VideoPlayer.Create method

VideoPlayer.Create method

Remarks

Creates the video player rendering window and links it to a given player: once created, the rendering window will stay active until the termination of the container form.

The rendering window can be hidden or shown through the VideoPlayer.Show method and moved or resized through the VideoPlayer.Move method.

For further details about the use of the embedded video player see the VideoPlayer object section.

For details about video clips rendering refer to the How to play video files through DirectShow tutorial.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

control.VideoPlayer.Create (

nPlayer as Integer,

hWndTarget as OLE_HANDLE,

nLeft as Long,

nTop as Long,

nWidth as Long,

nHeight as Long

) as enumErrorCodes

[C++]

short control.VideoPlayer.Create (

short nPlayer,

OLE_HANDLE hWndTarget,

long nLeft,

long nTop,

long nWidth,

long nHeight

);

Parameter	Description

nPlayer	Number representing the zero-based index of the player that will use the video player.
hWndTarget	Handle of the window whose surface will be used in order to render video frames. If this parameter should be set to 0, DirectShow would automatically provide a floating window.
nLeft	Left position of the video window, expressed in client coordinates (pixels) of the container form
nTop	Top position of the video window, expressed in client coordinates (pixels) of the container form
nWidth	Width of the video window, expressed in pixels
nHeight	Height of the video window, expressed in pixels

Return value

Value	Meaning

Negative value	An error occurred, check the LastError property value in order to get the error code
enumErrorCodes.ERR_NOERROR (0)	The method call was successful