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== LibVLC Tutorial ==

'' This may work with trunk version, does not work with 0.8.6c ''

Of course, windows binary builds don't come with vlc.h, so you'll need to a copy of the source to get them.  See [[LibVLC_Tutorial_086c]] for some instructions on getting the build working.

=== Linking against LibVLC ===

cc example.c -lvlc -o example

=== Sample LibVLC Code ===

 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <vlc/vlc.h>
 
 static void raise(libvlc_exception_t * ex)
 {
     if (libvlc_exception_raised (ex))
     {
          fprintf (stderr, "error: %s\n", libvlc_exception_get_message(ex));
          exit (-1);
     }
 }
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     const char * const vlc_args[] = {
               "-I", "dummy", /* Don't use any interface */
               "--ignore-config", /* Don't use VLC's config */
               "--plugin-path=/set/your/path/to/libvlc/module/if/you/are/on/windows/or/macosx" };
     libvlc_exception_t ex;
     libvlc_instance_t * inst;
     libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
     libvlc_media_t *m;
     
     libvlc_exception_init (&ex);
     /* init vlc modules, should be done only once */
     inst = libvlc_new (sizeof(vlc_args) / sizeof(vlc_args[0]), vlc_args, &ex);
     raise (&ex);
  
     /* Create a new item */
     m = libvlc_media_new (inst, "http://mycool.movie.com/test.mov", &ex);
     raise (&ex);
    
     /* XXX: demo art and meta information fetching */
    
     /* Create a media player playing environement */
     mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media (m, &ex);
     raise (&ex);
     
     /* No need to keep the media now */
     libvlc_media_release (m);
 
 #if 0
     /* This is a non working code that show how to hooks into a window,
      * if we have a window around */
      libvlc_drawable_t drawable = xdrawable;
     /* or on windows */
      libvlc_drawable_t drawable = hwnd;
 
      libvlc_media_player_set_drawable (mp, drawable, &ex);
      raise (&ex);
 #endif
 
     /* play the media_player */
     libvlc_media_player_play (mp, &ex);
     raise (&ex);
    
     sleep (10); /* Let it play a bit */
    
     /* Stop playing */
     libvlc_media_player_stop (mp, &ex);
 
     /* Free the media_player */
     libvlc_media_player_release (mp);
 
     libvlc_release (inst);
     raise (&ex);
 
     return 0;
 }