Media Player SDK (Delphi / ActiveX)

v10.0

VisioForge Media Player SDK (Delphi / ActiveX) allows programmers to easily integrate video, audio, and DVD playback into their software applications. Using the SDK app can draw an overlay image and text over the video with effects.

VisioForge Media Player SDK (Delphi / ActiveX) major features include:

Supported file formats (System codecs / DirectShow)
- video formats – AVI, MPEG-1/2, WMV, 3GP, QuickTime MOV, MPEG-4/H264 (AVC), any other if you have a corresponding decoder
- audio formats – WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, any other if you have corresponding decoder
- DVD
Supported file formats (FFMPEG / LAV engine)
- video formats – AVI, MPEG-1/2, WMV, 3GP, QuickTime MOV, MPEG-4/H264 (AVC), FLV, ASF, MP4, MJPEG, DV, MKV (Matroska), Real Video (full list)
- audio formats – WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, AC3, Real Audio, ADTS, NSV (full list)
- Blu-Ray
Supported file formats (VLC engine)
- video formats – AVI, MPEG-1/2, WMV, 3GP, QuickTime MOV, MPEG-4/H264 (AVC), FLV, ASF, MP4, MJPEG, DV, MKV (Matroska), Real Video (full list)
- audio formats – WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, AC3, Real Audio, ADTS, NSV (full list)
Video processing and effects
- graphic overlay
- text overlay
- video transparency
- pan / zoom
- brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, etc.
- inverted colors
- greyscale
- deinterlace
- denoise
- fade-in / fade-out
- rotate
- resize to any resolution
- 3rd-party DirectShow filters support
- more than 30 other effects
Audio processing and effects
- volume booster
- equalizer
- 3D-bass system
- normalization
- auto / manual gain
- a lot of other effects
File playback from the memory
Multiply output screens support
Frame capture to Delphi TBitmap, Win32 HBITMAP
Frame capture to BMP/JPEG/GIF/PNG files
OSD (On-Screen Display)
Audio streams from additional audio/video files
Subtitles support
MMS / WMV / RTSP / RTMP / UDP network streams playback
Encrypted video support
Motion detection
Chroma-key
x64 native version (FFMPEG-related features are not supported)
Frame step support

Development platforms

Visual Studio 2005 and later: Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual Basic .NET
Delphi 6 / 7 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2009 / 2010 / XE / XE2 / XE3 / XE4 / XE5 / XE6 / XE7 / XE8 / 10 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 10.3 / 10.4 / 11
Visual Studio 6: Visual C++, Visual Basic 6
Borland C++ Builder 5 and later
may be used with other ActiveX compatible applications like Microsoft Access, Word, Excel, FrontPage, Powerbuilder, etc.
x86 and x64 versions

System requirements

Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2012, and later
.Net Framework 4.0 or later (for ActiveX-based .Net demo applications)
DirectX 9 or later

Distribution rights

Royalty-free distribution.

Trial limitations

The trial version overlays a nag-screen over the video window.

EDITION

STANDARD

PROFESSIONAL

Video files playback

Audio files playback

Memory stream playback

Subtitles support

HD and 4K video support

Video / audio processing and effects

Network streams playback (HTTP / RTSP / RTMP / HLS / WMV)

Chroma-key

Motion detection

Video processing using
DirectShow filters

OSD (On-Screen Display)

Frame grabber

Multiple output screens

GPU-accelerated video effects

Video Encryption SDK support

Audio streams from external files

Purchase of Media Player SDK (Delphi / ActiveX) will give you the following benefits:

Unlimited usage
No nag-screen
Free minor and major upgrades within one year (after one year, SDK will work the same as before) for a regular license and unlimited updates for unlimited time for the lifetime license
Priority support and fixes

SDK contains optional FFMPEG and libVLC engines. Original libraries licensed as LGPL v2.1.