSeq;

	struct RGBPicture {		struct RGBPicture {
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	};		};

	typedef sequence<RGBPicture> RGBPictureSeq;		typedef sequence<RGBPicture> RGBPictureSeq;

	/* Cf stream_control.h */		/* Cf stream_control.h */

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	** Setting the visual ID of an embedding window		** Setting the visual ID of an embedding window

	== Current uses ==		== Current uses ==

	The MediaControl API is used by the following modules :		The MediaControl API is used by the following modules :
	* the [[PythonBinding]]
	* the [[JavaBinding]]		*the [[PythonBinding]]
			*the [[JavaBinding]]

	== Foreseen evolutions ==		== Foreseen evolutions ==

Courmisch: /* Description */

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Description

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	== Description ==		== Description ==

	The MediaControl API is a generic Media player API. The idea is to define a generic video-player API, that could be reused with other players. It is implemented in VLC by using the [[~~ExternalAPI#VLC_Control\|New libvlc API~~]], and both APIs can cooperate (i.e. you can instanciate a MediaControl object from an existing libvlc instance, and vice-versa).		The MediaControl API is a generic Media player API. The idea is to define a generic video-player API, that could be reused with other players. It is implemented in VLC by using the new [[LibVLC]] API, and both APIs can cooperate (i.e. you can instanciate a MediaControl object from an existing libvlc instance, and vice-versa).

	Its core part (playback control) has been taken from the [http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/00-01-03.pdf OMG Audio/Video Stream specification], and extended with additional functionalities. An [http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/download/MediaControl.idl IDL specification MediaControl.idl] has been the base of this work.		Its core part (playback control) has been taken from the [http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/00-01-03.pdf OMG Audio/Video Stream specification], and extended with additional functionalities. An [http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/download/MediaControl.idl IDL specification MediaControl.idl] has been the base of this work.

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	** Volume setting		** Volume setting
	** Setting the visual ID of an embedding window		** Setting the visual ID of an embedding window
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	== Current uses ==		== Current uses ==

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			{{See also\|MediaControlIDL}}
	{{Historical\|The MediaControl API was removed from VLC in 2010.}}		{{Historical\|The MediaControl API was removed from VLC in 2010.}}
	== Description ==		== Description ==