Playing video without to install the player

[WimVan]

Hello,
I'm use dto use VLC and concerned components and this is very good but
1) You have to install VLC as user before you can use it and this is something that I don't like.  So I'm searching for an alternative (which ses f.e. dll's).
2) When starting an video for the first time (I'm triggering it with PasLibVlcPlayer) there a long latency before I see the video (10 to 20 seconds).  Onde done, launching a second video to see runs quick.
So for the moment I was looking to other viedoplayers such as MPV, ....
I tried some of them and used the demo's to see how it works, but for MPV, using Tmpvplayer I can't find a way to use the  gui from mpv.  Anyone knows how activating events, properties from MPV ?  Of course I can use some buttons triggering events from the component, but I can't find how dispalying the controls from MPV when activated.

[Thaddy]

If you really do not want to install vlc for whatever reason, then you made the wrong choice again:
Go for ffmpeg instead of the lesser known and less supported mpv.

Note any kind of video support requires quite substantial libraries of which ffmpeg is the "smallest"    and a world standard.

I have a library from Erik van Bilzen, though, that is 100% native Pascal and basm, and was published in DelphiMagazine over three issues more than a decade ago.
It is strict win32 only and requires some easy modifications for Lazarus.
It also only supports older encodings inside the container so not very useful anymore.
If you want I can attach the code. Because of its age it may very well be the smallest and is native code.

[n7800]

I wrote a player on paslibvlc a long time ago, and I am writing from memory:

1) Your application can be portable. Of course, it will have to include the (almost) entire VLC distribution in a subfolder (pay attention to the license terms). In code, just use "libvlc_dynamic_dll_init_with_path".

2) This is because of plugins. Every time it starts, it scans the folder. You need to run "vlc-cache-gen.exe <path>", where "<path>" is the path to the "plugins" folder (maybe need an absolute path). After that, the "plugins.dat" file (is about 300 KB) will appear in the "plugins" folder, and the launch will be instant.

[d2010]

Hello,
2) When starting an video for the first time (I'm triggering it with PasLibVlcPlayer) there a long latency before I see the video (10 to 20 seconds).  Onde done, launching a second video to see runs quick.
So for the moment I was looking to other viedoplayers such as MPV, ....

Perhaps , WindowsDefernder do not like as yours.DLL.. In my computees, if if WindowsDefender do not like my attached .DLL; he  forced to me, to and I wait waint..  Please you rescan all your 'DLL with other antivirus, e.g. Bitdefender.

[elkhalafy]

I looking for Library like that, to play videos without depend on installation of media player

[n7800]

"VLC" is a library (libvlc.dll, libvlccore.dll and many DLLs for plugins). The VLC player itself (the player application) simply uses them, as your application can do.

In my old version, the VLC distribution was 160 MB, but the "cut" version for my player was about 100 MB.

[Xenno]

For Windows, perhaps a video below can be an alternative:

"Creating a Video Player with Lazarus and Windows Media Player"
https://youtu.be/Jet_-AUvEwY?feature=shared

[Pe3s]

A very cool component based on mpv
https://github.com/URUWorks/UW_MPVPlayer

[elkhalafy]

A very cool component based on mpv
https://github.com/URUWorks/UW_MPVPlayer

Is there video tutorial to create app using it ?

[n7800]

A very cool component based on mpv
https://github.com/URUWorks/UW_MPVPlayer

How is it better than VLC?

[Xenno]

I made a small tutorial for using MPV with LibMPVDelphi as the interface:

Create a Video Player with Lazarus Using MPV Library
https://youtu.be/v2dtBNWHIN0?si=ZSjbYIowvUd5R1I_

[Handoko]

Nice tutorial Mas Broto.

Thank you for sharing it.

[Thaddy]

How is it better than VLC?

You are right: it isn't. But a nice effort nonetheless.

[Pe3s]

An example of use is included in the package with the component, in the demo folder.
I used it