how to use vlcj with java?

Hello Everyone i'm trying to use vlcj for java but am running into a lot of errors. I checked my jvm version and vlc media version both are 64 bit.

I tried a lot of codes that I had researched in the internet. I followed the step by inserting vlcj.jar in my code but nothing seems to work.

I followed the tutorial on caprica but it wouldn't work. Now i'm getting error

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Interface (LibVlc) of library=libvlc does not extend Library B.

Can someone please help on this?

package mrbool.vlc.example; 

import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.binding.LibVlc;
import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.factory.MediaPlayerFactory;

import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.player.embedded.EmbeddedMediaPlayer;
import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.binding.LibVlc;

import com.sun.jna.Native;
import com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary;
import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.binding.RuntimeUtil;
public class JavaApplication1 {
        


    public static void main(String[] args) {
      NativeLibrary.addSearchPath(RuntimeUtil.getLibVlcLibraryName(),"C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC");
      Native.loadLibrary(RuntimeUtil.getLibVlcLibraryName(), LibVlc.class);
      MediaPlayerFactory factory = new MediaPlayerFactory();
    }

}

Solution

Sometimes the problem is due to incompatibility of the architecture of VLC and JRE.

You can check JRE architecture using the code below:

public class JavaApplication12 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model"));
    }
}


EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent mediaPlayerComponent = new EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent();
        EmbeddedMediaPlayer embeddedMediaPlayer = mediaPlayerComponent.getMediaPlayer();

        Canvas videoSurface = new Canvas();
        videoSurface.setBackground(Color.black);
        videoSurface.setSize(800, 600);

        List<String> vlcArgs = new ArrayList<String>();

        vlcArgs.add("--no-plugins-cache");
        vlcArgs.add("--no-video-title-show");
        vlcArgs.add("--no-snapshot-preview");

        MediaPlayerFactory mediaPlayerFactory = new MediaPlayerFactory(vlcArgs.toArray(new String[vlcArgs.size()]));
        mediaPlayerFactory.setUserAgent("vlcj test player");
        embeddedMediaPlayer.setVideoSurface(mediaPlayerFactory.newVideoSurface(videoSurface));
        embeddedMediaPlayer.setPlaySubItems(true);

        final PlayerControlsPanel controlsPanel = new PlayerControlsPanel(embeddedMediaPlayer);
        PlayerVideoAdjustPanel videoAdjustPanel = new PlayerVideoAdjustPanel(embeddedMediaPlayer);

//            mediaPlayerComponent.getMediaPlayer().playMedia(Constant.PATH_ROOT + Constant.PATH_MEDIA + "tmp.mp4");
        JFrame mainFrame = new JFrame();
        mainFrame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        mainFrame.setBackground(Color.black);
        mainFrame.add(videoSurface, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        mainFrame.add(controlsPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        mainFrame.add(videoAdjustPanel, BorderLayout.EAST);

        //create a button which will hide the panel when clicked.
        mainFrame.pack();
        mainFrame.setVisible(true);

        embeddedMediaPlayer.playMedia("tmp.mp4");