/*****************************************************************************
- * vlc.h: global header for vlc
+ * vlc.h: global header for libvlc (old-style)
*****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 1998-2004 VideoLAN
+ * Copyright (C) 1998-2004 the VideoLAN team
* $Id$
*
* Authors: Vincent Seguin <seguin@via.ecp.fr>
*
* 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
*****************************************************************************/
/**
- * \defgroup libvlc Libvlc
+ * \defgroup libvlc_old Libvlc Old
* This is libvlc, the base library of the VLC program.
+ * This is the legacy API. Please consider using the new libvlc API
*
* @{
*/
typedef struct vlc_list_t vlc_list_t;
typedef struct vlc_object_t vlc_object_t;
+#if (defined( WIN32 ) || defined( UNDER_CE )) && !defined( __MINGW32__ )
+typedef signed __int64 vlc_int64_t;
+# else
+typedef signed long long vlc_int64_t;
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * \defgroup var_type Variable types
+ * These are the different types a vlc variable can have.
+ * @{
+ */
+#define VLC_VAR_VOID 0x0010
+#define VLC_VAR_BOOL 0x0020
+#define VLC_VAR_INTEGER 0x0030
+#define VLC_VAR_HOTKEY 0x0031
+#define VLC_VAR_STRING 0x0040
+#define VLC_VAR_MODULE 0x0041
+#define VLC_VAR_FILE 0x0042
+#define VLC_VAR_DIRECTORY 0x0043
+#define VLC_VAR_VARIABLE 0x0044
+#define VLC_VAR_FLOAT 0x0050
+#define VLC_VAR_TIME 0x0060
+#define VLC_VAR_ADDRESS 0x0070
+#define VLC_VAR_MUTEX 0x0080
+#define VLC_VAR_LIST 0x0090
+/**@}*/
+
/**
* VLC value structure
*/
void * p_address;
vlc_object_t * p_object;
vlc_list_t * p_list;
-
-#if defined( WIN32 ) && !defined( __MINGW32__ )
- signed __int64 i_time;
-# else
- signed long long i_time;
-#endif
+ vlc_int64_t i_time;
struct { char *psz_name; int i_object_id; } var;
#define VLC_EBADVAR -31 /* Bad variable value */
#define VLC_EEXIT -255 /* Program exited */
+#define VLC_EEXITSUCCESS -999 /* Program exited successfully */
#define VLC_EGENERIC -666 /* Generic error */
/*****************************************************************************
/* Used by VLC_AddTarget() */
#define PLAYLIST_INSERT 0x0001
-#define PLAYLIST_REPLACE 0x0002
-#define PLAYLIST_APPEND 0x0004
-#define PLAYLIST_GO 0x0008
-#define PLAYLIST_CHECK_INSERT 0x0010
+#define PLAYLIST_APPEND 0x0002
+#define PLAYLIST_GO 0x0004
+#define PLAYLIST_PREPARSE 0x0008
+#define PLAYLIST_SPREPARSE 0x0010
#define PLAYLIST_END -666
/*****************************************************************************
* Required internal headers
*****************************************************************************/
-#if defined( __VLC__ )
+#if defined( __LIBVLC__ )
# include "vlc_common.h"
#endif
/*****************************************************************************
* Exported libvlc API
*****************************************************************************/
-
+#if !defined( __LIBVLC__ )
+/* Otherwise they are declared and exported in vlc_common.h */
/**
* Retrieve libvlc version
*
*/
char const * VLC_Version ( void );
+/**
+ * Retrieve libvlc compile time
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the libvlc compile time
+ */
+char const * VLC_CompileTime ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the username of the libvlc builder
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the username of the libvlc builder
+ */
+char const * VLC_CompileBy ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the host of the libvlc builder
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the host of the libvlc builder
+ */
+char const * VLC_CompileHost ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the domain name of the host of the libvlc builder
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the domain name of the host of the libvlc builder
+ */
+char const * VLC_CompileDomain ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve libvlc compiler version
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the libvlc compiler version
+ */
+char const * VLC_Compiler ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve libvlc changeset
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the libvlc subversion changeset
+ */
+char const * VLC_Changeset ( void );
+
/**
* Return an error string
*
*/
char const * VLC_Error ( int i_err );
+#endif /* __LIBVLC__ */
+
/**
* Initialize libvlc
*
*
* \return vlc object id or an error code
*/
-int VLC_Create ( void );
+int VLC_Create( void );
/**
* Initialize a vlc_t structure
* \param ppsz_argv an array of arguments
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_Init ( int, int, char *[] );
+int VLC_Init( int, int, char *[] );
/**
* Add an interface
* \param b_play start playing when the interface is done loading
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_AddIntf ( int, char const *, vlc_bool_t, vlc_bool_t );
+int VLC_AddIntf( int, char const *, vlc_bool_t, vlc_bool_t );
/**
* Ask vlc to die
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_Die ( int );
+int VLC_Die( int );
/**
* Clean up all the intf, playlist, vout and aout
* This function requests all intf, playlist, vout and aout objects to finish
* and CleanUp. Only a blank VLC object should remain after this.
*
+ * \note This function was previously called VLC_Stop
+ *
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_CleanUp ( int );
+int VLC_CleanUp( int );
/**
* Destroy all threads and the VLC object
*
* This function requests the running threads to finish, waits for their
* termination, and destroys their structure.
- * Then it will de-init all VLC object initializations.
+ * Then it will de-init all VLC object initializations.
*
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_Destroy ( int );
+int VLC_Destroy( int );
/**
* Set a VLC variable
*
* This function sets a variable of VLC
*
+ * \note Was previously called VLC_Set
+ *
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \param psz_var a vlc variable name
* \param value a vlc_value_t structure
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_Set ( int, char const *, vlc_value_t );
+int VLC_VariableSet( int, char const *, vlc_value_t );
/**
* Get a VLC variable
* This function gets the value of a variable of VLC
* It stores it in the p_value argument
*
+ * \note Was previously called VLC_Get
+ *
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \param psz_var a vlc variable name
* \param p_value a pointer to a vlc_value_t structure
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_Get ( int, char const *, vlc_value_t * );
+int VLC_VariableGet( int, char const *, vlc_value_t * );
+
+/**
+ * Get a VLC variable type
+ *
+ * This function gets the type of a variable of VLC
+ * It stores it in the p_type argument
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \param psz_var a vlc variable name
+ * \param pi_type a pointer to an integer
+ * \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
+ */
+int VLC_VariableType( int, char const *, int * );
/**
* Add a target to the current playlist
* \param i_pos the position at which to add the new target (PLAYLIST_END for end)
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_AddTarget ( int, char const *, const char **, int, int, int );
+int VLC_AddTarget( int, char const *, const char **, int, int, int );
/**
* Start the playlist and play the currently selected playlist item
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_Play ( int );
+int VLC_Play( int );
/**
* Pause the currently playing item. Resume it if already paused
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_Pause ( int );
+int VLC_Pause( int );
/**
* Stop the playlist
* If an item is currently playing then stop it.
* Set the playlist to a stopped state.
*
+ * \note This function is new. The old VLC_Stop is now called VLC_CleanUp
+ *
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_Stop ( int );
+int VLC_Stop( int );
/**
- * Stop the playlist
+ * Tell if VLC is playing
*
- * If an item is currently playing then stop it.
- * Set the playlist to a stopped state.
+ * If an item is currently playing, it returns
+ * VLC_TRUE, else VLC_FALSE
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return VLC_TRUE or VLC_FALSE
+ */
+vlc_bool_t VLC_IsPlaying( int );
+
+/**
+ * Get the current position in a input
+ *
+ * Return the current position as a float
+ * This method should be used for time sliders etc
+ * \note For some inputs, this will be unknown.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return a float in the range of 0.0 - 1.0
+ */
+float VLC_PositionGet( int );
+
+/**
+ * Set the current position in a input
+ *
+ * Set the current position as a float
+ * This method should be used for time sliders etc
+ * \note For some inputs, this will be unknown.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \param i_position a float in the range of 0.0 - 1.0
+ * \return a float in the range of 0.0 - 1.0
+ */
+float VLC_PositionSet( int, float );
+
+/**
+ * Get the current position in a input
+ *
+ * Return the current position in seconds from the start.
+ * \note For some inputs, this will be unknown.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return the offset from 0:00 in seconds
+ */
+int VLC_TimeGet( int );
+
+/**
+ * Seek to a position in the current input
+ *
+ * Seek i_seconds in the current input. If b_relative is set,
+ * then the seek will be relative to the current position, otherwise
+ * it will seek to i_seconds from the beginning of the input.
+ * \note For some inputs, this will be unknown.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \param i_seconds seconds from current position or from beginning of input
+ * \param b_relative seek relative from current position
+ * \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
+ */
+int VLC_TimeSet( int, int, vlc_bool_t );
+
+/**
+ * Get the total length of a input
+ *
+ * Return the total length in seconds from the current input.
+ * \note For some inputs, this will be unknown.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return the length in seconds
+ */
+int VLC_LengthGet( int );
+
+/**
+ * Play the input faster than realtime
+ *
+ * 2x, 4x, 8x faster than realtime
+ * \note For some inputs, this will be impossible.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return the current speedrate
+ */
+float VLC_SpeedFaster( int );
+
+/**
+ * Play the input slower than realtime
+ *
+ * 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x slower than realtime
+ * \note For some inputs, this will be impossible.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return the current speedrate
+ */
+float VLC_SpeedSlower( int );
+
+/**
+ * Return the current playlist item
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return the index of the playlistitem that is currently selected for play
+ */
+int VLC_PlaylistIndex( int );
+
+/**
+ * Total amount of items in the playlist
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return amount of playlist items
+ */
+int VLC_PlaylistNumberOfItems( int );
+
+/**
+ * Next playlist item
+ *
+ * Skip to the next playlistitem and play it.
*
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-vlc_bool_t VLC_IsPlaying ( int );
+int VLC_PlaylistNext( int );
+
+/**
+ * Previous playlist item
+ *
+ * Skip to the previous playlistitem and play it.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
+ */
+int VLC_PlaylistPrev( int );
/**
* Clear the contents of the playlist
*
* Completly empty the entire playlist.
*
+ * \note Was previously called VLC_ClearPlaylist
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
+ */
+int VLC_PlaylistClear( int );
+
+/**
+ * Change the volume
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \param i_volume something in a range from 0-200
+ * \return the new volume (range 0-200 %)
+ */
+int VLC_VolumeSet( int, int );
+
+/**
+ * Get the current volume
+ *
+ * Retrieve the current volume.
+ *
+ * \param i_object a vlc object id
+ * \return the current volume (range 0-200 %)
+ */
+int VLC_VolumeGet( int );
+
+/**
+ * Mute/Unmute the volume
+ *
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_ClearPlaylist( int );
+int VLC_VolumeMute( int );
/**
* Toggle Fullscreen mode
* \param i_object a vlc object id
* \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
*/
-int VLC_FullScreen ( int );
+int VLC_FullScreen( int );
# ifdef __cplusplus
}
# endif
+#define LICENSE_MSG \
+ _("This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by " \
+ "law.\nYou may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General " \
+ "Public License;\nsee the file named COPYING for details.\n" \
+ "Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file.\n")
+
#endif /* <vlc/vlc.h> */
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