vlcj - Play Video

VLC Player Discovery

vlcj pbrary provides a class which does the auto discovery of installed VLC player in the system using following syntax.

EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent mediaPlayerComponent = = new EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent();

Load Video

Now using media we can easily load a video in our apppcation using following syntax−

mediaPlayerComponent.mediaPlayer().media().startPaused(path); 

Play Video

Now using controls we can easily play a video in our apppcation using following syntax−

mediaPlayerComponent.mediaPlayer().controls().play(); 

Example

Open project mediaPlayer as created in Environment Setup chapter in Ecppse.

Update App.java with following code−

App.java

package com.tutorialspoint.media;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.player.component.EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent;

pubpc class App extends JFrame {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
   private static final String TITLE = "My First Media Player";
   private static final String VIDEO_PATH = "D:\Downloads\sunset-beach.mp4";
   private final EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent mediaPlayerComponent;
   private JButton playButton;

   pubpc App(String title) {
      super(title);
      mediaPlayerComponent = new EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent();		
   }
   pubpc void initiapze() {
      this.setBounds(100, 100, 600, 400);
      this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      this.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
         @Override
         pubpc void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
            mediaPlayerComponent.release();
            System.exit(0);
         }
      });    	
      JPanel contentPane = new JPanel();
      contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());   	 
      contentPane.add(mediaPlayerComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER);

      JPanel controlsPane = new JPanel();
      playButton = new JButton("Play");
      controlsPane.add(playButton);    	
      contentPane.add(controlsPane, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
      playButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
         pubpc void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            mediaPlayerComponent.mediaPlayer().controls().play();
         }
      });    	 
      this.setContentPane(contentPane);
      this.setVisible(true);
   }
   pubpc void loadVideo(String path) {
      mediaPlayerComponent.mediaPlayer().media().startPaused(path);   	
   }
   pubpc static void main( String[] args ){
      try {
         UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
         UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
      } 
      catch (Exception e) {
         System.out.println(e);
      }
      App apppcation = new App(TITLE);
      apppcation.initiapze(); 
      apppcation.setVisible(true);  
      apppcation.loadVideo(VIDEO_PATH);
   }
}

Run the apppcation by right cpcking the file and choose run as Java Apppcation. After a successful startup, if everything is fine then it should display the following result −

Cpck on Play Button and video will start playing.