Cannot embed VLC into VB.net

[5kinman]

Hi All,

After installing the lastest VLC V1.1.0, I found that VB.net cannot embed VLC as an activeX application......

The embedding of VLC is success at V1.0.5 and older version.

Do anyone know why would this happened and how to solve it?

[zimbizimbi]

Hi,

I think i have the same problem, but also with version 1.0.5. Or maybe i'm just not used to .net and com programming.

I've added the 1.0.5 activex com component to my project, and that worked. Now i can import the namespace AXVLC and create a new VLCPlugin object, and add parameters.
The issue i'm having is: i don't find an icon of this VLCPlugin in my toolbox, so i cannot add it to my form! I don't know what to do to fix it. In the Tools>Add toolbox item, there's no videolan or vlc component i can choose.

I'm using .net 2.0 in visual studio 2008, if that matters..

[Mix]

I've the same problem with vb.net 2010... with the 1.1.0 the plug-in doesn't work: when I call the play method the lib crash
Please fix it!!! (I cannot release my next version of the program if there's this bug...)

@zimbizimbi: to have the vlcplugin in your toolbox, you have to add it manually:
-right click in the toolbox
-chose "select element"
-find the lib in the dialog and press ok

[5kinman]

I have try on another machine.

There is no VLC installed before the VB.net installs.
After the VB.net finish installing, I start the VB.net and then install the VLC 1.1.0

In that case the VLC can be embedded into the VB.net now without error.

I would like to know the appropriate procedure for upgrading VLC version when embedding to the .net development environment (VB.net in my case).

[TheyKilledKenny]

Hi to everyone,

i cannot embed VLC activex 1.1.0 in VB6 too
The error message I receive is: "Name conflicts with existing module, project, or object library"

What I do is
regsvr32 for the axvlc.dll and it register well.

File -> New Project -> Standard EXE

Project -> Components ->I can see "VideoLAN VLC ActiveX Plugin" in the Controls list of Visual studio 6 (SP6), but when I try to select the plugin for import in my project I receive the above error message.
Same problem in my VirtualBox WindowsXP and my old development pc with WindowsXP (always Visual Studio 6 SP6)

Same steps without problems with VLC 0.9.6
What I'm doing wrong?

if I browse for DLL inside add component dialog or right click on controls tool bar I receive the error: "The file c:\vlc-1.1.0\axvlc.dll" was not registerable as an ActiveX Component" even if it is already registerd (I tryed both, before and after regsvr32)

I have to use CreateObject for getting an istance of the plugin?
What is the right sintax for trying it ( objVlc = CreateObject("something.vlc") )?

Thanks to all.

[TheyKilledKenny]

I have just downloaded VLC 1.0.5 and there is no problem with activex.
Only version 1.1.0 gives me troubles.

Is a bug in vlc ActiveX or in my brain?

Bye!

[TheyKilledKenny]

Sorry for boring you!

Is there someone who is facing the same problem with VB6 and vlc1.1.0 ActiveX?
How can I solve this issue?

Thanks to all

[FetterDoubt]

I have the same problem with VB6 on W7 x64 (yes i know this configuration is not supported...).
axvlc.dll file version 1.1.2.0
renamed the file and registered it successfully but problem persists

I confirm that 1.0.5 is valid and works correctly so the problem crept in AFTER this version

[SteveRicketts]

Has anyone got a definitive answer on the problem with 1.1.4? I just installed that version and all of a sudden my VB6 programs are not working. I found this thread and assume there is something very different with 1.1.4. When I open VB6 I get the following error in the log:

Line 24: Class AXVLCCtl.VLCPlugin2 of control VLCPlugin1 was not a loaded control class.

So, I kill the old component and try to select the new VideoLan VLC ActiveX Plugin and it tells me the name conflicts with an existing module, project, or object library. Does anyone know what's changed and how to fix?

sr