hxCodec 3.0 rewrite (video controls, LibVLC 4.0, and more)

[EliteMasterEric]

This version is a full rewrite by EliteMasterEric, based on the old codebase, with new features and improvements.

Added

• Added premade classes for video playback on HaxeFlixel.
  • Added FlxVideoState which plays videos.
  • Added FlxVideoSubState which plays videos.
  • Added FlxCutsceneState which plays a specific video (with the option to skip) before switching to the next state.
• All video player classes now have new video controls and metadata available.
  • Play a video (or switch what video is playing) with video.playVideo
  • Pause the video with video.pause
  • Resume the video with video.resume
  • Toggle played/paused with video.togglePaused
  • Stop the video with video.stop
  • Seek in the video by timestamp with video.time
  • Seek in the video by percent complete with video.position
  • Set volume with video.volume
  • Mute audio with video.muteAudio
  • Set playback rate with video.playbackRate
  • Fetch the video duration with video.duration
  • Check if video is playing with video.isPlaying
• All video player classes now utilize a new standardized callback/listener system.
  • This is based on FlxSignal if it is available, and its own implementation if FlxSignal is not available.
  • Available callbacks include onOpening, onPlaying, onPaused, onStopped, onEndReached, onEncounteredError, onForward, onBackward.
  • Use onEndReached.add(funcToCall) to add a callback to be executed each time the video ends.
  • Use onEndReached.addOnce(funcToCall) to add a callback to be executed only once.
  • Use onEndReached.remove(funcToCall) to remove an existing callback.
• Added new sample projects to demonstrate the use of the library.
  • These sample projects do not include video files to minimize repo size. Please make sure to download the videos for the sample projects before testing.

    Changed

• Reworked classes for video playback for HaxeFlixel and OpenFL.
  • FlxVideoSprite for HaxeFlixel can be added to a scene to play a video.
  • VideoSprite for OpenFL can be added as a sprite to play a video.
• All video players now use an IVideoPlayer interface, which ensures all video player classes support the same controls.
• Reworked internal library code to use LibVLC 4.0.
  • This lays the groundwork for future features and performance improvements.
• Refactored codebase for improved readability and maintainability.
• Added new documentation for most functions.
• Added Haxe Checkstyle to maintain consistent code style and formatting in Haxe code.

  Known Issues

• Support for Mac, Linux, and Android is currently not tested and may not be functional.
• Support for iOS is in progress and is not currently functional.

[MAJigsaw77]

I think we must make Mac, Linux, Android and iOS functional before pushing

[EliteMasterEric]

I think we must make Mac, Linux, Android and iOS functional before pushing

I can do some work on Linux and Android but I'm kind of busy. Mac I can't do the work for as I don't have a Mac.

iOS is complicated and might need to be pushed off until later, because it requires using vlcKit and also I've never worked with iOS before and also I don't own a Mac

[ghost]

wouldn't it be necessary to mark this PR as a draft for the time being? to avoid accidental merges and such

[mayo78]

this compiles fine, but when opening the exported exe it gives the error "[exe name] - Entry Point Not Found" "The procedure entry point libvlc_media_get_parsed_status could not be located in the dynamic link library [path of exe]"

[EliteMasterEric]

this compiles fine, but when opening the exported exe it gives the error "[exe name] - Entry Point Not Found" "The procedure entry point libvlc_media_get_parsed_status could not be located in the dynamic link library [path of exe]"

Which operating system is this

Nvm its windows

[JonnycatMeow]

gonna make ios fixes and i am gonna test it

[Raltyro]

wwait, does stuff actually works in other platforms?

[TheRealJake12]

wwait, does stuff actually works in other platforms?

no (I have been told it doesn't.)

[polybiusproxy]

wwait, does stuff actually works in other platforms?

no (I have been told it doesn't.)

Support is there but it has yet to be tested.

[mayo78]

Support is there but it has yet to be tested.

tested on mac, didn't work

[ACrazyTown]

I'm having an issue where a FlxVideoSprite just doesn't render if it's cameras is set to a camera different than FlxG.camera

[EliteMasterEric]

I'm having an issue where a FlxVideoSprite just doesn't render if it's cameras is set to a camera different than FlxG.camera

Does this issue happen on the old version of hxCodec?

I think this might be related to a similar issue where videos don't work on substates.

The most stable thing to do right now is to use FlxVideoState or FlxCutsceneState (which uses FlxVideoState).

[BombasticTom]

umm why does it have branch conflicts?

[kinoko87]

Is it possible to make a video restartable with this version? Once a video ends it seems I'm unable to set back the time to 0. Looping does not work as I'm implementing a video component in my program that can pause/restart

[kinoko87]

Is it possible to make a video restartable with this version? Once a video ends it seems I'm unable to set back the time to 0. Looping does not work as I'm implementing a video component in my program that can pause/restart

So far my only succesfully implementation of this was just running playVideo() again.

[MAJigsaw77]

Is it possible to make a video restartable with this version? Once a video ends it seems I'm unable to set back the time to 0. Looping does not work as I'm implementing a video component in my program that can pause/restart

which platform are you using?

[EliteMasterEric]

Is it possible to make a video restartable with this version?

I will look into this later if I have the time. Still working on getting Linux working.

[EliteMasterEric]

Updates on the status of this repo:

• Logging has been improved with help of KadeDev. This should help with the next point...
• Linux builds and runs but fails to properly parse the media.
• Mac has not been tested and needs testers.
• Android has not been tested.
• iOS has not been tested and will likely need a refactor, or iOS specific code. This is difficult since I do not currently have access to a Mac.

[JonnycatMeow]

bruh i did test the mac but i did not test the ios

[BombasticTom]

I have an android but dunno how to test it

[JonnycatMeow]

damn

[EliteMasterEric]

This was closed due to Git tomfuckery, I might need to make another PR but this is still in active development.

[ACrazyTown]

Btw, is there any way to make this work with hmm? As it requires me to have a copy of the repostiory in my global haxelib because of the Build.xml file: Error: Could not find include file "C:/HaxeToolkit/haxe/lib/hxcodec/git/project/Build.xml