LibVLC Media List Management

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_descriptor_t *md1, *md2;
 
    ml = libvlc_media_list_new(vlc);
   
    md1 = libvlc_media_new(vlc, "http://mycool.com/movie1.avi");
    md2 = libvlc_media_new(vlc, "http://mycool.com/movie2.avi");
 
    libvlc_media_list_add(ml, md1);
    libvlc_media_list_add(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);
}