libVLC

You can embed libVLC into your application to gain audio/video playing features.

Tutorials

• Current version (1.1.x)
• Versions 0.9.x and 1.0.x
• Version 0.8.6
• Visual C++ (uses "old" legacy API)

Related

• Who uses LibVLC?

Sample Code

• Generate thumbnails using LibVLC
• Use LibVLC in an SDL application
• Use LibVLC in an Qt application
• Generate a .lib for using libVLC on Windows

Bindings

• wxWidgets MediaCtrl backend[c++]
• On Mac OS X there you can use libvlc through some Objective-C class using the Mac OS X Framework.
• Currently it exists Java, Python and .NET bindings around LibVLC.

Documentation

• The documentation on the external API is here: ExternalAPI
• LibVLC Memory Management explained. It covers the basics on the _new(), _retain(), _release().
• LibVLC Media List Management explained. It covers the basics on how to set up a list of media or a playlist.
• libvlc doxygen documentation. Generated documentation from source code