// New creates and initializes a new VLC instance with the given parameters.
// Returns nil and a possible error if no instance could be created.
func New(argv []string) (i *Instance, err error) {
cstr := make([]*C.char, len(argv))
for i := range cstr {
cstr[i] = C.CString(argv[i])
}
if c := C.libvlc_new(C.int(len(argv)), *(***C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&cstr))); c != nil {
i = &Instance{c}
} else {
err = checkError()
}
for i := range cstr {
C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cstr[i]))
}
return
}
func Init(args ...string) error {
if instance != nil {
return nil
}
argc := len(args)
argv := make([]*C.char, argc)
for i, arg := range args {
argv[i] = C.CString(arg)
}
defer func() {
for i := range argv {
C.free(unsafe.Pointer(argv[i]))
}
}()
instance = C.libvlc_new(C.int(argc), *(***C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&argv)))
if instance == nil {
return getError()
}
return nil
}
// New creates a new instance of libVLC.
func New() (*VLC, error) {
vlc := &VLC{}
vlc.instance = C.libvlc_new(0, nil)
return vlc, LastError()
}