VB6 Error - Name conflict - axvlc.dll size

[DougSloane]

Hi there,

I'm trying to integrate VLC into a legacy VB6 (SP6) application which will run exclusively on Win XP OS but with the latest version (1.1.7) when I go to add the component through VB6 I get an error saying "Name conflicts with existing modue, project or obect library." This occurs on new vb6 projects also. From the form error I get vb6 is unable to create the Control object within the form.

The project is streaming VLC from a server to several clients via RTP.

I've investigated the forums and VLC documentation and many other people appear to have had the same issue without any resolution (you guys are pretty busy I'm guessing ). The last version on which the component appears to have worked is v1.0.5 (Goldeneye) however due to other bugs in this version I am unable to use this version. VLC 1.1.7 in standalone mode is very stable and a combination of 1.1.7's stability with the component from 1.0.5 would be ideal for my purposes.

One thing I noticed in the difference between these two versions is that the axvlc.dll with version 1.0.5 is 505kb whereas the dll with v1.1.7 is 303kb.

I apologise if this has been answered elsewhere, I have searched the wiki / forums and internet for over a day now looking for an answer, without success. Thanks for listening and thanks for a truly great bit of software.

D

[DougSloane]

Hi, Just future information for anyone who has the same issue -

I was unable to resolve this so re-wrote the application in VB.Net and it is all working pretty well now.

The project we are working on involves taking S-Video data from Scala Player - a multimedia streaming application - on an output port and plugging the output back into a capture card on the same sever. We then use vlc to monitor the capture card and multicast the stream to about 20 other machines on the network. We have an application on these machines with VLC embedded on it that picks up this stream and plays the media. It is seamless, efficient and customisable.

VLC Rocks, it really does !!!

[DougSloane]

Hmmmm,

Now none of the options seem to work. I've tried several different options to pass to the .playlist.add method but none of them appear to work. I created a new vb.net project and just added the following code but the grayscale / osd options are not being displayed. The full code for the basic project is as follows :

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Dim opTs(1) As Object
Dim intID As Long
Me.AxVLCPlugin21.AutoLoop = True
Me.AxVLCPlugin21.AutoPlay = True

opTs(0) = ":grayscale"
opTs(1) = ":osd"

intID = Me.AxVLCPlugin21.playlist.add("c:\dev\richpos\avi\vid1.avi", "CBEADS", opTs)
Me.AxVLCPlugin21.playlist.playItem(intID)

End Sub

I've also tried to using "--grayscale" and "--osd" to no avail.
I've tried using several other options and they don't work either
I've tried not specifying the item to play but just used .play()
The code as I've outlined above appears to be the recommended code for the webplugin wiki.

Anyone got any thoughts on this ?