VLC player doesn't play any video

Question

I added the VLC plugin from COM Component, dragged it to my form, added two buttons to the form ("Play" and "Stop"), and wrote the following code:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    axVLC.AutoPlay = false;
    axVLC.playlist.add(@"C:\Users\Hanif\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Education Visualization\Vlc\Resources\Video1.wmv");
}

private void btnPlay_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    axVLC.playlist.play();
}

private void btnStop_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    axVLC.playlist.stop();
}

But when I click on "Play", nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Is the VLC plugin of type AxAXVLC.AxVLCPlugin2? If yes, then try these:

1) try playing video of other formats, e.g. .avi, .mkv, etc.

2) try adding file:/// in the beginning of URI:

@"file:///C:\Users\Hanif\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Education Visualization\Vlc\Resources\Video1.wmv"

3) try adding 2 more arguments in the add command:

axVLC.playlist.add(@"C:\Users\Hanif\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Education Visualization\Vlc\Resources\Video1.wmv", null, null);