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{{Example code|for=libVLC|l=WTFPL}}
 
==Rendering into a custom surface==
 
==Rendering into a custom surface==
 
This sample code will render a video into an SDL surface.
 
This sample code will render a video into an SDL surface.
  
 
'''It requires LibVLC 1.1.1 or later.'''
 
'''It requires LibVLC 1.1.1 or later.'''
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See [[#Older_API|below]] for older versions.
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Below is a version with [[#SDL_2.0|SDL 2.0]] and one with [[#Older_API|older LibVLC API]].
  
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<pre>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
 
/* libSDL and libVLC sample code
 
/* libSDL and libVLC sample code
 
  * Copyright © 2008 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
 
  * Copyright © 2008 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
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     char const *vlc_argv[] =
 
     char const *vlc_argv[] =
 
     {
 
     {
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        "--no-audio", /* skip any audio track */
 
         "--no-xlib", /* tell VLC to not use Xlib */
 
         "--no-xlib", /* tell VLC to not use Xlib */
 
     };
 
     };
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     SDL_Quit();
 
     SDL_Quit();
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    return 0;
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}
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</syntaxhighlight>
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===SDL 2.0===
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This version works with [[LibVLC]] 1.1.1 or later and SDL 2.0.
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<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
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// libSDL and libVLC sample code.
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// License: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL WTFPL]
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdint.h>
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#include <math.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <assert.h>
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#include "SDL/SDL.h"
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#include "SDL/SDL_mutex.h"
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#include "vlc/vlc.h"
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 +
#define WIDTH 640
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#define HEIGHT 480
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#define VIDEOWIDTH 320
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#define VIDEOHEIGHT 240
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struct context {
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    SDL_Renderer *renderer;
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    SDL_Texture *texture;
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    SDL_mutex *mutex;
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    int n;
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};
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// VLC prepares to render a video frame.
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static void *lock(void *data, void **p_pixels) {
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 +
    struct context *c = (context *)data;
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 +
    int pitch;
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    SDL_LockMutex(c->mutex);
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    SDL_LockTexture(c->texture, NULL, p_pixels, &pitch);
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 +
    return NULL; // Picture identifier, not needed here.
 +
}
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// VLC just rendered a video frame.
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static void unlock(void *data, void *id, void *const *p_pixels) {
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    struct context *c = (context *)data;
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    uint16_t *pixels = (uint16_t *)*p_pixels;
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 +
    // We can also render stuff.
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    int x, y;
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    for(y = 10; y < 40; y++) {
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        for(x = 10; x < 40; x++) {
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            if(x < 13 || y < 13 || x > 36 || y > 36) {
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                pixels[y * VIDEOWIDTH + x] = 0xffff;
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            } else {
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                // RV16 = 5+6+5 pixels per color, BGR.
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                pixels[y * VIDEOWIDTH + x] = 0x02ff;
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            }
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        }
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    }
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    SDL_UnlockTexture(c->texture);
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    SDL_UnlockMutex(c->mutex);
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}
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// VLC wants to display a video frame.
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static void display(void *data, void *id) {
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    struct context *c = (context *)data;
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    SDL_Rect rect;
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    rect.w = VIDEOWIDTH;
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    rect.h = VIDEOHEIGHT;
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    rect.x = (int)((1. + .5 * sin(0.03 * c->n)) * (WIDTH - VIDEOWIDTH) / 2);
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    rect.y = (int)((1. + .5 * cos(0.03 * c->n)) * (HEIGHT - VIDEOHEIGHT) / 2);
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    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(c->renderer, 0, 80, 0, 255);
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    SDL_RenderClear(c->renderer);
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    SDL_RenderCopy(c->renderer, c->texture, NULL, &rect);
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    SDL_RenderPresent(c->renderer);
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}
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static void quit(int c) {
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    SDL_Quit();
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    exit(c);
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}
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int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
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    libvlc_instance_t *libvlc;
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    libvlc_media_t *m;
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    libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
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    char const *vlc_argv[] = {
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        "--no-audio", // Don't play audio.
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        "--no-xlib", // Don't use Xlib.
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        // Apply a video filter.
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        //"--video-filter", "sepia",
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        //"--sepia-intensity=200"
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    };
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    int vlc_argc = sizeof(vlc_argv) / sizeof(*vlc_argv);
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    SDL_Event event;
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    int done = 0, action = 0, pause = 0, n = 0;
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    struct context context;
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    if(argc < 2) {
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        printf("Usage: %s <filename>\n", argv[0]);
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        return EXIT_FAILURE;
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    }
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    // Initialise libSDL.
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    if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
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        printf("Could not initialize SDL: %s.\n", SDL_GetError());
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        return EXIT_FAILURE;
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    }
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    // Create SDL graphics objects.
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    SDL_Window * window = SDL_CreateWindow(
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            "Fartplayer",
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            SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
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            SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
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            WIDTH, HEIGHT,
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            SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN|SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
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    if (!window) {
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        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
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        quit(3);
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    }
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    context.renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, -1, 0);
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    if (!context.renderer) {
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        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create renderer: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
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        quit(4);
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    }
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    context.texture = SDL_CreateTexture(
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            context.renderer,
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            SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR565, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STREAMING,
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            VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT);
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    if (!context.texture) {
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        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create texture: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
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        quit(5);
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    }
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    context.mutex = SDL_CreateMutex();
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    // If you don't have this variable set you must have plugins directory
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    // with the executable or libvlc_new() will not work!
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    printf("VLC_PLUGIN_PATH=%s\n", getenv("VLC_PLUGIN_PATH"));
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    // Initialise libVLC.
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    libvlc = libvlc_new(vlc_argc, vlc_argv);
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    if(NULL == libvlc) {
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        printf("LibVLC initialization failure.\n");
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        return EXIT_FAILURE;
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    }
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    m = libvlc_media_new_path(libvlc, argv[1]);
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    mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media(m);
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    libvlc_media_release(m);
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    libvlc_video_set_callbacks(mp, lock, unlock, display, &context);
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    libvlc_video_set_format(mp, "RV16", VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT, VIDEOWIDTH*2);
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    libvlc_media_player_play(mp);
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    // Main loop.
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    while(!done) {
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        action = 0;
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        // Keys: enter (fullscreen), space (pause), escape (quit).
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        while( SDL_PollEvent( &event )) {
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            switch(event.type) {
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                case SDL_QUIT:
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                    done = 1;
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                    break;
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                case SDL_KEYDOWN:
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                    action = event.key.keysym.sym;
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                    break;
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            }
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        }
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        switch(action) {
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            case SDLK_ESCAPE:
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            case SDLK_q:
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                done = 1;
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                break;
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            case ' ':
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                printf("Pause toggle.\n");
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                pause = !pause;
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                break;
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        }
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        if(!pause) { context.n++; }
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        SDL_Delay(1000/10);
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    }
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    // Stop stream and clean up libVLC.
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    libvlc_media_player_stop(mp);
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    libvlc_media_player_release(mp);
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    libvlc_release(libvlc);
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    // Close window and clean up libSDL.
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    SDL_DestroyMutex(context.mutex);
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    SDL_DestroyRenderer(context.renderer);
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    quit(0);
  
 
     return 0;
 
     return 0;
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     return 0;
 
     return 0;
 
}
 
}
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</pre>
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</syntaxhighlight>
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[[Category:LibVLC]]

Latest revision as of 22:10, 16 March 2019

This page contains example code for libVLC.
This code is licensed under the WTFPL. You may use it however you like.

Rendering into a custom surface

This sample code will render a video into an SDL surface.

It requires LibVLC 1.1.1 or later. Below is a version with SDL 2.0 and one with older LibVLC API. 

/* libSDL and libVLC sample code
 * Copyright © 2008 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
 * license: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL WTFPL] */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <assert.h>

#include <SDL/SDL.h>
#include <SDL/SDL_mutex.h>

#include <vlc/vlc.h>

#define WIDTH 640
#define HEIGHT 480

#define VIDEOWIDTH 320
#define VIDEOHEIGHT 240

struct ctx
{
    SDL_Surface *surf;
    SDL_mutex *mutex;
};

static void *lock(void *data, void **p_pixels)
{
    struct ctx *ctx = data;

    SDL_LockMutex(ctx->mutex);
    SDL_LockSurface(ctx->surf);
    *p_pixels = ctx->surf->pixels;
    return NULL; /* picture identifier, not needed here */
}

static void unlock(void *data, void *id, void *const *p_pixels)
{
    struct ctx *ctx = data;

    /* VLC just rendered the video, but we can also render stuff */
    uint16_t *pixels = *p_pixels;
    int x, y;

    for(y = 10; y < 40; y++)
        for(x = 10; x < 40; x++)
            if(x < 13 || y < 13 || x > 36 || y > 36)
                pixels[y * VIDEOWIDTH + x] = 0xffff;
            else
                pixels[y * VIDEOWIDTH + x] = 0x0;

    SDL_UnlockSurface(ctx->surf);
    SDL_UnlockMutex(ctx->mutex);

    assert(id == NULL); /* picture identifier, not needed here */
}

static void display(void *data, void *id)
{
    /* VLC wants to display the video */
    (void) data;
    assert(id == NULL);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    libvlc_instance_t *libvlc;
    libvlc_media_t *m;
    libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
    char const *vlc_argv[] =
    {
        "--no-audio", /* skip any audio track */
        "--no-xlib", /* tell VLC to not use Xlib */
    };
    int vlc_argc = sizeof(vlc_argv) / sizeof(*vlc_argv);

    SDL_Surface *screen, *empty;
    SDL_Event event;
    SDL_Rect rect;
    int done = 0, action = 0, pause = 0, n = 0;

    struct ctx ctx;

    if(argc < 2)
    {
        printf("Usage: %s <filename>\n", argv[0]);
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    /*
     *  Initialise libSDL
     */
    if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_EVENTTHREAD) == -1)
    {
        printf("cannot initialize SDL\n");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    empty = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT,
                                 32, 0, 0, 0, 0);
    ctx.surf = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT,
                                    16, 0x001f, 0x07e0, 0xf800, 0);

    ctx.mutex = SDL_CreateMutex();

    int options = SDL_ANYFORMAT | SDL_HWSURFACE | SDL_DOUBLEBUF;

    screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0, options);
    if(!screen)
    {
        printf("cannot set video mode\n");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    /*
     *  Initialise libVLC
     */
    libvlc = libvlc_new(vlc_argc, vlc_argv);
    m = libvlc_media_new_path(libvlc, argv[1]);
    mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media(m);
    libvlc_media_release(m);

    libvlc_video_set_callbacks(mp, lock, unlock, display, &ctx);
    libvlc_video_set_format(mp, "RV16", VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT, VIDEOWIDTH*2);
    libvlc_media_player_play(mp);

    /*
     *  Main loop
     */
    rect.w = 0;
    rect.h = 0;

    while(!done)
    { 
        action = 0;

        /* Keys: enter (fullscreen), space (pause), escape (quit) */
        while( SDL_PollEvent( &event ) ) 
        { 
            switch(event.type)
            {
            case SDL_QUIT:
                done = 1;
                break;
            case SDL_KEYDOWN:
                action = event.key.keysym.sym;
                break;
            }
        }

        switch(action)
        {
        case SDLK_ESCAPE:
            done = 1;
            break;
        case SDLK_RETURN:
            options ^= SDL_FULLSCREEN;
            screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0, options);
            break;
        case ' ':
            pause = !pause;
            break;
        }

        rect.x = (int)((1. + .5 * sin(0.03 * n)) * (WIDTH - VIDEOWIDTH) / 2);
        rect.y = (int)((1. + .5 * cos(0.03 * n)) * (HEIGHT - VIDEOHEIGHT) / 2);

        if(!pause)
            n++;

        /* Blitting the surface does not prevent it from being locked and
         * written to by another thread, so we use this additional mutex. */
        SDL_LockMutex(ctx.mutex);
        SDL_BlitSurface(ctx.surf, NULL, screen, &rect);
        SDL_UnlockMutex(ctx.mutex);

        SDL_Flip(screen);
        SDL_Delay(10);

        SDL_BlitSurface(empty, NULL, screen, &rect);
    }

    /*
     * Stop stream and clean up libVLC
     */
    libvlc_media_player_stop(mp);
    libvlc_media_player_release(mp);
    libvlc_release(libvlc);

    /*
     * Close window and clean up libSDL
     */
    SDL_DestroyMutex(ctx.mutex);
    SDL_FreeSurface(ctx.surf);
    SDL_FreeSurface(empty);

    SDL_Quit();

    return 0;
}

SDL 2.0

This version works with LibVLC 1.1.1 or later and SDL 2.0. 

// libSDL and libVLC sample code.
// License: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL WTFPL]

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <assert.h>

#include "SDL/SDL.h"
#include "SDL/SDL_mutex.h"

#include "vlc/vlc.h"

#define WIDTH 640
#define HEIGHT 480

#define VIDEOWIDTH 320
#define VIDEOHEIGHT 240

struct context {
    SDL_Renderer *renderer;
    SDL_Texture *texture;
    SDL_mutex *mutex;
    int n;
};

// VLC prepares to render a video frame.
static void *lock(void *data, void **p_pixels) {

    struct context *c = (context *)data;

    int pitch;
    SDL_LockMutex(c->mutex);
    SDL_LockTexture(c->texture, NULL, p_pixels, &pitch);

    return NULL; // Picture identifier, not needed here.
}

// VLC just rendered a video frame.
static void unlock(void *data, void *id, void *const *p_pixels) {

    struct context *c = (context *)data;

    uint16_t *pixels = (uint16_t *)*p_pixels;

    // We can also render stuff.
    int x, y;
    for(y = 10; y < 40; y++) {
        for(x = 10; x < 40; x++) {
            if(x < 13 || y < 13 || x > 36 || y > 36) {
                pixels[y * VIDEOWIDTH + x] = 0xffff;
            } else {
                // RV16 = 5+6+5 pixels per color, BGR.
                pixels[y * VIDEOWIDTH + x] = 0x02ff;
            }
        }
    }

    SDL_UnlockTexture(c->texture);
    SDL_UnlockMutex(c->mutex);
}

// VLC wants to display a video frame.
static void display(void *data, void *id) {

    struct context *c = (context *)data;

    SDL_Rect rect;
    rect.w = VIDEOWIDTH;
    rect.h = VIDEOHEIGHT;
    rect.x = (int)((1. + .5 * sin(0.03 * c->n)) * (WIDTH - VIDEOWIDTH) / 2);
    rect.y = (int)((1. + .5 * cos(0.03 * c->n)) * (HEIGHT - VIDEOHEIGHT) / 2);

    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(c->renderer, 0, 80, 0, 255);
    SDL_RenderClear(c->renderer);
    SDL_RenderCopy(c->renderer, c->texture, NULL, &rect);
    SDL_RenderPresent(c->renderer);
}

static void quit(int c) {
    SDL_Quit();
    exit(c);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

    libvlc_instance_t *libvlc;
    libvlc_media_t *m;
    libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
    char const *vlc_argv[] = {

        "--no-audio", // Don't play audio.
        "--no-xlib", // Don't use Xlib.

        // Apply a video filter.
        //"--video-filter", "sepia",
        //"--sepia-intensity=200"
    };
    int vlc_argc = sizeof(vlc_argv) / sizeof(*vlc_argv);

    SDL_Event event;
    int done = 0, action = 0, pause = 0, n = 0;

    struct context context;

    if(argc < 2) {
        printf("Usage: %s <filename>\n", argv[0]);
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    // Initialise libSDL.
    if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
        printf("Could not initialize SDL: %s.\n", SDL_GetError());
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    // Create SDL graphics objects.
    SDL_Window * window = SDL_CreateWindow(
            "Fartplayer",
            SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
            SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
            WIDTH, HEIGHT,
            SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN|SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
    if (!window) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        quit(3);
    }

    context.renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, -1, 0);
    if (!context.renderer) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create renderer: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        quit(4);
    }

    context.texture = SDL_CreateTexture(
            context.renderer,
            SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR565, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STREAMING,
            VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT);
    if (!context.texture) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create texture: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        quit(5);
    }

    context.mutex = SDL_CreateMutex();

    // If you don't have this variable set you must have plugins directory
    // with the executable or libvlc_new() will not work!
    printf("VLC_PLUGIN_PATH=%s\n", getenv("VLC_PLUGIN_PATH"));

    // Initialise libVLC.
    libvlc = libvlc_new(vlc_argc, vlc_argv);
    if(NULL == libvlc) {
        printf("LibVLC initialization failure.\n");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    m = libvlc_media_new_path(libvlc, argv[1]);
    mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media(m);
    libvlc_media_release(m);

    libvlc_video_set_callbacks(mp, lock, unlock, display, &context);
    libvlc_video_set_format(mp, "RV16", VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT, VIDEOWIDTH*2);
    libvlc_media_player_play(mp);

    // Main loop.
    while(!done) {

        action = 0;

        // Keys: enter (fullscreen), space (pause), escape (quit).
        while( SDL_PollEvent( &event )) {

            switch(event.type) {
                case SDL_QUIT:
                    done = 1;
                    break;
                case SDL_KEYDOWN:
                    action = event.key.keysym.sym;
                    break;
            }
        }

        switch(action) {
            case SDLK_ESCAPE:
            case SDLK_q:
                done = 1;
                break;
            case ' ':
                printf("Pause toggle.\n");
                pause = !pause;
                break;
        }

        if(!pause) { context.n++; }

        SDL_Delay(1000/10);
    }

    // Stop stream and clean up libVLC.
    libvlc_media_player_stop(mp);
    libvlc_media_player_release(mp);
    libvlc_release(libvlc);

    // Close window and clean up libSDL.
    SDL_DestroyMutex(context.mutex);
    SDL_DestroyRenderer(context.renderer);

    quit(0);

    return 0;
}
</pre>

===Older API===

This code was used for LibVLC 0.9.x and 1.0.x.

<pre>
/* libSDL and libVLC sample code
 * Copyright © 2008 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
 * license: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL WTFPL] */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <SDL.h>
#include <SDL_mutex.h>

#include <vlc/vlc.h>

#define WIDTH 640
#define HEIGHT 480

#define VIDEOWIDTH 320
#define VIDEOHEIGHT 240

struct ctx
{
    SDL_Surface *surf;
    SDL_mutex *mutex;
};

static void catch (libvlc_exception_t *ex)
{
    if(libvlc_exception_raised(ex))
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "exception: %s\n", libvlc_exception_get_message(ex));
        exit(1);
    }

    libvlc_exception_clear(ex);
}

#ifdef VLC09X
static void * lock(struct ctx *ctx)
{
    SDL_LockMutex(ctx->mutex);
    SDL_LockSurface(ctx->surf);
    return ctx->surf->pixels;
}
#else
static void lock(struct ctx *ctx, void **pp_ret)
{
    SDL_LockMutex(ctx->mutex);
    SDL_LockSurface(ctx->surf);
    *pp_ret = ctx->surf->pixels;
}
#endif



static void unlock(struct ctx *ctx)
{
    /* VLC just rendered the video, but we can also render stuff */
    uint16_t *pixels = (uint16_t *)ctx->surf->pixels;
    int x, y;

    for(y = 10; y < 40; y++)
        for(x = 10; x < 40; x++)
            if(x < 13 || y < 13 || x > 36 || y > 36)
                pixels[y * VIDEOWIDTH + x] = 0xffff;
            else
                pixels[y * VIDEOWIDTH + x] = 0x0;

    SDL_UnlockSurface(ctx->surf);
    SDL_UnlockMutex(ctx->mutex);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char clock[64], cunlock[64], cdata[64];
    char width[32], height[32], pitch[32];
    libvlc_exception_t ex;
    libvlc_instance_t *libvlc;
    libvlc_media_t *m;
    libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
    char const *vlc_argv[] =
    {
        "-q",
        //"-vvvvv",
        "--plugin-path", VLC_TREE "/modules",
        "--ignore-config", /* Don't use VLC's config files */
        "--noaudio",
        "--vout", "vmem",
        "--vmem-width", width,
        "--vmem-height", height,
        "--vmem-pitch", pitch,
        "--vmem-chroma", "RV16",
        "--vmem-lock", clock,
        "--vmem-unlock", cunlock,
        "--vmem-data", cdata,
    };
    int vlc_argc = sizeof(vlc_argv) / sizeof(*vlc_argv);

    SDL_Surface *screen, *empty;
    SDL_Event event;
    SDL_Rect rect;
    int done = 0, action = 0, pause = 0, n = 0;

    struct ctx ctx;

    /*
     *  Initialise libSDL
     */
    if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_EVENTTHREAD) == -1)
    {
        printf("cannot initialize SDL\n");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    empty = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT,
                                 32, 0, 0, 0, 0);
    ctx.surf = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, VIDEOWIDTH, VIDEOHEIGHT,
                                    16, 0x001f, 0x07e0, 0xf800, 0);

    ctx.mutex = SDL_CreateMutex();

    int options = SDL_ANYFORMAT | SDL_HWSURFACE | SDL_DOUBLEBUF;

    screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0, options);
    if(!screen)
    {
        printf("cannot set video mode\n");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    /*
     *  Initialise libVLC
     */
    sprintf(clock, "%lld", (long long int)(intptr_t)lock);
    sprintf(cunlock, "%lld", (long long int)(intptr_t)unlock);
    sprintf(cdata, "%lld", (long long int)(intptr_t)&ctx);
    sprintf(width, "%i", VIDEOWIDTH);
    sprintf(height, "%i", VIDEOHEIGHT);
    sprintf(pitch, "%i", VIDEOWIDTH * 2);

    if(argc < 2)
    {
        printf("too few arguments (MRL needed)\n");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    libvlc_exception_init(&ex);
    libvlc = libvlc_new(vlc_argc, vlc_argv, &ex);
    catch(&ex);
    m = libvlc_media_new(libvlc, argv[1], &ex);
    catch(&ex);
    mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media(m, &ex);
    catch(&ex);
    libvlc_media_release(m);

    libvlc_media_player_play(mp, &ex);
    catch(&ex);

    /*
     *  Main loop
     */
    rect.w = 0;
    rect.h = 0;

    while(!done)
    { 
        action = 0;

        /* Keys: enter (fullscreen), space (pause), escape (quit) */
        while( SDL_PollEvent( &event ) ) 
        { 
            switch(event.type)
            {
            case SDL_QUIT:
                done = 1;
                break;
            case SDL_KEYDOWN:
                action = event.key.keysym.sym;
                break;
            }
        }

        switch(action)
        {
        case SDLK_ESCAPE:
            done = 1;
            break;
        case SDLK_RETURN:
            options ^= SDL_FULLSCREEN;
            screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0, options);
            break;
        case ' ':
            pause = !pause;
            break;
        }

        rect.x = (int)((1. + .5 * sin(0.03 * n)) * (WIDTH - VIDEOWIDTH) / 2);
        rect.y = (int)((1. + .5 * cos(0.03 * n)) * (HEIGHT - VIDEOHEIGHT) / 2);

        if(!pause)
            n++;

        /* Blitting the surface does not prevent it from being locked and
         * written to by another thread, so we use this additional mutex. */
        SDL_LockMutex(ctx.mutex);
        SDL_BlitSurface(ctx.surf, NULL, screen, &rect);
        SDL_UnlockMutex(ctx.mutex);

        SDL_Flip(screen);
        SDL_Delay(10);

        SDL_BlitSurface(empty, NULL, screen, &rect);
    }

    /*
     * Stop stream and clean up libVLC
     */
    libvlc_media_player_stop(mp, &ex);
    catch(&ex);

    libvlc_media_player_release(mp);
    libvlc_release(libvlc);

    /*
     * Close window and clean up libSDL
     */
    SDL_DestroyMutex(ctx.mutex);
    SDL_FreeSurface(ctx.surf);
    SDL_FreeSurface(empty);

    SDL_Quit();

    return 0;
}
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