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Hi,

I have been reviewing and reading the docs for the VLCJ but unfortunately could not come to a conclusion of configuring and running it correctly.

It is appreciated if someone placing an example, snippet or tutorial of that.

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The error you posted usually means LibVLC loaded, but could not find its plugins folder. Two things trip people up on Windows: a 32/64-bit mismatch and an incorrect plugins path. If you are running a 32-bit JDK, make sure you installed the 32-bit build of VLC under C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC (not Program Files). Java and VLC must be the same bitness; you can’t mix 32-bit with 64-bit. (stackoverflow.com)

Also, the jars you listed look mismatched: jna-4.0.0.jar with platform-3.5.2.jar. For vlcj 2.4.x you should use JNA and JNA-Platform 3.5.2 together. Mixing JNA versions can cause initialisation failures and the “No plugins found!” error you’re seeing. (stackoverflow.com)

Quick checklist:

  • Install matching architectures: 32/32 or 64/64 (JDK, VLC, JNA). (stackoverflow.com)
  • Ensure VLC’s plugins are visible to LibVLC. Easiest is to set the OS environment variable VLC_PLUGIN_PATH to C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins (or the 64-bit path if you use 64-bit). Do not rely on --plugin-path; that option was removed in newer VLC builds. (stackoverflow.com)
  • Turn on vlcj debug logs to see exactly what path it is probing: start Java with -Dvlcj.log=DEBUG. (stackoverflow.com)

If you are starting fresh today, a simpler approach is to let vlcj discover LibVLC automatically and verify the version at startup:

import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.discovery.NativeDiscovery;
import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.binding.LibVlc;

public class CheckVlc {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.setProperty("vlcj.log","DEBUG");
    boolean found = new NativeDiscovery().discover();
    System.out.println("Found LibVLC? " + found + " | " + LibVlc.INSTANCE.libvlc_get_version());
  }
}

The current vlcj tutorials show this discovery-first pattern and are a good reference if you later embed a player component. (capricasoftware.co.uk)

’s link is a great starting point; the steps above fill in the version/bitness and plugin-path gaps that trigger your exact error.

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Did you find this?

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Thanks for the reply, yeah I have both part but getting the error ...

[03b70b50] main libvlc error: No plugins found! Check your VLC installation.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to initialise libvlc.

import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.binding.LibVlc;
import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.component.EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent;
import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.runtime.RuntimeUtil;

import com.sun.jna.Native;
import com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary;

public class Tutorial1A {

    private EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent mediaPlayerComponent;

    public Tutorial1A() {
        // Ensure we're using the 32bit jdk.
        System.out.println("jdk version:  "
                + System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model") + " bits.");

        NativeLibrary.addSearchPath(RuntimeUtil.getLibVlcLibraryName(),
                "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC");
        Native.loadLibrary(RuntimeUtil.getLibVlcLibraryName(), LibVlc.class);
        mediaPlayerComponent = new EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent();

        mediaPlayerComponent.getMediaPlayer().playMedia(
                "C:\\Users\\Tanha\\Videos\\Facebook.mp4");

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Tutorial1A();
    }
}
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I am sure the problem is with verison because I am following the most latest verison as follow:

vlcj-2.4.0.jar

platform-3.5.2.jar

jna-4.0.0.jar

Edited by tanha
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