/*****************************************************************************
* Media Player
*****************************************************************************/
-/** \defgroup libvlc_media_player libvlc_media_player
+/** \defgroup libvlc_media_player LibVLC media player
* \ingroup libvlc
- * LibVLC Media Player, object that let you play a media
- * in a custom drawable
+ * A LibVLC media player plays one media (usually in a custom drawable).
* @{
*/
/**
* Set the NSView handler where the media player should render its video output.
*
- * The object minimal_macosx expects is of kind NSObject and should
- * respect the protocol:
+ * Use the vout called "macosx".
*
- * @protocol VLCOpenGLVideoViewEmbedding <NSObject>
+ * The drawable is an NSObject that follow the VLCOpenGLVideoViewEmbedding
+ * protocol:
+ *
+ * @begincode
+ * \@protocol VLCOpenGLVideoViewEmbedding <NSObject>
* - (void)addVoutSubview:(NSView *)view;
* - (void)removeVoutSubview:(NSView *)view;
- * @end
+ * \@end
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * Or it can be an NSView object.
+ *
+ * If you want to use it along with Qt4 see the QMacCocoaViewContainer. Then
+ * the following code should work:
+ * @begincode
+ * {
+ * NSView *video = [[NSView alloc] init];
+ * QMacCocoaViewContainer *container = new QMacCocoaViewContainer(video, parent);
+ * libvlc_media_player_set_nsobject(mp, video);
+ * [video release];
+ * }
+ * @endcode
*
* You can find a live example in VLCVideoView in VLCKit.framework.
*
* \param p_mi the Media Player
- * \param drawable the NSView handler
+ * \param drawable the drawable that is either an NSView or an object following
+ * the VLCOpenGLVideoViewEmbedding protocol.
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void libvlc_media_player_set_nsobject ( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi, void * drawable );
VLC_PUBLIC_API void libvlc_media_player_next_chapter( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi );
/**
- * Get movie play rate
+ * Get the requested movie play rate.
+ * @warning Depending on the underlying media, the requested rate may be
+ * different from the real playback rate.
*
* \param p_mi the Media Player
- * \return movie play rate, or zero in case of error
+ * \return movie play rate
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API float libvlc_media_player_get_rate( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi );
* Get current movie state
*
* \param p_mi the Media Player
+ * \return the current state of the media player (playing, paused, ...) \see libvlc_state_t
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API libvlc_state_t libvlc_media_player_get_state( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi );
* Is this media player seekable?
*
* \param p_mi the media player
+ * \return true if the media player can seek
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API int libvlc_media_player_is_seekable( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi );
* Can this media player be paused?
*
* \param p_mi the media player
+ * \return true if the media player can pause
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API int libvlc_media_player_can_pause( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi );
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void libvlc_track_description_release( libvlc_track_description_t *p_track_description );
-/** \defgroup libvlc_video libvlc_video
- * \ingroup libvlc_media_player
- * LibVLC Video handling
+/** \defgroup libvlc_video LibVLC video controls
* @{
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API void libvlc_toggle_fullscreen( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi );
/**
- * Enable or disable fullscreen on non-embedded video outputs.
+ * Enable or disable fullscreen.
*
- * @warning With most window managers, only a top-level windows can switch to
+ * @warning With most window managers, only a top-level windows can be in
* full-screen mode. Hence, this function will not operate properly if
- * libvlc_media_player_set_xid() or libvlc_media_player_set_hwnd() was
- * used to embed the video in a non-LibVLC widget. If you want to to render an
- * embedded LibVLC video full-screen, the parent embedding widget must expanded
- * to full screen (LibVLC cannot take care of that).
- * LibVLC will then automatically resize the video as appropriate.
+ * libvlc_media_player_set_xid() was used to embed the video in a non-top-level
+ * window. In that case, the embedding window must be reparented to the root
+ * window <b>before</b> fullscreen mode is enabled. You will want to reparent
+ * it back to its normal parent when disabling fullscreen.
*
* \param p_mi the media player
* \param b_fullscreen boolean for fullscreen status
* for the X window ID of the video widget, then LibVLC will not be able to
* handle key presses and mouse clicks in any case.
*
- * \warning This function is only implemented for X11 at the moment.
+ * \warning This function is only implemented for X11 and Win32 at the moment.
*
* \param p_mi the media player
* \param on true to handle key press events, false to ignore them.
*
* \note See also libvlc_video_set_key_input().
*
- * \warning This function is only implemented for X11 at the moment.
+ * \warning This function is only implemented for X11 and Win32 at the moment.
*
* \param p_mi the media player
* \param on true to handle mouse click events, false to ignore them.
*
* \param p_mi the media player
* \return the video aspect ratio or NULL if unspecified
- * (the result must be released with free() or libvlc_free()).
+ * (the result must be released with free()).
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API char *libvlc_video_get_aspect_ratio( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi );
/** @} video */
-/** \defgroup libvlc_audio libvlc_audio
- * \ingroup libvlc_media_player
- * LibVLC Audio handling
+/** \defgroup libvlc_audio LibVLC audio controls
* @{
*/