VLC plugin: Windows 10 SMTC integration

Plugin that integrates VLC Media Player with Windows 10 System Media Transport Controls (SMTC)

Requirements

• VLC 3.0.x
• Windows 10 Version 1607+

Installation

1. Get the plugin from GitHub Releases
2. Copy libwin10smtc_plugin.dll to <path-to-VLC>\plugins\misc
   • Note: DLL architecture must match vlc.exe architecture (eg: x86 plugin is not compatible with x64 VLC)
3. Restart VLC and navigate to Advanced Preferences -> Interface -> Control Interfaces
4. Check Windows 10 SMTC integration and hit Save

Build instructions

Official VLC build instructions recommend mingw. However, mingw doesn't support C++/WinRT, so for this plugin MSVC is used instead. In order to build this plugin you'll need: Visual Studio, Windows 10 SDK and VLC SDK:

1. Obtain VLC SDK from here (x64) or here (x86) and copy sdk directory into the root directory of the repository. You may need to rename lib to lib64 for 64-bit builds.
2. Load .sln file in Visual Studio
3. Select target architecture
4. Build solution