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I've worked-around the problem by embedding the active-x in an ole-container in a new application. then i start this application, retrieve the Handle and use SetParent to make it a child of my own "main" application. Works fine, since I do not have to use any commands like Play oder Pause ...

Create an m3u file containing your mediafile or URL you want to play. Use the "#EXTVLCOPT--no-overlay" parameter as shown in this example #EXTM3U #EXTINF:0, Foo Bar Description #EXTVLCOPT--r #EXTVLCOPT--no-overlay #EXTVLCOPT--input-repeat=-1 #EXTVLCOPT--http-reconnect=true e:\temp\test.avi

In the debug log, the message [564] main decoder debug: "waiting decoder fifos to empty" is shown endlessly.

Again: Starting the application without debbuger using the same video causes no problems...

Someone got an idea how to read-out the original video width and height of a video?

I'm currently trying
VLC_VariableGet(vlc, 'height', val);
but this does not seem to be correct, since values like "556374" were returned...

I figured out that the application stops while loading "libxtag_plugin.dll". By simply renameing that file to sth. like "libxtag_plugin.dll_" everything works fine. Is "libxtag_plugin.dll" required, what does this file do? Edit: Seems like it just accidentely worked, be...

Hi! Thx to Paul i'm now able to load VLC directly into Delphi without ActiveX, but with the API. The funny thing is: when calling call('VLC_Init',VLC_Init(vlc,1,@args[0])); while my Debugger (Delphi) is running, my Application hangs and won't continue. Running the same File directly as compiled .exe...

Possible workaround: Transform your filename for the video (sound or whatever) to a URL. Sample c:\test\video.mpg --> file://c:/test/video.mpg . At least for testing it worked for me.