LazActiveX: Embed VLC player in a form does not work.

[RodoLuis]

Hi,
I'm trying to follow the example of this link,
http://wiki.freepascal.org/LazActiveX
LazActiveX
Example: Embed VLC player in a form. VLC has to be installed !!
TActiveXContainer late binding


but does not work.

says:  EOleSysError    not implemented

thanks for your help.

[cpalx]

I tested and worked perfectly.
What windiws version do you have, fpc, lazarus?

[Mike.Cornflake]

Example: Embed VLC player in a form. VLC has to be installed !!

Can you confirm that VLC is installed on your system?

[RodoLuis]

yes, VLC is installed.

VLC 2.0.8 Twoflower

fpc: 2.6.2
lazarus 1.0.12

svn: 42478

i386-win32-win32/win64

WINDOWS XP


thanks for your attention.

[Mike.Cornflake]

:-)  So much for the obvious...

Could you post your project here, and I'll have a look?

[Timewarp]

I tested too Lazarus&FPC svn. Latebinding doesn't work here.

There is also other problem. Parameter is URL, not filename.

EarlyBinding worked here with this change. (Otherwise it didn't play the file)

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var fn: widestring;
begin
 fn := UTF8Decode('file:///'+StringReplace(FileNameEdit1.FileName, '\', '/', [rfReplaceAll]));
 VLC.playlist.add(fn,'',vararrayof([':aspect-ratio=16:9']));
 VLC.playlist.play;
end;     


[WizardNo.7]

Hi, I succeeded in following the above mentioned wiki example, but am interested in creating a dual videoplayer(for crosseyed 3d viewing etc. ). Now, I have succeeded in creating the form with the 2 video screens and I have succeeded in making them both play the same file:

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Procedure Tform1.Button1click(Sender : Tobject);
Var
    Actx : variant;
Begin
    Actx := ActiveXContainer1.ComServer;
    Actx.Playlist.Add(Widestring(FileNameEdit1.FileName));
    Actx.Playlist.Play;

    Actx := ActiveXContainer2.ComServer;
    Actx.Playlist.Add(Widestring(FileNameEdit1.FileName));
    Actx.Playlist.Play;
End;
But at the moment the 2nd screen is just barely lagging behind the first screen... Is there anyway I can sync these 2 screens' playback?

Thank you!

[mdalacu]

Instead of LazActiveX, you can use PasLibVLC which is working great for me. I think it is cross platform too 
http://prog.olsztyn.pl/paslibvlc/
For what you are asking, i don't know the answer. Maybe you can do this by using a single 3d movie file ...
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=94946

[WizardNo.7]

Thanx mdalacu for the speedy rply! I actually built this program to be able to watch any video file in SBS 3D FOR crosseyed viewing(it's pretty neat check it out! )

I'll have a look at PasLibVLC thank you!