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POPlay video in swing (VLCJ without VLC)
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copied!<p>How can I play a video in swing with the library <code>vlcj</code> without having <code>vlc</code> installed?</p> <p>What I have done:</p> <p>1: Downloaded the <code>vlcj</code> library, <strong>vlcj 2.4.1 (zip)</strong> and add all to build path: (<a href="http://www.capricasoftware.co.uk/downloads/index.html" rel="nofollow">docs1</a>)</p> <p>2: Downloaded the <code>libvlc.dll</code> and <code>libvlccore.dll</code> and put them in project folder: (<a href="http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?libvlc" rel="nofollow">docs2</a>)</p> <p>(<a href="http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?libvlccore" rel="nofollow">docs3</a>)</p> <p>3: Downloaded a sample video from http:(<a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1425" rel="nofollow">here video</a>) and put it in project folder: <strong>sample_mpeg4.mp43</strong>: (<a href="http://a1408.g.akamai.net/5/1408/1388/2005110405/1a1a1ad948be278cff2d96046ad90768d848b41947aa1986/sample_mpeg4.mp4.zip" rel="nofollow">docs4</a>)</p> <p>I then created the following class to show the video in <code>swing</code>:</p> <pre><code>public class MediaPlayer extends JPanel { // Declares our media player component private EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent mediaplayer; // This string holds the media URL path private static String mediapath; private JPanel panel; public MediaPlayer() { String projectPath = System.getProperty("user.dir"); String vlcpath = projectPath; mediapath = projectPath + "\\sample_mpeg42.mp4"; // Check if the .dll is correct File f = new File(vlcpath + "/libvlc.dll"); System.out.println("VLC PATH CORRECT: " + f.exists()); NativeLibrary.addSearchPath(RuntimeUtil.getLibVlcLibraryName(), vlcpath); mediaplayer = new EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent(); panel = new JPanel(); panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); panel.add(mediaplayer, BorderLayout.CENTER); setLayout(new BorderLayout()); add(mediaplayer, BorderLayout.CENTER); } public void play() { mediaplayer.getMediaPlayer().playMedia(mediapath); } public static void main(String[] args) { MediaPlayer mediaplayer = new MediaPlayer(); JFrame ourframe = new JFrame(); ourframe.setContentPane(mediaplayer); ourframe.setSize(720, 560); ourframe.setVisible(true); mediaplayer.play(); ourframe.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); } </code></pre> <p>}</p> <p>But getting the error:</p> <blockquote> <p>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to load the native library. The error was "Unable to load library 'vlc':...</p> </blockquote> <p>Do I need to have something else/more then the <code>libvlc.dll</code> and <code>libvlccore.dll</code>?</p>

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