libVLC

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

Documentation

• Reference Doxygen documentation
• LibVLC Memory Management explained: covers the basics on the _new(), _retain(), _release().
• LibVLC Media List Management explained: covers the basics on settubg up a playlist.
• The documentation on the external API is here: ExternalAPI

Examples

Playback

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

Rendering

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

Language bindings

LibVLC is a C library. It has bindings to the following other languages and frameworks:

• C++,
• Python,
• Phonon (Qt4/KDE) in C++,
• wxWidgets MediaCtrl backend also in C++,
• Objective C: see Mac OS X Framework,
• Java: VLCJ,
• Pascal/Delphi,
• several unofficial .NET bindings and ActiveX.

Related

• Who uses LibVLC?
• Generate a .lib for using libVLC on Windows