libvlc_new always return null in vlc 2.1.3

Question

libvlc_new always return null. I have copied libvlc.dll and libvlccore.dll in debug folder of my solution directory.

We have also tried calling libvlc_new(0,null) and se

Answer 1

Found solution, all you need to do is to copy plugins folder to the debug directory of your visual studio solution folder. Hope this would save some time for others trying the same thing. I have been trying this for almost 1 day.

Answer 2

The param --plugin-path" was ignored.

By copying the whole plugin directory works with 2.1.3.