Mplayer Events and Functions

The MPlayer object has several events, functions, and properties.

int handle = (int)this.Handle; 
           
MPlayer play = new MPlayer(handle, MplayerBackends.Direct3D, @"\\path\to\mplayer.exe");

If we have the play object above the following events and functions are available.

Events

• CurrentPosition - Event is raised when the files time position changes
• VideoExited - Event is raised when the end of file is reached. Also works with audio files.

Functions

• MPlayer(int wid, MplayerBackends backend) - Initialize MPlayer object
  • wid - handle of gui object that video will play on
• MPlayer(int wid, MplayerBackends backend, string mplayerPath) - Initialize MPlayer object
  • wid - handle of gui object that video will play on
• MPlayer(int wid, MplayerBackends backend, string mplayerPath, bool loadMplayer) - Initialize MPlayer object
  • loadMplayer - Load mplayer.exe immediately in the background.
• int CurrentPlayingFileLength() - Retrieves the number of seconds of the current playing video.
• int GetCurrentPosition() - Get the current position in the file being played.
  • It is highly recommended to use the CurrentPosition event instead.
• void LoadFile(string filePath) - Starts a new video/audio file immediately. Requires that Play has been called.
• void MovePosition(int timePosition) - Move to a new position in the video in seconds.
• void Mute() - Toggle Mute.
• void Pause() - Pause the current video. If paused it will unpause.
• void Play(string filePath) - Load and start playing a video.
• void Quit() - Close MPlayer instance.
• void Seek(int value, Seek type) - Seek a new position. Seek to some place in the movie.
  • Seek.Relative is a relative seek of +/- value seconds (default).
  • Seek.Percentage is a seek to value % in the movie.
  • Seek.Percentage is a seek to value % in the movie.
• void SetSize(int width, int height) - Change the width and height of the playing video.
• void Stop() - Stop the current video.
• void SwitchAudioTrack(int track) - Switch the audio track that is playing in the video.
  • Use the Discover class to find this information
• void SwitchSubtitle(int sub) - Switch the subtitles that are displayed in the video.
  • Use the Discover class to find this information
• void ToggleFullScreen() - Toggle Fullscreen.
• void Volume(int volumn) - Changes volume. Accepts a volume value of 0 - 100.

Properties

• int CurrentStatus - The current status of the player. Paused, Playing, Stopped.
• bool FullScreen - Get if the video is full is screen or not. Set video to play in fullscreen.
• bool MplayerRunning - Is mplayer already running? True or False.