Introducing LibVLCSharp

LibVLCSharp are .NET/Mono bindings for libvlc, the multimedia framework powering the VLC applications.

We support all .NET runtimes (Xamarin/Mono, .NET Core and .NET Framework) on most platfoms by targeting .NET Standard 2.0.

libvlc is modularized into hundreds of plugins, which may be loaded at runtime. This architecture provides great flexibility to developers (both VLC devs and devs consuming the library). The unified, complete and (somewhat) high level libvlc C API allows a wide range of operations, such as:

• Network browsing for distant filesystems (SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS…).
• HDMI passthrough for Audio HD codecs, like E-AC3, TrueHD or DTS-HD.
• Stream to distant renderers, like Chromecast.
• 360 video and 3D audio playback with viewpoint change.
• Support for Ambisonics audio and more than 8 audio channels.
• Subtitles size modification live.
• Hardware decoding and display on all platforms.
• DVD playback and menu navigation.

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Loading the native libvlc library
        Core.Initialize();

        using (var libVLC = new LibVLC())
        using (var mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(libVLC))
        {
            var media = new Media(libVLC, 
                                "http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/videos/big_buck_bunny.mp4", 
                                Media.FromType.FromLocation)
            mediaPlayer.Play(media);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }

LibVLCSharp aims to always support the latest libvlc major version (currently version 3).

We are distributing packages (native and managed) through nuget.

We use GitLab and GitHub.