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A .NET API for the libVLC interface so the vast majority of VLC functionality could be utilized in managed applications
//    nVLC
//    
//    Author:  Roman Ginzburg
//
//    nVLC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
//    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
//    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
//    (at your option) any later version.
//
//    nVLC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
//    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
//    GNU General Public License for more details.
//     
// ========================================================================

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Declarations;
using Declarations.Enums;
using Declarations.Media;
using Declarations.Players;
using Implementation;

namespace nVLC_Demo_MemoryInputOutput
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        IMediaPlayerFactory m_factory;
        IVideoPlayer m_sourcePlayer;
        IVideoPlayer m_renderPlayer;
        IMemoryInputMedia m_inputMedia;
        const long MicroSecondsInSecomd = 1000 * 1000;
        long MicroSecondsBetweenFrame;
        long frameCounter;
        FrameData data = new FrameData() { DTS = -1 };
        const int DefaultFps = 24;
        Timer timer = new Timer();

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            timer.Tick += new EventHandler(timer_Tick);
            timer.Interval = 1000;
        }

        void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.Text = m_inputMedia.PendingFramesCount.ToString();
        }

        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnLoad(e);

            m_factory = new MediaPlayerFactory(true);
            m_sourcePlayer = m_factory.CreatePlayer<IVideoPlayer>();
            m_sourcePlayer.Events.PlayerPlaying += new EventHandler(Events_PlayerPlaying);
            m_sourcePlayer.Mute = true;
            m_renderPlayer = m_factory.CreatePlayer<IVideoPlayer>();
            m_renderPlayer.WindowHandle = panel1.Handle;
            m_inputMedia = m_factory.CreateMedia<IMemoryInputMedia>(MediaStrings.IMEM);
            SetupOutput(m_sourcePlayer.CustomRendererEx);
        }

        void Events_PlayerPlaying(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MicroSecondsBetweenFrame = (long)(MicroSecondsInSecomd / (m_sourcePlayer.FPS != 0 ? m_sourcePlayer.FPS : DefaultFps));
        }

        private void SetupOutput(IMemoryRendererEx iMemoryRenderer)
        {
            iMemoryRenderer.SetFormatSetupCallback(OnSetupCallback);
            iMemoryRenderer.SetExceptionHandler(OnErrorCallback);
            iMemoryRenderer.SetCallback(OnNewFrameCallback);
        }

        private BitmapFormat OnSetupCallback(BitmapFormat format)
        {
            SetupInput(format);
            return new BitmapFormat(format.Width, format.Height, ChromaType.RV24);
        }

        private void OnErrorCallback(Exception error)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(error.Message);
        }

        private void OnNewFrameCallback(PlanarFrame frame)
        {          
            data.Data = frame.Planes[0];
            data.DataSize = frame.Lenghts[0];
            data.PTS = frameCounter++ * MicroSecondsBetweenFrame;
            m_inputMedia.AddFrame(data);

            if (/*m_inputMedia.PendingFramesCount == 10 && */!m_renderPlayer.IsPlaying)
            {
                m_renderPlayer.Play();
            }
        }

        private void SetupInput(BitmapFormat format)
        {
            var streamInfo = new StreamInfo();
            streamInfo.Category = StreamCategory.Video;
            streamInfo.Codec = VideoCodecs.BGR24;
            streamInfo.Width = format.Width;
            streamInfo.Height = format.Height;
            streamInfo.Size = format.ImageSize;

            m_inputMedia.Initialize(streamInfo);
            m_inputMedia.SetExceptionHandler(OnErrorCallback);
            m_renderPlayer.Open(m_inputMedia);           
        }

        private void OpenSourceMedia(string path)
        {
            IMediaFromFile media = m_factory.CreateMedia<IMediaFromFile>(path);
            m_sourcePlayer.Open(media);                    
            m_sourcePlayer.Play();
            timer.Start();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
            if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                OpenSourceMedia(ofd.FileName);
            }
        }
    }
}

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