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== Using libvlc with Delphi ==

This is a sample code to play media files using libvlc with Delphi (test with Delphi XE2 VCL form, VLC 1.1.11). 

== Form design  ==

Use a simple form with 3 control&nbsp;:&nbsp;Panel1 (TPanel) to display video,&nbsp;btnPlay (TButton) to play media, and&nbsp;btnStop (TButton) to stop playing 

== Full source code  ==
<pre>unit Unit1;
interface

uses
  Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
  Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Vcl.ExtCtrls;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    btnPlay: TButton;
    btnStop: TButton;
    Panel1: TPanel;
    procedure btnPlayClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure btnStopClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
    procedure FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

  plibvlc_instance_t        = type Pointer;
  plibvlc_media_player_t    = type Pointer;
  plibvlc_media_t           = type Pointer;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

var
  libvlc_media_new_path             &nbsp;: function(p_instance&nbsp;: Plibvlc_instance_t; path&nbsp;: PAnsiChar)&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_t; cdecl;
  libvlc_media_new_location         &nbsp;: function(p_instance&nbsp;: plibvlc_instance_t; psz_mrl&nbsp;: PAnsiChar)&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_t; cdecl;
  libvlc_media_player_new_from_media&nbsp;: function(p_media&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_t)&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_player_t; cdecl;
  libvlc_media_player_set_hwnd      &nbsp;: procedure(p_media_player&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_player_t; drawable&nbsp;: Pointer); cdecl;
  libvlc_media_player_play          &nbsp;: procedure(p_media_player&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_player_t); cdecl;
  libvlc_media_player_stop          &nbsp;: procedure(p_media_player&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_player_t); cdecl;
  libvlc_media_player_release       &nbsp;: procedure(p_media_player&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_player_t); cdecl;
  libvlc_media_player_is_playing    &nbsp;: function(p_media_player&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_player_t)&nbsp;: Integer; cdecl;
  libvlc_media_release              &nbsp;: procedure(p_media&nbsp;: Plibvlc_media_t); cdecl;
  libvlc_new                        &nbsp;: function(argc&nbsp;: Integer; argv&nbsp;: PAnsiChar)&nbsp;: Plibvlc_instance_t; cdecl;
  libvlc_release                    &nbsp;: procedure(p_instance&nbsp;: Plibvlc_instance_t); cdecl;

  vlcLib: integer;
  vlcInstance: plibvlc_instance_t;
  vlcMedia: plibvlc_media_t;
  vlcMediaPlayer: plibvlc_media_player_t;

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Read registry to get VLC installation path
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetVLCLibPath: String;
var
  Handle: HKEY;
  RegType: Integer;
  DataSize: Cardinal;
  Key: PWideChar;
begin
  Result&nbsp;:= '';
  Key&nbsp;:= 'Software\VideoLAN\VLC';
  if RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Key, 0, KEY_READ, Handle) = ERROR_SUCCESS then
  begin
    if RegQueryValueEx(Handle, 'InstallDir', nil, @RegType, nil, @DataSize) = ERROR_SUCCESS then
    begin
      SetLength(Result, DataSize);
      RegQueryValueEx(Handle, 'InstallDir', nil, @RegType, PByte(@Result[1]), @DataSize);
      Result[DataSize]&nbsp;:= '\';
    end
    else Showmessage('Error on reading registry');
    RegCloseKey(Handle);
    Result&nbsp;:= String(PChar(Result));
  end;
end;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Load libvlc library into memory
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function LoadVLCLibrary(APath: string): integer;
begin
  Result&nbsp;:= LoadLibrary(PWideChar(APath + '\libvlccore.dll'));
  Result&nbsp;:= LoadLibrary(PWideChar(APath + '\libvlc.dll'));
end;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetAProcAddress(handle: integer; var addr: Pointer; procName: string; failedList: TStringList): integer;
begin
  addr&nbsp;:= GetProcAddress(handle, PWideChar(procName));
  if Assigned(addr) then Result&nbsp;:= 0
  else begin
    if Assigned(failedList) then failedList.Add(procName);
    Result&nbsp;:= -1;
  end;
end;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Get address of libvlc functions
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function LoadVLCFunctions(vlcHandle: integer; failedList: TStringList): Boolean;
begin
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_new, 'libvlc_new', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_new_location, 'libvlc_media_new_location', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_player_new_from_media, 'libvlc_media_player_new_from_media', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_release, 'libvlc_media_release', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_player_set_hwnd, 'libvlc_media_player_set_hwnd', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_player_play, 'libvlc_media_player_play', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_player_stop, 'libvlc_media_player_stop', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_player_release, 'libvlc_media_player_release', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_release, 'libvlc_release', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_player_is_playing, 'libvlc_media_player_is_playing', failedList);
  GetAProcAddress(vlcHandle, @libvlc_media_new_path, 'libvlc_media_new_path', failedList);
  // if all functions loaded, result is an empty list, otherwise result is a list of functions failed
  Result&nbsp;:= failedList.Count = 0;
end;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
procedure TForm1.btnPlayClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  // create new vlc instance
  vlcInstance&nbsp;:= libvlc_new(0, nil);

  // create new vlc media from file
  vlcMedia&nbsp;:= libvlc_media_new_path(vlcInstance, 'e:\udp\239.10.10.9.ts');

  // if you want to play from network, use libvlc_media_new_location instead
  // vlcMedia&nbsp;:= libvlc_media_new_location(vlcInstance, 'udp://@225.2.1.27:5127');

  // create new vlc media player
  vlcMediaPlayer&nbsp;:= libvlc_media_player_new_from_media(vlcMedia);

  // now no need the vlc media, free it
  libvlc_media_release(vlcMedia);

  // play video in a TPanel, if not call this routine, vlc media will open a new window
  libvlc_media_player_set_hwnd(vlcMediaPlayer, Pointer(Panel1.Handle));

  // play media
  libvlc_media_player_play(vlcMediaPlayer);
end;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
procedure TForm1.btnStopClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if not Assigned(vlcMediaPlayer) then begin
    Showmessage('Not playing');
    Exit;
  end;

  // stop vlc media player
  libvlc_media_player_stop(vlcMediaPlayer);
  // and wait until it completely stops
  while libvlc_media_player_is_playing(vlcMediaPlayer) = 1 do begin
    Sleep(100);
  end;
  // release vlc media player
  libvlc_media_player_release(vlcMediaPlayer);
  vlcMediaPlayer&nbsp;:= nil;

  // release vlc instance
  libvlc_release(vlcInstance);
end;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
procedure TForm1.FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
begin
  // unload vlc library
  FreeLibrary(vlclib);
end;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var sL: TStringList;
begin
  // load vlc library
  vlclib&nbsp;:= LoadVLCLibrary(GetVLCLibPath());
  if vlclib = 0 then begin
    Showmessage('Load vlc library failed');
    Exit;
  end;

  // sL will contains list of functions fail to load
  sL&nbsp;:= TStringList.Create;
  if not LoadVLCFunctions(vlclib, sL) then begin
    Showmessage('Some functions failed to load&nbsp;: ' + #13#10 + sL.Text);
    FreeLibrary(vlclib);
    sL.Free;
    Exit;
  end;
  sL.Free;
end;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
end.

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