Simple C++ video player using FFmpeg 4 and SDL 2.0

Supports video with audio.

Examples

1 - https://ottverse.com/free-hls-m3u8-test-urls/

Windows setup (Tested on x64 environment)

1 - Install FFMpeg here https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/dev/ and add it to your path

2 - Install SDL here https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php and add it to your path

3 - (Optional) Install g++ and make from MinGW https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/

4 - Create a env variable to the /include folder of the FFmpeg folder: <FFmpeg_include>, and for the lib folder <FFmpeg_lib>

5 - Create a env variable to the /include folder of the SDL2 folder: <SDL2_include>

6 - Run make
make -f makefile_windows

7 - Run
./DiscoveryPlayer <video_address>

Linux setup (Tested on Ubuntu)

1 - Install FFmpeg version >= 4
sudo apt update && sudo apt install ffmpeg x264 x265 libavdevice-dev

2 - Install SDL >= 2.0
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev

3 - Install:
make

4 - Run
./DiscoveryPlayer <video_address>

Mac setup (Tested on Big Sur)

1 - Install FFmpeg version >= 4
brew update && brew install ffmpeg x264 x265 libavdevice-dev

2 - Install SDL >= 2.0
brew install libsdl2-dev

3 - Install:
make

4 - Run

video_address_2d="https://multiplatform-f.akamaihd.net/i/multi/april11/sintel/sintel-hd_,512x288_450_b,640x360_700_b,768x432_1000_b,1024x576_1400_m,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8"
video_address_3d="https://5b44cf20b0388.streamlock.net:8443/vod/smil:abr-360-prod.smil/playlist.m3u8"

./DiscoveryPlayer $video_address_2d