/// <summary>
/// Creates the wrapper for the mplayer library.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="handle">pointer to the panel where the video needs to be displayed</param>
public MediaPlayer(IntPtr handle)
: base(null)
{
//we only initialize mplayer once.
if (null == _play)
{
this._handle = handle;
MplayerBackends backend;
System.PlatformID runningPlatform = System.Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
if (runningPlatform == System.PlatformID.Unix)
{
backend = MplayerBackends.GL2;
}
else if (runningPlatform == PlatformID.MacOSX)
{
backend = MplayerBackends.OpenGL;
}
else
{
//The Direct3D backend in the version of mplayer I'm using, has issues on 64bit windows
backend = MplayerBackends.DirectX;
}
_play = new MPlayer((int)handle, backend);
_play.Init();
}
//configure the timer that will check the current position twice every second, until the end of time.
_playPositionTimer = new Timer();
_playPositionTimer.Interval = PLAY_POSITION_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MILLISECONDS;
_playPositionTimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(_playPositionTimer_Elapsed);
}
