Opening VLC player from an application

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I am trying to control a vlc player from a C# application. The end goal is to stream live TV through a vlc player embeded in a WPF app, however right now I will settle for being able to even open and play it at all. I found the AxAXVLC.AxVLCPlugin2 plugin and have tried using the following code to play a file:

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axVLCPlugin21.BeginInit();
                axVLCPlugin21.playlist.add(@"C:test.mp4", null, null);
                axVLCPlugin21.playlist.add(@"C:test2.mp4", null, null);
                axVLCPlugin21.playlist.playItem(0);

This does absolutely nothing. If I set the playItem value to 1 it comes up with an error saying vlc needs to shut down. I have tried to find docomentation on the functions but there doesn't seem to be any available. Any help will be appreciated, ideally code examples but pointing me to any websites that will help would be great too.

I just realised I was setting the file paths wrong my bad :) it now plays files i just need to figure out how to stream video live.

Posted 23-Nov-10 1:43am

Neil Cross

Updated 23-Nov-10 4:08am

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Henry Minute 23-Nov-10 8:26am

Ah. OK, but you did say that you would settle for 'being able to open and play it at all'. :)

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GenJerDan · Answer 1 · 2011-04-26T03:33:00

Solution 3

Rather than embedding an ActiveX version, maybe take a look at http://vlcdotnet.codeplex.com/[^] and see if it will suit your needs better.

"Vlc.DotNet libraries provide the audio/video control of VideoLan on WinForm (.Net 2.0) or Windows Presentation Foundation (.Net 3.5)"

Posted 26-Apr-11 3:33am

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GenJerDan 26-Apr-11 13:55pm

%$$^&%$#! This is from last NOVEMBER? Either it has already been solved, or he found something else to do by now.

varunpandeyengg · Answer 2 · 2011-04-25T20:36:00

Solution 2

I think the best option to control any binary component is by using COM. Try to get the Binary object and using the playlist interface, you can do this very easily. :-)

axvlc.dll is the COM dll you must look for.
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Posted 25-Apr-11 20:36pm

varunpandeyengg

Updated 26-Apr-11 2:27am

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Henry Minute · Answer 3 · 2010-11-23T01:49:00

Solution 1

Have you tried using the Process Class[^]?

Posted 23-Nov-10 1:49am

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Neil Cross 23-Nov-10 8:24am

This doesn't provide methods for controlling vlc player, like pausing and rewinding or choosing a video from the playlist. Also the end goal is to embed it in the player.

Neil Cross 23-Nov-10 8:40am

Yeah I wasn't clear what I meant was open and play a file specified programatically I dont think just opening it automatically plays it I appreciate your help.

NuttingCDEF 26-Apr-11 8:44am

VLC has plenty of command line options that I would expect to be sufficient to get it to play from any source, including streaming data - though that probably won't get the pause / rewind control etc.