Launch VLC Player through Java

Question

I want to launch my VLC player through a Java program, can any one help me? Thanks in advance.

possible duplicate of [how to control VLC by java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3768397/how-to-control-vlc-by-java) — Steve-o, Aug 24 '11 at 07:29

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 18 '16 at 09:49

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Use VLCJ. Here is the new link

edited Jun 18 '16 at 09:49

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answered Aug 27 '11 at 09:49

Oskar Kjellin · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-24T07:45:35.100

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Vlc is located on different places depending on your system, but this is for 64 bit

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe", "file to start with vlc");
Process start = pb.start();

and this should work for x86:

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe", "file to start with vlc");
Process start = pb.start();

edited Aug 24 '11 at 07:45

answered Aug 24 '11 at 07:25

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backslashes (\\) should be escaped: "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe" – davorp Aug 24 '11 at 07:42
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("C://ProgramFiles/VideoLAN/VLC/vlc.exe", "D://avtar.mp4"); Process start = pb.start(); The Vlc player is opening for me but its not playing the video from the specified path. – ranganath.tm Aug 24 '11 at 07:46
I am done with this problem the solution is something like this, you should paste the video file into yours workspace/yoursapplication/a.pm4 – ranganath.tm Aug 24 '11 at 10:05

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 24 '11 at 07:26

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You might want to try this sample of code:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("path_to_your_VLC_exe");

Unfortunately you will need to have an absolute path to your executable file, which sometimes cannot be obtained.

Look here for more examples: http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0014.html

answered Aug 24 '11 at 07:26

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You may want to obtain it from the **user** ;) – atamanroman Aug 24 '11 at 07:28

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 24 '11 at 07:41

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public class Test {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
      Runtime.getRuntime().exec("\"E:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\"");

      System.out.println("VLC started.");

   }
}

answered Aug 24 '11 at 07:41

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It is unlikely that it is contained in E: – Oskar Kjellin Aug 24 '11 at 07:46
What if i want to play a file with VLC ? – abhi120 Sep 17 '12 at 13:19
Usually, the first argument of any executable that works with files is the path of the file to open... for example: "vlc.exe MyVideo.mov" – davorp Sep 19 '12 at 17:39

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 24 '11 at 08:03

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You'll need to specify an absolute path to the program, which might be a problem if you do not know where VLC is stored.

answered Aug 24 '11 at 08:03

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