[RFC]Exposed Core.VlcMediaPlayer and Interops.VlcManager

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 - ADDED a method `VlcManager.CreateNewMediaFromFileDescriptor` #[314](https://github.com/ZeBobo5/Vlc.DotNet/pull/314)
 - ADDED methods `VlcMediaPlayerInstance.SetVideoCallbacks` and `VlcMediaPlayerInstance.SetVideoFormatCallbacks` #[313](https://github.com/ZeBobo5/Vlc.DotNet/pull/313)
 - ADDED overload methods to `TakeSnapshot` to be able to specify the size of the snapshot (Fixes #[211](https://github.com/ZeBobo5/Vlc.DotNet/issues/211)) #[320](https://github.com/ZeBobo5/Vlc.DotNet/pull/320)
+- ADDED public getter `VlcMediaPlayer` on WinForms `VlcControl` #[321](https://github.com/ZeBobo5/Vlc.DotNet/pull/321)
+- CHANGED visibility of `Manager` in `VlcMediaPlayer` to make it public #[321](https://github.com/ZeBobo5/Vlc.DotNet/pull/321)
 
 # 2.1.154
 - Nothing, just a few commits to change README files

src/Vlc.DotNet.Core/VlcMediaPlayer/VlcMediaPlayer.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ internal VlcMediaPlayer(VlcManager manager, string[] options)
             Audio = new AudioManagement(manager, myMediaPlayerInstance);
         }
 
-        internal VlcManager Manager { get; private set; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// WARNING : USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
+        /// Gets the low-level interop manager that calls the methods on the libvlc library.
+        /// This is useful if a higher-level API is missing.
+        /// </summary>
+        public VlcManager Manager { get; private set; }
 
         public IntPtr VideoHostControlHandle
         {

src/Vlc.DotNet.Forms/VlcControl.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ public partial class VlcControl : Control, ISupportInitialize
     {
         private VlcMediaPlayer myVlcMediaPlayer;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the media player.
+        /// It can be useful in order to achieve lower-level operations that are not available in the control.
+        /// </summary>
+        public VlcMediaPlayer VlcMediaPlayer => this.myVlcMediaPlayer;
+
         #region VlcControl Init
 
         public VlcControl()