vlc_service.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Text;

namespace VlcService
{
    public class VlcService : ServiceBase
    {
        public const string MyServiceName = "VlcService";

        public static String VlcProcessName = "vlc";
        public static String VlcPath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe";
        public static String VlcAgrs = "-I http --sout-keep --http-password=\"qwerty\"";

        public VlcService()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

        }

        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.ServiceName = MyServiceName;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Start this service.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
        {
            if (Process.GetProcessesByName(VlcProcessName).Length<1) {
                Process.Start(VlcPath,VlcAgrs);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Stop this service.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnStop()
        {
            Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(VlcProcessName);
            if (processes.Length>0) {
                if (!processes[0].CloseMainWindow())
                    processes[0].Kill();
            }
        }
    }
}