libVLC simple example

cli_player.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <vlc/vlc.h>
#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
    #include <Windows.h>
#else
    #include <unistd.h>
#endif

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    libvlc_instance_t *inst;
    libvlc_media_player_t *mp;
    libvlc_media_t *m;

    // load the vlc engine (no libVLC log)
    // inst = libvlc_new(0, NULL);
    const char *const verbosity_args[] = { "--verbose", "2" }; //log level 2
    // load the vlc engine
    inst = libvlc_new(argc, verbosity_args);
    

    // create a new item
    m = libvlc_media_new_path(inst, argv[1]);
    // m = libvlc_media_new_location (inst, "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/gstreamer-sdk/data/media/sintel_trailer-480p.webm");
    
    // create a media play playing environment
    mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media(m);

    // no need to keep the media now
    libvlc_media_release(m);

    // play the media_player
    libvlc_media_player_play(mp);

    #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
        Sleep(50);
      #else
        sleep(50);
      #endif

    // stop playing
    libvlc_media_player_stop(mp);

    // free the media_player
    libvlc_media_player_release(mp);

    libvlc_release(inst);


    return 0;
}