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July 13, 2018 11:19
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Utility class used to detect the location of VLC and launch a stream.
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| public static class VLCHelper | |
| { | |
| private const string KEY = @"SOFTWARE\VideoLAN\VLC"; | |
| public static void StartStream(string url) | |
| { | |
| string path = null; | |
| // Checking 32-Bit VLC Install | |
| RegistryKey localKey32 = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, RegistryView.Registry32); | |
| localKey32 = localKey32.OpenSubKey(KEY); | |
| if (localKey32 != null) | |
| { | |
| path = localKey32.GetValue(null).ToString(); | |
| } | |
| // Checking 64-Bit VLC Install | |
| RegistryKey localKey64 = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, RegistryView.Registry64); | |
| localKey64 = localKey64.OpenSubKey(KEY); | |
| if (localKey64 != null) | |
| { | |
| path = localKey64.GetValue(null).ToString(); | |
| } | |
| if (path == null) | |
| { | |
| MessageBox.Show("VLC not found !", Application.ProductName, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error); | |
| } | |
| else | |
| { | |
| StartVlc(path, url); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| private static void StartVlc(string path, string url) | |
| { | |
| var vlc = new Process | |
| { | |
| StartInfo = | |
| { | |
| FileName = path, | |
| Arguments = "-vvv " + url, | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| vlc.Start(); | |
| } | |
| } |
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