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<concept id="GUID-B340078C-9EFC-4017-8F43-B0BBCE4935DC" xml:lang="en"><title>Playing

a video clip</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>To open, play and retrieve information about video data stored in a

file, descriptor, or URL, use the video player utility of the Multimedia Framework

to develop your application. To play a video clip, the application needs to

repeat the steps described in the illustration below.</p>

<fig id="GUID-FC95D96A-BD76-4296-AAA0-832206A27B73"><title>The steps required to play a video clip</title><image href="GUID-9770F3B4-998D-474F-9A82-1B134A4C2869_d0e267623_href.png"/></fig>

<p>To play a video clip, use the methods of the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility</codeph></xref> class

to construct your application.</p>

<section><title>To play a video</title>

<ol>

<li id="GUID-6BBE2F20-3EF8-4397-B36B-7F8AE0411650"><p>Create a video

player object, open a video clip and prepare it to be played.</p>

<ul>

<li><p>Create a player object using the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aNewL%28MVideoPlayerUtilityObserver%20%26amp%3b%2cTInt%2cTMdaPriorityPreference%2cRWsSession%20%26amp%3b%2cCWsScreenDevice%20%26amp%3b%2cRWindowBase%20%26amp%3b%2cconst%20TRect%20%26amp%3b%2cconst%20TRect%20%26amp%3b%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::NewL()</codeph></xref> method.</p>

</li>

<li><p>Open a video clip from a file, descriptor using the respective <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aOpenFileL%28const%20TDesC%20%26amp%3b%2cTUid%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::OpenFileL()</codeph></xref> or <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aOpenDesL%28const%20TDesC8%20%26amp%3b%2cTUid%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::OpenDesL()</codeph></xref>. <xref href="GUID-795ED4C0-7C82-41DE-AD5B-AC69A426E2A5.dita">Streamed

content</xref> can be opened with <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aOpenUrlL%28const%20TDesC%20%26amp%3b%2cTInt%2cconst%20TDesC8%20%26amp%3b%2cTUid%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::OpenUrlL()</codeph></xref>. <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/MVideoPlayerUtilityObserverClass.html#%3a%3aMVideoPlayerUtilityObserver%3a%3aMvpuoOpenComplete%28TInt%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>MVideoPlayerUtilityObserver::MvpuoOpenComplete()</codeph></xref> is

called upon completion.</p></li>

<li><p>Prepare the video clip to be read using <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aPrepare%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::Prepare()</codeph></xref>. <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/MVideoPlayerUtilityObserverClass.html#%3a%3aMVideoPlayerUtilityObserver%3a%3aMvpuoPrepareComplete%28TInt%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>MVideoPlayerUtilityObserver::MvpuoPrepareComplete()</codeph></xref> is

called upon completion.</p></li>

</ul>

</li>

<li id="GUID-3582516A-2E58-4024-BC82-86E79DF253CF"><p>Configure

the player settings.</p><p>You can check and set, for example, the playback

priority, display window, audio track, video frame size and frame rate, audio

and video codecs and bitrates, and the MIME type of the video clip. For more

information on the options, see the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility</codeph></xref> class.</p>

</li>

<li id="GUID-FF788EF1-6991-48CE-A43D-50E5F98856BD"><p>Play the video

clip.</p>

<ul>

<li><p>Start the playback of a video clip using the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aPlay%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::Play()</codeph></xref> method.</p>

</li>

<li><p>Pause playback using the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aPauseL%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::PauseL()</codeph></xref> method. Resume playback

by calling <codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::Play()</codeph> again.</p></li>

<li><p>Stop playback using the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aStop%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::Stop()</codeph></xref> method. If the playback

is not explicitly stopped, <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/MVideoPlayerUtilityObserverClass.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>MVideoPlayerUtilityObserver::MvpuoPlayComplete()</codeph></xref> is called upon completion.</p></li>

</ul>

</li>

<li id="GUID-C517833F-4A5C-438B-BFAD-05691C805A6F"><p>To exit the

application or to switch it to the background, close the video clip and unload

all controllers using the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Multimedia_Framework/CVideoPlayerUtilityClass.html#%3a%3aCVideoPlayerUtility%3a%3aClose%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility::Close()</codeph></xref> method.</p></li>

<li id="GUID-EDF371B0-40E6-4FE4-AB3B-6E7E7615D888"><p>Include the <codeph>VideoPlayer.h</codeph> header

file in the appropriate class file(s).</p></li>

<li id="GUID-F9642238-8046-476A-89C1-78092B67800F"><p>Make sure

you have correct <xref href="GUID-6971B0A2-F79B-4E05-8AF3-BB1FC1932A22.dita">capabilities</xref> information

set for your application. You need at least the <codeph>UserEnvironment</codeph> capability.

If you want to set the recording priority for the video/audio device, you

need the <codeph>MultimediaDD</codeph> capability.</p></li>

<li id="GUID-7E812E69-C12E-43A5-809F-4A47104F7822"><p>Make sure <codeph>mediaclientvideo.lib</codeph> is

accessible to your linker when compiling your application by including it

in your <codeph>mmp</codeph> file or by editing the project properties in

your IDE, depending on your build environment.</p></li>

</ol>

</section>

<section><title>Additional information on playing a video clip</title>

<p>For code examples, see <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/How_to_play_a_video_file_using_CVideoPlayerUtility" scope="external">How

to play a video using CVideoPlayerUtility</xref> on Forum Nokia Developer

Community Wiki.</p>

<p>For more information on <codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility</codeph>, see <xref href="http://developer.symbian.com/main/documentation/books/books_files/quick/multimedia_recipes.pdf?strScope=website&amp;searchString=CVideoPlayerUtility" scope="external">Multimedia recipes</xref> in the Symbian Developer Network.</p>

<p>For information on the codecs needed to play a video clip, see <xref href="GUID-536DCEAF-3598-4D3E-A812-E266720F350D.dita"/>.</p>

<p>For more information about <codeph>CVideoPlayerUtility</codeph> in the

Video Client library see following documents:</p>

<ul>

<li><p><xref href="GUID-172F46C1-6066-57FA-A815-5AC23ACE159D.dita">Creating

and Preparing a Video Player</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="GUID-F9896E96-1076-552D-AE54-8F9DABED867F.dita">Configuring

the Video Player</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="GUID-5F4510C9-5B16-593A-A225-37606800915B.dita">Controlling

Video Playback</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="GUID-F13C7D36-E4AB-57F1-87A1-EB83AA2258DF.dita">Controlling

the Video Controller Plugin</xref></p></li>

</ul>

</section>

</conbody></concept>