Replay "ended" media

[liammartens]

I am probably doing something wrong but I will ask the question anyways. I am trying to repeat something after it ends. The setup I have now is something like this:

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libvlc_media_player_t* player = libvlc_media_player_new(vlc_instance); libvlc_event_manager_t* evt_mgr = libvlc_media_player_event_manager(player); void on_media_end(onst libvlc_event_t* evt, void* user_data) { libvlc_media_player_set_position(player, 0.0f); libvlc_media_player_play(player); } libvlc_event_attach(evt_mgr, libvlc_MediaPlayerEndReached, on_media_end); libvlc_media_t* media = libvlc_media_new_location(vlc_instance, "path"); libvlc_media_player_set_media(player, media); libvlc_media_player_play(this->m_player);

The MediaEnd event is fired correctly when the video ends, no issues there but I can't seem to get it to seek back to the start and play the video again for some reason and I am not sure what is going wrong here. What am I missing?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

As explained, you should not call libvlc_ from within libvlc_ callbacks.

[liammartens]

Ok noted, but it seems that even when I move the function calls to a detached thread it still does not seek back and replay.
It does work when I call media_player stop on it first but then I get the initial black screen which I don't want I would need it to keep the media so it can immediately restart on first frame.

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void on_media_end(onst libvlc_event_t* evt, void* user_data) { auto replay [player]() { libvlc_media_player_set_position(player, 0.0f); libvlc_media_player_play(player); } thread t(replay); t.detach(); }

[sherington]

Call libvlc_media_player_stop before you call libvlc_media_player_play.

[liammartens]

Yes as I said in my reply, it does work when I call stop first but I need to prevent the black frame flash before the media starts playing so I need to hold the first frame as it starts and not completely stop it.