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=Open a media with VLC Player=
To play a media with VLC player, use an intent with the following settings
== action ==
Intent.ACTION_VIEW ("android.intent.action.VIEW")
== Package name ==
"org.videolan.vlc"
== data ==
The media Uri
== type ==
one of:
* video/*
* audio/*
* */rmvb
* */avi
* */mkv
* application/3gpp*
* application/mp4
* application/mpeg*
* application/ogg
* application/sdp
* application/vnd.3gp*
* application/vnd.apple.mpegurl
* application/vnd.dvd*
* application/vnd.dolby*
* application/vnd.rn-realmedia*
* application/x-iso9660-image
* application/x-extension-mp4
* application/x-flac
* application/x-matroska
* application/x-mpegURL
* application/x-ogg
* application/x-quicktimeplayer
* application/x-shockwave-flash
* application/xspf+xml
* misc/ultravox
== Extras (optional) ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Value !! Type !! Description
|-
| "subtitles_location" || String || Path of a subtitles file
|-
| "title" || String || Title you want to display
|-
| "from_start" || boolean || Force playback from the beginning
|-
| "position" || int/long || Set position to start playback, in milliseconds
|-
| "extra_duration" || long || Media duration
|}
== Sample code ==
For a simple media playback:
  int vlcRequestCode = 42;
  Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///storage/emulated/0/Movies/KUNG FURY Official Movie.mp4");
  Intent vlcIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
  vlcIntent.setPackage("org.videolan.vlc");
  vlcIntent.setDataAndTypeAndNormalize(uri, "video/*");
  vlcIntent.putExtra("title", "Kung Fury");
  vlcIntent.putExtra("from_start", false);
  vlcIntent.putExtra("position", 90000l);
  vlcIntent.putExtra("subtitles_location", "/sdcard/Movies/Fifty-Fifty.srt");
  startActivityForResult(vlcIntent, vlcRequestCode);
If you specifically want start VideoPlayerActivity, you can set
  vlcIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("org.videolan.vlc", "org.videolan.vlc.gui.video.VideoPlayerActivity"));
=Get result code from VLC=
Since version 1.4.1, Android VLC application returns an intent when closing.
Since version 1.4.1, Android VLC application returns an intent when closing.


Here is the description of this intent:
Here is the description of this intent:


Intent action: "org.videolan.vlc.player.result"
==Intent action==
"org.videolan.vlc.player.result"


Result code:
==Result code==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
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|}
|}


Data: media Uri
==Data==
Media Uri
 
You can check the source [http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc-ports/android.git;a=blob;f=vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/gui/video/VideoPlayerActivity.java;hb=HEAD here].
 
==Extras==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Value !! Type !! Description
|-
| "extra_position" || long || Last position in media when player exited
|-
| "extra_duration" || long || Total duration of the media
 
|}


Extras:
==See also==
* "extra_position": position in the media, in ms (type long)
* [[Android Report bugs]] - Bug reporting guide for VLC-Android.
* "extra_duration": media duration


You can check the source [[http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc-ports/android.git;a=blob;f=vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/gui/video/VideoPlayerActivity.java;hb=HEAD|here]]
[[Category:Building]] [[Category:Android]]

Latest revision as of 10:24, 29 June 2016

Open a media with VLC Player

To play a media with VLC player, use an intent with the following settings

action

Intent.ACTION_VIEW ("android.intent.action.VIEW")

Package name

"org.videolan.vlc"

data

The media Uri

type

one of:

  • video/*
  • audio/*
  • */rmvb
  • */avi
  • */mkv
  • application/3gpp*
  • application/mp4
  • application/mpeg*
  • application/ogg
  • application/sdp
  • application/vnd.3gp*
  • application/vnd.apple.mpegurl
  • application/vnd.dvd*
  • application/vnd.dolby*
  • application/vnd.rn-realmedia*
  • application/x-iso9660-image
  • application/x-extension-mp4
  • application/x-flac
  • application/x-matroska
  • application/x-mpegURL
  • application/x-ogg
  • application/x-quicktimeplayer
  • application/x-shockwave-flash
  • application/xspf+xml
  • misc/ultravox

Extras (optional)

Value Type Description
"subtitles_location" String Path of a subtitles file
"title" String Title you want to display
"from_start" boolean Force playback from the beginning
"position" int/long Set position to start playback, in milliseconds
"extra_duration" long Media duration

Sample code

For a simple media playback: 

 int vlcRequestCode = 42;
 Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///storage/emulated/0/Movies/KUNG FURY Official Movie.mp4");
 Intent vlcIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
 vlcIntent.setPackage("org.videolan.vlc");
 vlcIntent.setDataAndTypeAndNormalize(uri, "video/*");
 vlcIntent.putExtra("title", "Kung Fury");
 vlcIntent.putExtra("from_start", false);
 vlcIntent.putExtra("position", 90000l);
 vlcIntent.putExtra("subtitles_location", "/sdcard/Movies/Fifty-Fifty.srt");
 startActivityForResult(vlcIntent, vlcRequestCode);

If you specifically want start VideoPlayerActivity, you can set 

 vlcIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("org.videolan.vlc", "org.videolan.vlc.gui.video.VideoPlayerActivity"));

Get result code from VLC

Since version 1.4.1, Android VLC application returns an intent when closing.

Here is the description of this intent:

Intent action

"org.videolan.vlc.player.result"

Result code

Result Value (int) Description
RESULT_OK -1 Video finished or user ended playback
RESULT_CANCELED 0 No compatible cpu, incorrect VLC abi variant installed
RESULT_CONNECTION_FAILED 2 Connection failed to audio service
RESULT_PLAYBACK_ERROR 3 VLC is not able to play this file, it could be incorrect path/uri, not supported codec or broken file
RESULT_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION_ERROR 4 Error with hardware acceleration, user refused to switch to software decoding
RESULT_VIDEO_TRACK_LOST 5 VLC continues playback, but for audio track only. (Audio file detected or user chose to)

Data

Media Uri

You can check the source here.

Extras

Value Type Description
"extra_position" long Last position in media when player exited
"extra_duration" long Total duration of the media

See also

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