Embedding VLC plugin on HTML page

Question

I have a html file (getStream.html) that takes a stream from a certain url and show it. The code is the following:

Answer 1

test.html is will be helpful for how to use VLC WebAPI.

test.html is located in the directory where VLC was installed.

e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\sdk\activex\test.html

The following code is a quote from the test.html.

HTML:

JavaScript:

You can get vlc object from getVLC().
It works on IE 10 and Chrome.

function getVLC(name)
{
    if (window.document[name])
    {
        return window.document[name];
    }
    if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")==-1)
    {
        if (document.embeds && document.embeds[name])
            return document.embeds[name];
    }
    else // if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")!=-1)
    {
        return document.getElementById(name);
    }
}

var vlc = getVLC("vlc");

// do something.
// e.g. vlc.playlist.play();