libVLC

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

Tutorials

Here are three different tutorials on libVLC:

• Visual C++ Tutorial (uses "old" legacy API)
• Tutorial for version 0.8.6c
• Tutorial for trunk version

Sample Code

• Generate thumbnails using LibVLC
• Use LibVLC in an SDL application

Documentation

• The documentation on the external API is here: ExternalAPI

This applies to current trunk version:

• 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.
• 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.