/*****************************************************************************
* mediacontrol.h: global header for mediacontrol
*****************************************************************************
* Copyright (C) 2005-2008 the VideoLAN team
* $Id$
*
* Authors: Olivier Aubert <olivier.aubert@liris.univ-lyon1.fr>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
*****************************************************************************/
/**
* \file
* This file defines libvlc mediacontrol_* external API
*/
/**
* \defgroup mediacontrol MediaControl
* This is the MediaControl API, * intended to provide a generic API to movie players.
*
* @{
*/
#ifndef VLC_CONTROL_H
#define VLC_CONTROL_H 1
# ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
# endif
#if defined( WIN32 )
#include <windows.h>
typedef HWND WINDOWHANDLE;
#else
typedef int WINDOWHANDLE;
#endif
#include <vlc/libvlc.h>
#include <vlc/mediacontrol_structures.h>
/**
* mediacontrol_Instance is an opaque structure, defined in
* mediacontrol_internal.h. API users do not have to mess with it.
*/
typedef struct mediacontrol_Instance mediacontrol_Instance;
/**************************************************************************
* Helper functions
***************************************************************************/
/**
* Free a RGBPicture structure.
* \param pic: the RGBPicture structure
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_RGBPicture__free( mediacontrol_RGBPicture *pic );
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_PlaylistSeq__free( mediacontrol_PlaylistSeq *ps );
/**
* Free a StreamInformation structure.
* \param pic: the StreamInformation structure
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void
mediacontrol_StreamInformation__free( mediacontrol_StreamInformation* p_si );
/**
* Instanciate and initialize an exception structure.
* \return the exception
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API mediacontrol_Exception *
mediacontrol_exception_create( void );
/**
* Initialize an existing exception structure.
* \param p_exception the exception to initialize.
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void
mediacontrol_exception_init( mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Clean up an existing exception structure after use.
* \param p_exception the exception to clean up.
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void
mediacontrol_exception_cleanup( mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Free an exception structure created with mediacontrol_exception_create().
* \return the exception
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_exception_free(mediacontrol_Exception *exception);
/*****************************************************************************
* Core functions
*****************************************************************************/
/**
* Create a MediaControl instance with parameters
* \param argc the number of arguments
* \param argv parameters
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
* \return a mediacontrol_Instance
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API mediacontrol_Instance *
mediacontrol_new( int argc, char **argv, mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Create a MediaControl instance from an existing libvlc instance
* \param p_instance the libvlc instance
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
* \return a mediacontrol_Instance
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API mediacontrol_Instance *
mediacontrol_new_from_instance( libvlc_instance_t* p_instance,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Get the associated libvlc instance
* \param self: the mediacontrol instance
* \return a libvlc instance
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API libvlc_instance_t*
mediacontrol_get_libvlc_instance( mediacontrol_Instance* self );
/**
* Get the associated libvlc_media_player
* \param self: the mediacontrol instance
* \return a libvlc_media_player_t instance
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API libvlc_media_player_t*
mediacontrol_get_media_player( mediacontrol_Instance* self );
/**
* Get the current position
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param an_origin the position origin
* \param a_key the position unit
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
* \return a mediacontrol_Position
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API mediacontrol_Position * mediacontrol_get_media_position(
mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const mediacontrol_PositionOrigin an_origin,
const mediacontrol_PositionKey a_key,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Set the position
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param a_position a mediacontrol_Position
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_set_media_position( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const mediacontrol_Position *a_position,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Play the movie at a given position
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param a_position a mediacontrol_Position
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_start( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const mediacontrol_Position *a_position,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Pause the movie at a given position
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_pause( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Resume the movie at a given position
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_resume( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Stop the movie at a given position
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_stop( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Exit the player
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_exit( mediacontrol_Instance *self );
/**
* Set the MRL to be played.
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param psz_file the MRL
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_set_mrl( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const char* psz_file,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Get the MRL to be played.
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API char * mediacontrol_get_mrl( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/*****************************************************************************
* A/V functions
*****************************************************************************/
/**
* Get a snapshot
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param a_position the desired position (ignored for now)
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
* \return a RGBpicture
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API mediacontrol_RGBPicture *
mediacontrol_snapshot( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const mediacontrol_Position *a_position,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Displays the message string, between "begin" and "end" positions.
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param message the message to display
* \param begin the begin position
* \param end the end position
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_display_text( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const char *message,
const mediacontrol_Position *begin,
const mediacontrol_Position *end,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Get information about a stream
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param a_key the time unit
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
* \return a mediacontrol_StreamInformation
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API mediacontrol_StreamInformation *
mediacontrol_get_stream_information( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
mediacontrol_PositionKey a_key,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Get the current audio level, normalized in [0..100]
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
* \return the volume
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API unsigned short
mediacontrol_sound_get_volume( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Set the audio level
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param volume the volume (normalized in [0..100])
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_sound_set_volume( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const unsigned short volume,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Set the video output window
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param visual_id the Xid or HWND, depending on the platform
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API int mediacontrol_set_visual( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
WINDOWHANDLE visual_id,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Get the current playing rate, in percent
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
* \return the rate
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API int mediacontrol_get_rate( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Set the playing rate, in percent
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param rate the desired rate
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_set_rate( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const int rate,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Get current fullscreen status
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
* \return the fullscreen status
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API int mediacontrol_get_fullscreen( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
/**
* Set fullscreen status
* \param self the mediacontrol instance
* \param b_fullscreen the desired status
* \param exception an initialized exception pointer
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void mediacontrol_set_fullscreen( mediacontrol_Instance *self,
const int b_fullscreen,
mediacontrol_Exception *exception );
# ifdef __cplusplus
}
# endif
#endif
/** @} */