Showing the controls with ActiveX

[highlysceptical]

This might be a naive question, but I am playing with the ActiveX component in Delphi. When I play my video clip, it all works fine, except that I get a frameless display and no controls.

Is it possible to display the controls - the time slider, play, stop, play faster, play slower etc.

Also, is it possible to direct the output to a form or a panel, rather than it just appearing where I place the control on my form?

[Kyin]

I am also trying but cannot even play the video. May I know how diod you play it? Thorugh MRL or playlist?
DO you mind posting the source code for loading and playing a media here?
Thanks

[highlysceptical]

I am also trying but cannot even play the video. May I know how diod you play it? Thorugh MRL or playlist?
DO you mind posting the source code for loading and playing a media here?
Thanks

The following code works fine for me (buTest is a button on my form):-

procedure TfmMain.buTestClick(Sender: TObject);
var
MRL : string;

begin
MRL := 'd:\test.mpg'; // fully qualified path and filename of movie
VLCPlugIn1.addTarget(MRL, null, VLCPlayListReplaceAndGo, 0);
end;

Hope this helps.

[Guest]

THank you for your source code. It works here . Now I am trying my luck to figure out how to get the controls. WIll post here if made any progress. ..

I am also trying but cannot even play the video. May I know how diod you play it? Thorugh MRL or playlist?
DO you mind posting the source code for loading and playing a media here?
Thanks

The following code works fine for me (buTest is a button on my form):-

procedure TfmMain.buTestClick(Sender: TObject);
var
MRL : string;

begin
MRL := 'd:\test.mpg'; // fully qualified path and filename of movie
VLCPlugIn1.addTarget(MRL, null, VLCPlayListReplaceAndGo, 0);
end;

Hope this helps.

[tonsofpcs]

The current documentation (I just started, so it is being updated often) for the ActiveX control is this: http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/ActiveX

I don't see any apparant way of showing the interface, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. Personally, I made my own buttons. You can also use the position and length properties to make your own slider.

[Guest]

I accidently managed to show the control panel when using activeX. What I did was change the defaultskin to skin2 and save. And then, launch your own program. THe control panel will display automatically. Tried in C++ Builder.

The current documentation (I just started, so it is being updated often) for the ActiveX control is this: http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/ActiveX

I don't see any apparant way of showing the interface, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. Personally, I made my own buttons. You can also use the position and length properties to make your own slider.