Vlc Media Player M1

This page provides a brief overview on the LibVLC binding for Objective-C.

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Introduction

VLCKit is an Objective-C wrapper for libvlc's external interface, on macOS, iOS and tvOS.

It includes basic classes for playback, playlists, streaming and transcoding. Doing simple media players (comparable to QuickTime Player or MPlayer OS X) is as hard as doing a QuickTime-based one; thus, it is really easy.MobileVLCKit is a subset specifically targeting the iOS platform, enabling a full playback experience with playlists, metadata handling and network streaming. If you require a media database, MediaLibraryKit will get you going within minutes.

Building the framework for macOS

Clone http://code.videolan.org/videolan/VLCKit.git
open VLCKit.xcodeproj
make sure the 'Build libvlc' target is selected
build the project
Select the 'VLCKit' target and build it.

This will automatically fetch and build libvlc as well as accompanying classes. Alternatively and to get access to more options, you can run the 'buildVLCKit.sh' script on the terminal manually. Add the '-h' flag to see all available options.

Building the framework for iOS

Clone http://code.videolan.org/videolan/VLCKit.git
open your favorite terminal application such as Terminal.app or iTerm 2 and navigate to your checkout.
execute ./compileAndBuildMobileVLCKit.sh
check -h for available options

This will automatically fetch and build libvlc as well as its dependencies and accompanying classes.

If you want to build a library that will work for both the simulator and devices:

execute ./compileAndBuildMobileVLCKit.sh
use xcode command line tools to build a universal library: lipo -create Release-iphoneos/libMobileVLCKit.a Release-iphonesimulator/libMobileVLCKit.a -o libMobileVLCKit.a

Or to build as a static framework with device and simulator support:

./compileAndBuildMobileVLCKit.sh -f

Note: the MobileVLCKit Xcode project also allows you to build a dynamic framework (requiring iOS 8 later) after the build script succeeded once.

Warning: the current build process produces a very large library when using static mode. 90% of the initial size will be stripped on linking.

Dependencies warning: The built script fetches dependencies automatically and builds them locally; beware that system-wide installations through Homebrew may interfere with the local build scripts. If you get autoconf-related errors, try removing /usr/local from your PATH, wiping the source tree, and starting the build over.

Building the framework for tvOS

Clone http://code.videolan.org/videolan/VLCKit.git
open your favorite terminal application such as Terminal.app or iTerm 2 and navigate to your checkout.
execute ./compileAndBuildMobileVLCKit.sh -t
check -h for available options

This will automatically fetch and build libvlc as well as its dependencies and accompanying classes.

If you want to build a library that will work for both the simulator and devices:

execute ./compileAndBuildMobileVLCKit.sh
use xcode command line tools to build a universal library: lipo -create Release-appletvos/libTVVLCKit.a Release-appletvsimulator/libTVVLCKit.a -o libTVVLCKit.a

Or to build as a static framework with device and simulator support:

./compileAndBuildMobileVLCKit.sh -t -f

Note: the MobileVLCKit Xcode project also allows you to build a dynamic framework after the build script succeeded once.

Warning: the current build process produces a very large library when using static mode. 90% of the initial size will be stripped on linking.

Basic usage in your application

The code should speak by itself

Sample code

We offer sample code both for iOS and macOS.

Examples_OSX includes 3 different projects.

BasicPlayerWithPlaylist: this sum's it up pretty well. drag and drop files, hit play / pause, see them play in the same window in the order you want them to.

FlashVideoDownloader: this exemplifies the basics on how to deploy VLC's URL parsing mechanisms to gain access to the actually played media and how to store it.

iPodConverter: VLCKit includes streaming and transcoding features including a few pre-defined profiles. In this sample, you see how to use them. Drop a file in the designated area. Hit convert. See the file being converted including a progress bar.

Examples_iOS includes 2 different projects developed using Xcode 5 and with iOS 7 in mind. With minor modifications, they will also work on iOS 5 and 6.

SimplePlayback: it's as simple as it sounds. Launch the app to watch a file being streamed live over http from one of our servers to your iOS Simulator or device.