void Player::playFile(QString file)
{
//the file has to be in one of the following formats /perhaps a little bit outdated)
/*
[file://]filename Plain media file
http://ip:port/file HTTP URL
ftp://ip:port/file FTP URL
mms://ip:port/file MMS URL
screen:// Screen capture
[dvd://][device][@raw_device] DVD device
[vcd://][device] VCD device
[cdda://][device] Audio CD device
udp:[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]]
*/
/* Create a new LibVLC media descriptor */
_m = libvlc_media_new_path(_vlcinstance, file.toAscii());
//_m = libvlc_media_new (_vlcinstance, file.toAscii(), &_vlcexcep); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
//raise(&_vlcexcep); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
libvlc_media_player_set_media (_mp, _m);
//libvlc_media_player_set_media (_mp, _m, &_vlcexcep); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
//raise(&_vlcexcep); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
// /!\ Please note /!\
//
// passing the widget to the lib shows vlc at which position it should show up
// vlc automatically resizes the video to the given size of the widget
// and it even resizes it, if the size changes at the playing
/* Get our media instance to use our window */
#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
libvlc_media_player_set_drawable(_mp, reinterpret_cast<unsigned int>(_videoWidget->winId()));
//libvlc_media_player_set_drawable(_mp, reinterpret_cast<unsigned int>(_videoWidget->winId()), &_vlcexcep ); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
//libvlc_media_player_set_hwnd(_mp, _videoWidget->winId(), &_vlcexcep ); // for vlc 1.0
#elif defined(Q_OS_MAC)
libvlc_media_player_set_drawable(_mp, _videoWidget->winId());
//libvlc_media_player_set_drawable(_mp, _videoWidget->winId(), &_vlcexcep ); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
//libvlc_media_player_set_agl (_mp, _videoWidget->winId(), &_vlcexcep); // for vlc 1.0
#else //Linux
//[20101201 Ondrej Spilka] obsolete call on libVLC >=1.1.5
//libvlc_media_player_set_drawable(_mp, _videoWidget->winId(), &_vlcexcep );
//libvlc_media_player_set_xwindow(_mp, _videoWidget->winId(), &_vlcexcep ); // for vlc 1.0
/* again note X11 handle on Linux is needed
winID() returns X11 handle when QX11EmbedContainer us used */
int windid = _videoWidget->winId();
libvlc_media_player_set_xwindow (_mp, windid );
#endif
//raise(&_vlcexcep); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
/* Play */
libvlc_media_player_play (_mp);
//libvlc_media_player_play (_mp, &_vlcexcep ); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
//raise(&_vlcexcep); // [20101215 JG] Used for versions prior to VLC 1.2.0.
_isPlaying=true;
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
const char * const vlc_args[] = {
"-I", "dummy", /* Don't use any interface */
"--ignore-config", /* Don't use VLC's config */
"--plugin-path=/set/your/path/to/libvlc/module/if/you/are/on/windows/or/macosx" };
libvlc_exception_t ex;
libvlc_instance_t * inst;
libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
libvlc_media_t *m;
libvlc_exception_init (&ex);
/* init vlc modules, should be done only once */
inst = libvlc_new (sizeof(vlc_args) / sizeof(vlc_args[0]), vlc_args, &ex);
raise (&ex);
/* Create a new item */
m = libvlc_media_new (inst, "http://mycool.movie.com/test.mov", &ex);
raise (&ex);
/* XXX: demo art and meta information fetching */
/* Create a media player playing environement */
mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media (m, &ex);
raise (&ex);
/* No need to keep the media now */
libvlc_media_release (m);
#if 0
/* This is a non working code that show how to hooks into a window,
* if we have a window around */
libvlc_drawable_t drawable = xdrawable;
/* or on windows */
libvlc_drawable_t drawable = hwnd;
libvlc_media_player_set_drawable (mp, drawable, &ex);
raise (&ex);
#endif
/* play the media_player */
libvlc_media_player_play (mp, &ex);
raise (&ex);
sleep (10); /* Let it play a bit */
/* Stop playing */
#warning There is known deadlock bug here. Please update to LibVLC 1.1!
libvlc_media_player_stop (mp, &ex);
/* Free the media_player */
libvlc_media_player_release (mp);
libvlc_release (inst);
raise (&ex);
return 0;
}
/* Deprecated use libvlc_media_player_set_drawable() */
void libvlc_video_set_parent( libvlc_instance_t *p_instance, libvlc_drawable_t d,
libvlc_exception_t *p_e )
{
/* set as default for future vout instances */
var_SetInteger(p_instance->p_libvlc_int, "drawable", (int)d);
libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi = libvlc_playlist_get_media_player(p_instance, p_e);
if( p_mi )
{
libvlc_media_player_set_drawable( p_mi, d, p_e );
libvlc_media_player_release(p_mi);
}
}