Using VLC in a little soft to open some medias : how to ?

[Insomniak]

Hi,

I'm seeking for some documentation to start a project with vlc.
The only problem is that i don't really find some informations, or a kind of starting guide to use VLC activeX.
I want to develop on linux and i think in C++ (I haven't decided yet).
I just want to open some medias like mp3, videos,stream urls so i think it's just some simple commands to send to vlc but i don't find informations about that.

Is there anyone who can help me to find what I'm searching ? just a web page to help me starting some reading

Thanks

Insomniak

[Insomniak]

Ok, so, due to lot of answers, i think i have to explain a little bit more my problem :

I want to do a personalized interfacewith open gl that can opens media like i've described in previous topic. But, I've tried some simple code with g++ compiler and it makes me an error.
Here is the source code :

#include <vlc/vlc.h>

int main()
{
int ivlc;
ivlc = VLC_Create();
return 0;
}

And i compile with that command :

g++ -o test -lvlc test.c

and that says :
"unknown reference 'VLC_Create', collect2 : ld returned..."

I've tried with -lvlc_pic and that's the same.
Does anyone knows what's happening ?
Thanks

Insomniak

ps : i'm running ubuntu breezy