Class Core

Namespace

LibVLCSharp.Shared

Assembly

LibVLCSharp.dll

The Core class handles libvlc loading intricacies on various platforms as well as the libvlc/libvlcsharp version match check.

public static class Core

Inheritance

object

Core

Inherited Members

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

Methods

Initialize(string?)

Load the native libvlc library (if necessary, depending on platform)

Ensure that you installed the VideoLAN.LibVLC.[YourPlatform] package in your target project

This will throw a VLCException if the native libvlc libraries cannot be found or loaded.

It may also throw a VLCException if the LibVLC and LibVLCSharp major versions do not match. See https://code.videolan.org/videolan/LibVLCSharp/-/blob/master/docs/versioning.md for more info about the versioning strategy.

public static void Initialize(string? libvlcDirectoryPath = null)

Parameters

libvlcDirectoryPath string

The path to the directory that contains libvlc and libvlccore No need to specify unless running netstandard 1.1, or using custom location for libvlc

This parameter is NOT supported on Linux, use LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead.