Difference between revisions of "LibVLC Tutorial 0.9"

From VideoLAN Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(mark as historical)
m (+{{Lowercase}}, unescape markup/syntaxhighlight)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
{{Lowercase}}
 
{{Historical}}
 
{{Historical}}
 
== LibVLC Tutorial ==
 
== LibVLC Tutorial ==
Line 4: Line 5:
 
'' This may work with 0.9 and 1.0 version, you just need to remove exception to get it to work on 1.1''
 
'' This may work with 0.9 and 1.0 version, you just need to remove exception to get it to work on 1.1''
  
Of course, windows binary builds don't come with vlc.h, so you'll need a copy of the source to get them.  See [[LibVLC_Tutorial_086c]] for some instructions on getting the build working.
+
Of course, windows binary builds don't come with vlc.h, so you'll need a copy of the source to get them.  See [[LibVLC Tutorial 086c]] for some instructions on getting the build working.
  
 
=== Linking against LibVLC ===
 
=== Linking against LibVLC ===
Line 12: Line 13:
 
=== Sample LibVLC Code  ===
 
=== Sample LibVLC Code  ===
  
  #include <stdio.h>
+
<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
  #include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;
+
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include &lt;vlc/vlc.h&gt;
+
  #include <stdlib.h>
 +
  #include <vlc/vlc.h>
  
 
  // Uncomment this line if you get a "sleep was not declared in this scope"
 
  // Uncomment this line if you get a "sleep was not declared in this scope"
  // #include &lt;unistd.h&gt;
+
  // #include <unistd.h>
  
 
  static void raise(libvlc_exception_t * ex)
 
  static void raise(libvlc_exception_t * ex)
Line 23: Line 25:
 
     if (libvlc_exception_raised (ex))
 
     if (libvlc_exception_raised (ex))
 
     {
 
     {
           fprintf (stderr, "error:&nbsp;%s\n", libvlc_exception_get_message(ex));
+
           fprintf (stderr, "error: %s\n", libvlc_exception_get_message(ex));
 
           exit (-1);
 
           exit (-1);
 
     }
 
     }
Line 38: Line 40:
 
     libvlc_media_t *m;
 
     libvlc_media_t *m;
 
      
 
      
     libvlc_exception_init (&amp;ex);
+
     libvlc_exception_init (&ex);
 
     /* init vlc modules, should be done only once */
 
     /* init vlc modules, should be done only once */
     inst = libvlc_new (sizeof(vlc_args) / sizeof(vlc_args[0]), vlc_args, &amp;ex);
+
     inst = libvlc_new (sizeof(vlc_args) / sizeof(vlc_args[0]), vlc_args, &ex);
     raise (&amp;ex);
+
     raise (&ex);
 
    
 
    
 
     /* Create a new item */
 
     /* Create a new item */
     m = libvlc_media_new (inst, "http://mycool.movie.com/test.mov", &amp;ex);
+
     m = libvlc_media_new (inst, "http://mycool.movie.com/test.mov", &ex);
     raise (&amp;ex);
+
     raise (&ex);
 
      
 
      
 
     /* XXX: demo art and meta information fetching */
 
     /* XXX: demo art and meta information fetching */
 
      
 
      
 
     /* Create a media player playing environement */
 
     /* Create a media player playing environement */
     mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media (m, &amp;ex);
+
     mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media (m, &ex);
     raise (&amp;ex);
+
     raise (&ex);
 
      
 
      
 
     /* No need to keep the media now */
 
     /* No need to keep the media now */
Line 63: Line 65:
 
       libvlc_drawable_t drawable = hwnd;
 
       libvlc_drawable_t drawable = hwnd;
 
   
 
   
       libvlc_media_player_set_drawable (mp, drawable, &amp;ex);
+
       libvlc_media_player_set_drawable (mp, drawable, &ex);
       raise (&amp;ex);
+
       raise (&ex);
 
  #endif
 
  #endif
 
   
 
   
 
     /* play the media_player */
 
     /* play the media_player */
     libvlc_media_player_play (mp, &amp;ex);
+
     libvlc_media_player_play (mp, &ex);
     raise (&amp;ex);
+
     raise (&ex);
 
      
 
      
 
     sleep (10); /* Let it play a bit */
 
     sleep (10); /* Let it play a bit */
Line 75: Line 77:
 
     /* Stop playing */
 
     /* Stop playing */
 
  #warning There is known deadlock bug here. Please update to LibVLC 1.1!
 
  #warning There is known deadlock bug here. Please update to LibVLC 1.1!
     libvlc_media_player_stop (mp, &amp;ex);
+
     libvlc_media_player_stop (mp, &ex);
 
   
 
   
 
     /* Free the media_player */
 
     /* Free the media_player */
Line 81: Line 83:
 
   
 
   
 
     libvlc_release (inst);
 
     libvlc_release (inst);
     raise (&amp;ex);
+
     raise (&ex);
 
   
 
   
 
     return 0;
 
     return 0;
 
  }
 
  }
 +
</syntaxhighlight>
  
[[Category:LibVLC]]
+
[[Category:libVLC]]

Latest revision as of 09:04, 4 March 2019

This page is obsolete and kept only for historical interest. It may document features that are obsolete, superseded, or irrelevant. Do not rely on the information here being up-to-date.

LibVLC Tutorial

This may work with 0.9 and 1.0 version, you just need to remove exception to get it to work on 1.1

Of course, windows binary builds don't come with vlc.h, so you'll need a copy of the source to get them. See LibVLC Tutorial 086c for some instructions on getting the build working.

Linking against LibVLC

cc example.c -lvlc -o example

Sample LibVLC Code

 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <vlc/vlc.h>

 // Uncomment this line if you get a "sleep was not declared in this scope"
 // #include <unistd.h>

 static void raise(libvlc_exception_t * ex)
 {
     if (libvlc_exception_raised (ex))
     {
          fprintf (stderr, "error: %s\n", libvlc_exception_get_message(ex));
          exit (-1);
     }
 }
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     const char * const vlc_args[] = {
               "-I", "dummy", /* Don't use any interface */
               "--ignore-config", /* Don't use VLC's config */
               "--plugin-path=/set/your/path/to/libvlc/module/if/you/are/on/windows/or/macosx" };
     libvlc_exception_t ex;
     libvlc_instance_t * inst;
     libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
     libvlc_media_t *m;
     
     libvlc_exception_init (&ex);
     /* init vlc modules, should be done only once */
     inst = libvlc_new (sizeof(vlc_args) / sizeof(vlc_args[0]), vlc_args, &ex);
     raise (&ex);
  
     /* Create a new item */
     m = libvlc_media_new (inst, "http://mycool.movie.com/test.mov", &ex);
     raise (&ex);
    
     /* XXX: demo art and meta information fetching */
    
     /* Create a media player playing environement */
     mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media (m, &ex);
     raise (&ex);
     
     /* No need to keep the media now */
     libvlc_media_release (m);
 
 #if 0
     /* This is a non working code that show how to hooks into a window,
      * if we have a window around */
      libvlc_drawable_t drawable = xdrawable;
     /* or on windows */
      libvlc_drawable_t drawable = hwnd;
 
      libvlc_media_player_set_drawable (mp, drawable, &ex);
      raise (&ex);
 #endif
 
     /* play the media_player */
     libvlc_media_player_play (mp, &ex);
     raise (&ex);
    
     sleep (10); /* Let it play a bit */
    
     /* Stop playing */
 #warning There is known deadlock bug here. Please update to LibVLC 1.1!
     libvlc_media_player_stop (mp, &ex);
 
     /* Free the media_player */
     libvlc_media_player_release (mp);
 
     libvlc_release (inst);
     raise (&ex);
 
     return 0;
 }