Why does my code crash when libvlc_media_new_path() is called? - vlc

Question

after several days of trying myself to solve my problem I would like to kindly ask for your help:
I am trying to make the libvlc / SDL 2.0 tutorial working.
I am coding in Visual Studio 2022 in x86 C++ Console.
I have linked the libvlc library path and include path and have added the libvlc.lib file in my project linker settings.
The program compiles without error and crashes when libvlc_media_new_path is called.
You see all different formats of path I have used in my minimal reproducible example below:
My sources:
I downloaded the vlc master from Github to get the headers / include directory.
I downloaded the vlc-3.0.17.4-win32 release and from there took the libvlc.dll.
From the libvlc.dll I created the lib file following a visual studio command prompt procedure.
What i noticed is that the function libvlc_media_new_path() only takes the path as an argument now. All examples i find in the internet are with the libvlc instance AND the path as arguments.
Thank you so much for your help!
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "vlc/vlc.h"
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
libvlc_instance_t* libvlc;
libvlc_media_t* m;
libvlc_media_player_t* mp;
libvlc = libvlc_new(0, NULL);
if (NULL == libvlc) {
printf("LibVLC initialization failure.\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
m = libvlc_media_new_path("/1.mp4");
//m = libvlc_media_new_path("C:\\Programmieren\\PACA\\1.mp4");
//m = libvlc_media_new_path("C:/Programmieren/PACA/1.mp4");
//m = libvlc_media_new_path("C://Programmieren//PACA//1.mp4");
//m = libvlc_media_new_path("C:\Programmieren\PACA\1.mp4");
//m = libvlc_media_new_path("file:///C:/Programmieren/PACA/1.mp4");
mp = libvlc_media_player_new_from_media(libvlc, m);
return 0;
}

Answer 1

If you go to Github and click on the Tags link, you can get the headers for version 3.0.17.4. In there you will see that libvlc_media_new_path takes an instance as an argument.
The other option would be to get or build the 3.0.18 DLL.