HowTo: JVLC for windows - working binary

[Jossnaz]

it is the actual binary from trac and I added the vlc snapshot build which was used to create the binary

point is, vlc is not very stable... im talking about the gui which comes from the installation.... so you might wanna install a good working vlc and then install this snapshot. Be sure that the buggy snapshot is installed in program files\videolan\vlc folder or u will run into problems.

i did very little testing



installation

1download
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YG3GEA5W

2backup file, maybe upload for other users somewhere else!

3 install vlc included in zip

4 edit vlcclient.java to point to a file on your harddrive.

5 run compile.bat and then run.bat

6 you want sources?
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/source/
they are very up to date... i can add my jvlc sources if someone really wants.

6 problems?

search my postings

different approaches

netbeans with jvlc
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=50371

eclipse with jvlc (compile jvlc yourself...)
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=47912

jvlc which is really old and out of date but easy to set up
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=47655#p151684

[XYBeR]

This is much older than my version. I use a fresh compiled jvlc from git, and stock 0.9.2 binary. And one more thing: my netbeans version is works with eclipse with super little modification :)

[Jossnaz]

'much older' means 2 months in maximum, which is okay to define as much older...

tbh i did not test your netbeans way, you did a lot of testing? works well? what does not work? which version?

cheers

[XYBeR]

open source softwares develops fast, and vlc is not an exception. 2 months ago the 0.9.x line is in beta. 0.9.2 is "stable". if vlc is stable, jvlc too (remember: jvlc is only a thin layer to call native vlc)

yeah, my example is "well" tested = it works with files and streams as well. it can play videos through days without a hitch, without memory leaks, slowdowns or anything else, that's it nothing more

[Harl]

XYBeR, can you please give me some hints how to set it up to have the latest jvlc environment in eclipse ? Thank you!

[XYBeR]

the *very* latest from git? sorry, i'm not tested it :)
but, if you download the netbeans version, you can use the source and libs to create an eclipse project. that is simple, after that add an ant builder after build to copy the necessary native files aside to your compiled classes (just as in my example, look my netbeans-based build.xml). yep, that's not a professional solution, but hey, this is an example :) (or you can donate, and i give you to an eclipse version ;-) why don't you use netbeans? ;-) )

[Jossnaz]

no, i mean the one you packed

[Jossnaz]

btw you know how to disable or edit the debug output?

it should be smth around
jvlc.setLogVerbosity(LoggerVerbosityLevel.ERROR);
or getLogger() and then close. Ideas?

[MarcoC]

This is work for me on:
- Windows XP Pro
- Latest Eclipse
- Latest JSDK
- Without" PATH" or "-Djna.library.path" workaround.


Thank you very much.