[vlc-devel] Using LibVLC to attach media_player to existing interface

[Kevin Boos]

Hi Rémi,

Thanks for the response, sorry for using the wrong terminology. 

Is there any way to programmatically connect to an existing interface (like a running instance of VLC) using LibVLC? Basically, I’m trying to access the current video playback time and subtitle information so I can stream the subtitles to another machine. I figured it would be easiest to attach to an existing VLC interface instead of completely reimplementing a new interface from scratch.  I was drawn to using LibVLC because of the various media_player callbacks that are supported.

Any tips? 

Best,
Kevin


On Apr 15, 2014, at 2:27 AM, Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> wrote:

>   Hello,
> 
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:41:53 -0500, Kevin Boos <kevinaboos at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> However, I don’t want to attach a media_player instance to the “vout"
>> interface because it lacks important features like user controls, etc.
> I’d
>> like to attach a libvlc_media_player_t  to a “qt4” instance that has a
>> fully-featured media player window with all the bells & whistles. 
> 
> There is no such thing as a "vout" interface. libvlc is a media playback
> library, not a media player user interface.
> 
>> Is there a way to get a handle to the media_player for a specific
>> interface window?  I’d like to monitor what happens in the qt4 interface
>> window using callbacks that I add with the  libvlc_event_attach()
> function.
> 
> There is no such thing as a media player for a specific interface window.
> The built-in Qt4 UI does not even use a media player instance.
> 
> -- 
> Rémi Denis-Courmont
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