embedded media player

anthp · 01-24-2006, 04:33 AM

Hi all,
I was advised to place my post here so here I am
I am completely new to linux so I am as green as green.
I wish to write a dvd player program in Linux
How and what do I use to embed a media player into my application.

Regards

Tony

acid_kewpie · 01-24-2006, 06:31 AM

depends on a thousand different things, you've provided so so little information. I'd personally build a gtk2 based ui and use a GtkSocket to embed the external process (i'd use mplayer) in the window. Wouldn't have a clue if this is relevant to you though, as you told us nothing useful about your environment.

cs-cam · 01-24-2006, 06:52 AM

Based on this thread from the same user I'm guessing something similar in the way that embedding an ActiveX control in a VB app on Windows works

Sounds like acid's idea is a good one for you, using straight C might be a bit hard coming from VB, maybe try Python/PyGTK. It allows you to do the same thing from a scripting language that is probably much easier to pick up.

linky-loo

KimVette · 01-24-2006, 10:13 AM

Mplayer and Xine are two embeddable players you can use as a starting point - almost every GUI player you see (noatune, xine, gxine, kaffiene, Mplayer, etc.) are just gui wrappers which embed those controls.

anthp · 01-25-2006, 01:50 AM

Hi all,
And thanks alot for all your advise and help, I have developed a mpeg player in vb6 which works great - for stability I wish to learn and develop one in Linux. As I am very green on Linux (I am not sure what gtk2 is) I have a lot of reading and learning to do. We all have to start somewhere

Thanks again

Regards

Tony

cs-cam · 01-25-2006, 05:37 AM

GTK - good info on home page

anthp · 01-25-2006, 09:51 AM

Thanks all

Regards

Tony