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Simple video player in .NET

 

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    How to write a video player application with VideoLab or VisionLab using C#, VB.NET, J# or C++/CLI

This is a step by step tutorial for writing a simple video player in .NET by using VideoLab or VisionLab. The steps are exactly identical in C#, Visual Basic .NET, C++/CLI and J#.

There is no code writing necessary to complete this application.

There is no need to know C#, Visual Basic, J# or C++ in order to create this application.

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The tutorial covers the following steps, which should take less than two minutes:

1. Add an AVIPlayer Component to Your Application's Form:

AVIPlayerPalette

2. Add an ImageDisplay Control to Your Application's Form:

ImageDisplayPalette

3. Set the ImageDisplay Control's Properties:

    3.1 Arrange you form to look similar to this:

Fim1ImageDisplay

    3.2. Set the ImageDisplay Control’s Anchor property to “Top, Bottom, Left, Right”:

ImageDisplayAnchor

4. Select file to play in the AVIPlayer Component:

    4.1. Double-click on the aviPlayer1 component on the form:

Form1AVIPlayer1

    4.2. Select a file to play, and click “Open”:

VideoFileOpenDialog

5. Connect the AVIPlayer.OutputPin to ImageDisplay.InputPin:

    5.1. In the aviPlayer1 Properties select OutputPin and click on the DottedButton button:

AVIPlayerPropertiesOutputPin

    5.2. In the connection editor check the InputPin of the ImageDisplay1 and click OK:

AVIPlayerOutputPinEdit

6. Run the Application:

    9.1 Press (F5) to run the application. You should see the video playing:

PlayingVideo

Here is a diagram of the OpenWire connections in this application:

VideoPlayerDiagram