Embedding VLC player in WInform Application in .Net Core. Core.Intialize() Giving Exception-CodePudding

I am trying to Embed VLc in Winform Application on .net core 3.1 framework. Packages installed are ** LibVLCSharp 3.6.1 LibVLCSharp.WinForms 3.6.1 **

private void PlayerForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var url = typeof(LibVLC).Assembly.Location;
            Core.Initialize();
            using(var libvlc = new LibVLC())
                using (var mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(libvlc))
            {
                var uri = new Uri("C:\\Active Projects\\ScreenPlayerWeb\\ScreenPlayerWeb\\wwwroot\\Videos\\VID_20190621_112556.3gp");
                using var media = new Media(libvlc, uri);
                mediaPlayer.Fullscreen = true;
                mediaPlayer.Play();
            }
        }

Core.Initialize() Giving Exception

** LibVLCSharp.Shared.VLCException: 'Failed to load required native libraries. Have you installed the latest LibVLC package from nuget for your target platform? Search paths include C:\Active Projects\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\libvlc\win-x64\libvlc.dll,C:\Active Projects\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\libvlc\win-x64\libvlccore.dll; C:\Active Projects\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\libvlc\win-x64\libvlc.dll,C:\Active Projects\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\libvlc\win-x64\libvlccore.dll; C:\Active Projects\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\ScreenPlayerClient\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\libvlc.dll,'

Its searching for wrong file in my devug/netcore3.1 folder there is no file as libvlc.dll ... files avaialble are libvlcsharp.dll, libvlcsharp.winforms.dll and vlc.dotnet.core.dll.

There are answers on stack overflow but most of these are more than 5 years old so cant be referenced to updated versions of LIbVlc and .Net

Help will be highly appriciated.

CodePudding user response：

The package doesn't include the actual 'libvlc' as you might expect, its only initialization code in the LibVLCSharp. Ensure you installed the VideoLAN.LibVLC.[YourPlatform] package in your target project. Or download it manually and point towards the folder:

Core.Initialize(@"C:\yourpath\libvlc\win-x64");
var libvlc = new LibVLC();
// Make VideoView control
VideoView vv = new VideoView();
vv.MediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(libvlc);
vv.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; 
// Add it to the form
Controls.Add(vv);

var uri = new Uri(@"C:\Video.mp4");
// Use command line options as Options for media playback (https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help/)
var media = new Media(libvlc, uri, ":input-repeat=65535");
vv.MediaPlayer.Play(media);

//Set fullscreen
this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
this.Size = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size;
this.Location = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Location;