Media Player

[Allie]

Hello everybody,

I have been browsing the forum for over an hour now, and trust me it is a struggle, so slow.
I can't find anything about playing a sound in Lazarus, you know like the mediaplayer in Delphi.

Can anybody give me a hint, or tell me what to look for.

I'm a really new to this so don't mind me asking maybe stupid questions.

Running Lazarus on Ubuntu 8.04LTS, seems to run without any problems up to now.

Thanks,
Alphons

[Leledumbo]

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/ACS

[TurboRascal]

Is there anything like that for video?
Btw. how could an existing player get embedded in a component? Or how to embed anything else for that matter

[Troodon]

search the forum for the following keywords: wav, sound, linux.

Hello everybody,

I have been browsing the forum for over an hour now, and trust me it is a struggle, so slow.
I can't find anything about playing a sound in Lazarus, you know like the mediaplayer in Delphi.

Can anybody give me a hint, or tell me what to look for.

I'm a really new to this so don't mind me asking maybe stupid questions.

Running Lazarus on Ubuntu 8.04LTS, seems to run without any problems up to now.

Thanks,
Alphons

[Leledumbo]

Is there anything like that for video?

AFAIK, not yet. Please create one

Btw. how could an existing player get embedded in a component? Or how to embed anything else for that matter

I don't think LCL has that capability for now. I found an example on the net (for Windows), but haven't yet understood how to do it (the code is in C# if I'm not mistaken).

Command Prompt Explorer Bar (Embedding cmd.exe in explorer.exe):
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/commandbar.aspx

[TurboRascal]

I don't think LCL has that capability for now. I found an example on the net (for Windows), but haven't yet understood how to do it (the code is in C# if I'm not mistaken).

Command Prompt Explorer Bar (Embedding cmd.exe in explorer.exe):
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/commandbar.aspx

I guess embedding a console application wouldn't be hard doing as described here: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Executing_External_Programs.

[Leledumbo]

I guess embedding a console application wouldn't be hard doing as described here

Well, embedding and simulating is a little bit different. Using TProcess as described in the link is simulating, embedding really takes the application interface (a form, for instance) and put it inside your component.

[TurboRascal]

Well, embedding and simulating is a little bit different. Using TProcess as described in the link is simulating, embedding really takes the application interface (a form, for instance) and put it inside your component.

Actually that is why i mentioned console applications - their user interface is actually comprised of standard inputs and outputs. A simple line based program's output could be completely "embedded" in our application's form if needed. Of course, for more complex examples with a TUI you'd need a terminal emulation but in essence that would be it. (Won't talk about DOS console TUI apps though )

[mica]

http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,5182.0.html

Mplayer