libVLC

One can embed libVLC (VLC SDK) media framework into an application to get multimedias capabilities.

One should be able to have the same level of features than VLC media player since VLC is based on libVLC.

libVLC is already used by several applications, see who uses libVLC?

Documentation

Please refer to the Doxygen documentation, which is the reference documentation. Make sure that the documentation matches the LibVLC version (if not, you can build it from the source code).

Some further topics are covered here:

• 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.
• Generate a .lib for using libVLC on Windows (before libVLC 2.1.0)

Examples

Playback

• Current version (1.1.x and later)
• Gtk Player: doc/libvlc/gtk_player.c
• Qt Player: doc/libvlc/QtPlayer
• WxWidgets Player: doc/libvlc/wx_player.cpp

Rendering and streaming

• Use LibVLC in an SDL application
• Stream into a memory zone
• Generate thumbnails using LibVLC: doc/libvlc/vlc-thumb.c
• Quick DVD ripper: doc/libvlc/libvlc_DVD_ripper.c

More complex examples

• MediaInfo clone
• Cheese clone

Outdated samples

• Versions 0.9.x and 1.0.x
• Version 0.8.6
• Visual C++ (uses "old" legacy API)
• VCL component for Delphi (out-of-date)

Language & platforms bindings

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

• C++, using the C library
• The Web plugin for ActiveX (e.g. MSIE) and NPAPI (e.g. Firefox)
• Objective-C for iOS and Mac OS
• Python
• Phonon (Qt/KDE) in C++]
• VLCj Java binding
• libVLC android Java
• GO
• Qt bindings - VLC-Qt
• wxWidgets MediaCtrl backend also in C++
• Using libvlc with Delphi
• Pascal/Delphi
• .Net / CIL
• ActiveX with the built-in VLC browser plugin for MSIE (obsolete)