Set new media after end reached freez aplication about vlc.dotnet HOT 13 CLOSED

Ok - figured out a work around - in VlcMediaPlayer.cs (in Core) simply wrap the methods in a new thread. It must be a thread deadlock. i.e.:
public void Play()
{
Thread thread = new Thread(delegate() { Manager.Play(myMediaPlayer); });
thread.Start();
}

i voided setmedia as well, didnt need the return.

    public void SetMedia(VlcMedia media)
    {
        Thread thread = new Thread(delegate() { Manager.SetMediaToMediaPlayer(myMediaPlayer, media.MediaInstance); });
        thread.Start();
    }

...

hope this helps...

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+1, I need this functionality too

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+1, I really need this as well - any work around?

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Maybe same issue as in #81. EndReached event (temporary) unregister all events and "reset" the media player core instance.

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Deadlocks will appear if you call Vlc methods from vlc callbacks. You should call that from another thread, as jfgbaker suggested, or with ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem() or Task.Run.

Closing this as a solution has been provided, feel free to reopen if needed.

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Hi every body
I’m using the latest version and I’m not calling Vlc methods from vlc callbacks
But my application freezes when I want to set another media from my play list.
I should mention that my application should play stream not video file.
I also tried these :

vlcControl.Play(currStream);

And

new System.Threading.Thread(()=>
{
    vlcControl.Play(currStream);
}).Start();

And

new System.Threading.Tasks.Task(() =>
{
    vlcControl.Play(currStream);
}).Start();

And

System.Threading.ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem((a) =>
{
    vlcControl.Play(currStream);
});

but still freeze.

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The deadlock you are experiencing does not seem to be related to this issue. You might have a deadlock elsewhere in your code. Can you create a minimal project to reproduce that and send that on github so that we can have a look?

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Yes as you said my issue was not related to this thread.
When I was creating a minimal project I realized that my problem was related to this part of code :

private void vlcControl_LengthChanged(object sender,
Vlc.DotNet.Core.VlcMediaPlayerLengthChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            Action act = new Action(() =>
            {
                label2.Text = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(vlcControl.Length).ToString("hh\\:mm\\:ss");
            });
            if (this.InvokeRequired)
                this.Invoke(act);
            else
                act();
        }

I was calling calling Vlc methods from vlc callback (sorry, my mistake).
I changed my code to this :

private void vlcControl_LengthChanged(object sender, Vlc.DotNet.Core.VlcMediaPlayerLengthChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            Action act = new Action(() =>
            {
                label2.Text = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(vlcControl.Length).ToString("hh\\:mm\\:ss");
            });
            new Task(() =>
            {
                if (this.InvokeRequired)
                    this.Invoke(act);
                else
                    act();
            }).Start();
        }

And my problem is solved now.
Thanks alot and apologize my spam

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Any reason you don't use the Length from your e parameter? that would save a call to libvlc

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Any reason you don't use the Length from your e parameter? that would save a call to libvlc

do you mean this ?

e.NewLength

I will try it.
Thanks for your suggestion.

why

e.NewLength

is float but

vlcControl.Length

is long ?

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You're right, I changed the type in Vlc.DotNet.Core.Interops, but didn't propagate the change to Vlc.DotNet.Forms
The event is wrong, everything should be typed as Long

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Can you make a PR for that?

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Can you make a PR for that?

Sure, I will do it with pleasure.

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