VideoLan DotNet

VideoLan DotNet provides the audio/video playback capabilities of the VLC Media Player inside .NET. It's available for Windows Forms, WPF and Silverlight 5.

Some of the defining characteristics are:

• Full extent VLC Media Player features inside .NET
• Ease of use
• Modularity
• Extensibility

You can see a full overview of VLC Media Player features over on the [VLC site] 1.

Version

A new version is being developed (a total rework). Please be patient.

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Usage

To start using Vlc.DotNet in your project you need to set the VlcContext LibVlcDllsPath and LibVlcPluginsPath paths to:

• If you have VLC installed on your machine, use the default paths found in the CommonStrings class
• If you don't have VLC installed on your machine, you need the libvlc.dll, libvlccore.dll and vlc.exe executables. Set the properties to their physical locations on your hard drive.

Note: To use the WPF control you need to have >= 1.2 VLC libraries.

Examples

You can view our full #documentation, on our [site] (https://rexgrammer.github.io/Vlc.DotNet/doc/index.html)

Here you can find usage examples of the VLC Player control.

###Windows Forms:

You must first initialize the VlcContext before using the VlcControl in your forms. You can use the VlcControl by designer or by code. Close the VlcContext when the application closes.

[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
 
    //Set libvlc.dll and libvlccore.dll directory path
    VlcContext.LibVlcDllsPath = CommonStrings.LIBVLC_DLLS_PATH_DEFAULT_VALUE_AMD64;
    //Set the vlc plugins directory path
    VlcContext.LibVlcPluginsPath = CommonStrings.PLUGINS_PATH_DEFAULT_VALUE_AMD64;
 
    //Set the startup options
    VlcContext.StartupOptions.IgnoreConfig = true;
    VlcContext.StartupOptions.LogOptions.LogInFile = true;
    VlcContext.StartupOptions.LogOptions.ShowLoggerConsole = true;
    VlcContext.StartupOptions.LogOptions.Verbosity = VlcLogVerbosities.Debug;
 
    //Initialize the VlcContext
    VlcContext.Initialize();
 
    Application.Run(new Form1());
 
    //Close the VlcContext
    VlcContext.CloseAll();
}

###WPF:

Before loading the control in XAML you must first initialize the VlcContext:

//Set libvlc.dll and libvlccore.dll directory path
VlcContext.LibVlcDllsPath = CommonStrings.LIBVLC_DLLS_PATH_DEFAULT_VALUE_AMD64;
//Set the vlc plugins directory path
VlcContext.LibVlcPluginsPath = CommonStrings.PLUGINS_PATH_DEFAULT_VALUE_AMD64;
 
//Set the startup options
VlcContext.StartupOptions.IgnoreConfig = true;
VlcContext.StartupOptions.LogOptions.LogInFile = true;
VlcContext.StartupOptions.LogOptions.ShowLoggerConsole = true;
VlcContext.StartupOptions.LogOptions.Verbosity = VlcLogVerbosities.Debug;
 
//Initialize the VlcContext
VlcContext.Initialize();

An example of using the VlcControl in XAML:

<Wpf:VlcControl x:Name="myVlcControl" />
 
<Grid Grid.Row="0">
     <Grid.Background>
         <VisualBrush Stretch="Uniform">
             <VisualBrush.Visual>
                 <Image Source="{Binding ElementName=myVlcControl, Path=VideoSource}" />
             </VisualBrush.Visual>
         </VisualBrush >
    </Grid.Background>
</Grid>

When you're finished with the control (typically when the application closes), close the VlcContext:

VlcContext.CloseAll();

Participation

• If you're good at documenting, you can help us write better documentation and make the awesome project even more awesome!

• If you like writing, you can write articles, blog posts or any other form of content about the project. Be sure to send us an e-mail so we can promote your post!

• If you like testing stuff you can test Vlc.DotNet and report any bugs and misbehaviours found through the GitHub Issues interface.

• If you have a means to promote or feature Vlc.DotNet on your website/blog/anything please feel free to send us an e-mail for more info and material.

• If you have an improvement or a new feature that you can implement fork the project, implement/improve it and submit a pull request!

Typos And Grammatical Errors

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License

MIT