- Replaced single TabPage CurrentTab with List<TabPage> CurrentTabs to support multiple tabs.

- Added new tab called Video

- Removed unused tabs on load (Soak, Mobile, Video, Images).

- Refactored InsertCamTab():

- Uses CurrentTabs to manage multiple tabs per camera type.

Mobile → inserts Video + Mobile tabs.
AiQ → inserts Images + Soak tabs.

-Cleans up previous tabs before inserting new ones.

-Updated BtnTest_Click():
Added 5-second delay before snapshot.
Takes snapshot after video starts playing.

- New file created VLC.cs
Streams the given IP into the Video tab and takes a snapshot

AiQ_GUI.Designer.cs

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             BtnEzOn = new Button();
             BtnSetAll211 = new Button();
             PnlLbls = new Panel();
+            VidView = new LibVLCSharp.WinForms.VideoView();
             BtnOpenWebpage = new Button();
             LblIRImageF16 = new Label();
             ToolTipClipboard = new ToolTip(components);
@@ -129,6 +130,12 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             BtnAdminStart = new Button();
             BtnFirewall = new Button();
             TabImages = new TabPage();
+            Video = new TabPage();
+            VLCVideo = new Label();
+            pictureBox2 = new PictureBox();
+            label7 = new Label();
+            OVImage = new Label();
+            pictureBox1 = new PictureBox();
             TabSoak = new TabPage();
             BtnFactoryDefault = new Button();
             SetGodModeAll = new Button();
@@ -153,6 +160,7 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             PnlQuestion.SuspendLayout();
             PnlInputValue.SuspendLayout();
             ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)RMANumBox).BeginInit();
+            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)VidView).BeginInit();
             TabImagesandSettings.SuspendLayout();
             TabControls.SuspendLayout();
             groupBox4.SuspendLayout();
@@ -161,6 +169,9 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
             TabSettings.SuspendLayout();
             TabImages.SuspendLayout();
+            Video.SuspendLayout();
+            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)pictureBox2).BeginInit();
+            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)pictureBox1).BeginInit();
             TabSoak.SuspendLayout();
             Mobile.SuspendLayout();
             SuspendLayout();
@@ -1358,6 +1369,16 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             PnlLbls.Size = new Size(503, 452);
             PnlLbls.TabIndex = 198;
             // 
+            // VidView
+            // 
+            VidView.BackColor = Color.Black;
+            VidView.Location = new Point(12, 579);
+            VidView.MediaPlayer = null;
+            VidView.Name = "VidView";
+            VidView.Size = new Size(392, 221);
+            VidView.TabIndex = 233;
+            VidView.Text = "VidView";
+            // 
             // BtnOpenWebpage
             // 
             BtnOpenWebpage.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(70, 65, 80);
@@ -1401,6 +1422,7 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             TabImagesandSettings.Controls.Add(TabControls);
             TabImagesandSettings.Controls.Add(TabSettings);
             TabImagesandSettings.Controls.Add(TabImages);
+            TabImagesandSettings.Controls.Add(Video);
             TabImagesandSettings.Controls.Add(TabSoak);
             TabImagesandSettings.Controls.Add(Mobile);
             TabImagesandSettings.Font = new Font("Segoe UI Semibold", 9F, FontStyle.Bold);
@@ -1637,6 +1659,85 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             TabImages.TabIndex = 0;
             TabImages.Text = "Images";
             // 
+            // Video
+            // 
+            Video.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(39, 37, 55);
+            Video.Controls.Add(VidView);
+            Video.Controls.Add(VLCVideo);
+            Video.Controls.Add(pictureBox2);
+            Video.Controls.Add(label7);
+            Video.Controls.Add(OVImage);
+            Video.Controls.Add(pictureBox1);
+            Video.Location = new Point(4, 24);
+            Video.Name = "Video";
+            Video.Padding = new Padding(3);
+            Video.Size = new Size(411, 806);
+            Video.TabIndex = 5;
+            Video.Text = "Video";
+            // 
+            // VLCVideo
+            // 
+            VLCVideo.AutoSize = true;
+            VLCVideo.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
+            VLCVideo.Font = new Font("Segoe UI Semibold", 12F, FontStyle.Bold);
+            VLCVideo.ForeColor = SystemColors.Control;
+            VLCVideo.Location = new Point(12, 545);
+            VLCVideo.Margin = new Padding(4, 0, 4, 0);
+            VLCVideo.Name = "VLCVideo";
+            VLCVideo.Size = new Size(86, 21);
+            VLCVideo.TabIndex = 238;
+            VLCVideo.Text = "Live Video";
+            // 
+            // pictureBox2
+            // 
+            pictureBox2.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
+            pictureBox2.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
+            pictureBox2.Location = new Point(7, 303);
+            pictureBox2.Margin = new Padding(4, 3, 4, 3);
+            pictureBox2.Name = "pictureBox2";
+            pictureBox2.Size = new Size(392, 221);
+            pictureBox2.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
+            pictureBox2.TabIndex = 237;
+            pictureBox2.TabStop = false;
+            // 
+            // label7
+            // 
+            label7.AutoSize = true;
+            label7.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
+            label7.Font = new Font("Segoe UI Semibold", 12F, FontStyle.Bold);
+            label7.ForeColor = SystemColors.Control;
+            label7.Location = new Point(12, 279);
+            label7.Margin = new Padding(4, 0, 4, 0);
+            label7.Name = "label7";
+            label7.Size = new Size(101, 21);
+            label7.TabIndex = 236;
+            label7.Text = "Night Image";
+            // 
+            // OVImage
+            // 
+            OVImage.AutoSize = true;
+            OVImage.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
+            OVImage.Font = new Font("Segoe UI Semibold", 12F, FontStyle.Bold);
+            OVImage.ForeColor = SystemColors.Control;
+            OVImage.Location = new Point(12, 14);
+            OVImage.Margin = new Padding(4, 0, 4, 0);
+            OVImage.Name = "OVImage";
+            OVImage.Size = new Size(87, 21);
+            OVImage.TabIndex = 235;
+            OVImage.Text = "Day Image";
+            // 
+            // pictureBox1
+            // 
+            pictureBox1.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
+            pictureBox1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
+            pictureBox1.Location = new Point(7, 46);
+            pictureBox1.Margin = new Padding(4, 3, 4, 3);
+            pictureBox1.Name = "pictureBox1";
+            pictureBox1.Size = new Size(392, 221);
+            pictureBox1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
+            pictureBox1.TabIndex = 234;
+            pictureBox1.TabStop = false;
+            // 
             // TabSoak
             // 
             TabSoak.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(39, 37, 55);
@@ -1863,6 +1964,7 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             PnlInputValue.ResumeLayout(false);
             PnlInputValue.PerformLayout();
             ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)RMANumBox).EndInit();
+            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)VidView).EndInit();
             TabImagesandSettings.ResumeLayout(false);
             TabControls.ResumeLayout(false);
             groupBox4.ResumeLayout(false);
@@ -1875,6 +1977,10 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             TabSettings.ResumeLayout(false);
             TabImages.ResumeLayout(false);
             TabImages.PerformLayout();
+            Video.ResumeLayout(false);
+            Video.PerformLayout();
+            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)pictureBox2).EndInit();
+            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)pictureBox1).EndInit();
             TabSoak.ResumeLayout(false);
             TabSoak.PerformLayout();
             Mobile.ResumeLayout(false);
@@ -2015,5 +2121,12 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
         public ComboBox CbBxCamType;
         public TabPage Mobile;
         private Button BtnUpFirm;
+        private LibVLCSharp.WinForms.VideoView VidView;
+        private TabPage Video;
+        public Label label7;
+        public Label OVImage;
+        public PictureBox pictureBox1;
+        public Label VLCVideo;
+        public PictureBox pictureBox2;
     }
 }

AiQ_GUI.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using AiQ_GUI.AiQ_Tests;
+using LibVLCSharp.Shared;
+using LibVLCSharp.WinForms;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
@@ -38,7 +40,8 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
         [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)]
         public static MainForm? Instance { get; private set; }
 
-        private TabPage CurrentTab; // remember what's currently inserted
+        private List<TabPage> CurrentTabs;
+
 
         public MainForm()
         {
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
 
             Network.Initialize("admin", "admin"); // Initialise HTTP client with basic auth creds.
 
+            VidView.MediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(VLC.libVLC); // Initialize VideoView's MediaPlayer
+
+
             if (await Network.PingIP("8.8.8.8")) // Ping to check if we're online
             {
                 if (!GoogleAPI.Setup())
@@ -70,6 +76,8 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             // Hide on default so will only show based on the camera type selected later
             TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Remove(TabSoak);
             TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Remove(Mobile);
+            TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Remove(Video);
+            TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Remove(TabImages);
 
             GUIUpdate.GUIVerShort = await guiVerTask; // Guess the GUI version will be first to finish
             this.Name = "AiQ GUI V" + GUIUpdate.GUIVerShort;
@@ -106,28 +114,32 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
 
         private void InsertCamTab(string camType)
         {
-            // Remove previously inserted tab if present
+            // Remove previous tabs
-            if (CurrentTab != null && TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Contains(CurrentTab))
+            if (CurrentTabs != null)
-                TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Remove(CurrentTab);
-
-            // Choose desired tab
-            TabPage desired = null;
-            if (camType == "Mobile") desired = Mobile;
-            else if (camType == "AiQ") desired = TabSoak;
-
-            // Insert desired tab if any
-            if (desired != null && !TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Contains(desired))
             {
-                int idx = Math.Min(3, TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Count);
+                foreach (var tab in CurrentTabs)
-                TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Insert(idx, desired);
+                    TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Remove(tab);
-                CurrentTab = desired;
             }
-            else
+
+            var tabsToInsert = new List<TabPage>();
+
+            if (camType == "Mobile")
+                tabsToInsert.AddRange([Video, Mobile]);
+            else if (camType == "AiQ")
+                tabsToInsert.AddRange([TabImages, TabSoak]);
+
+            int idx = Math.Min(3, TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Count);
+
+            foreach (var tab in tabsToInsert)
             {
-                CurrentTab = desired; // may be null
+                if (!TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Contains(tab))
+                    TabImagesandSettings.TabPages.Insert(idx++, tab);
             }
+
+            CurrentTabs = tabsToInsert;
         }
 
+
         private async void CbBxCamType_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             CbBxCameraModel.Items.Clear();
@@ -1437,6 +1449,10 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
             //StatsExcel excelExporter = new();
             //excelExporter.ExportDatabaseToExcel();
             //await MobilePreTest.CheckFirmwareAsync();
+  
+            VLC.Play(VidView);
+            await Task.Delay(5000);
+            VLC.TakeSnapshot(VidView);
 
             AddToActionsList("RunTime " + stopWatchTest.Elapsed.ToString(@"hh\:mm\:ss\.ff"), Level.LOG);
         }
@@ -1466,3 +1482,4 @@ namespace AiQ_GUI
 
     }
 }
+

AiQ_GUI_NET_Test.csproj

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="FlaUI.UIA3" Version="5.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Google.Apis.Auth" Version="1.73.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Google.Apis.Sheets.v4" Version="1.72.0.3966" />
+    <PackageReference Include="LibVLCSharp" Version="3.9.5" />
+    <PackageReference Include="LibVLCSharp.WinForms" Version="3.9.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Bson" Version="1.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="OnvifDiscovery" Version="2.1.1" />
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver" Version="142.0.7444.17500" />
     <PackageReference Include="SSH.NET" Version="2025.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.OleDb" Version="10.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="VideoLAN.LibVLC.Windows" Version="3.0.21" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

Mobile Tests/MobileTests.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Drawing;
 
 public static class MobilePreTest
 {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public static class MobilePreTest
             JsonElement json = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(body);
 
             string version = json.GetProperty("version").GetString()?.Trim();
-
+            
             // Compare against expected SRZFirmware from UniversalData
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(UniversalData.SRZFirmware))
             {

Mobile Tests/VLC.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using AiQ_GUI;
+using LibVLCSharp.Shared;
+using LibVLCSharp.WinForms;
+using System.IO;
+
+internal class VLC
+{
+    public static LibVLC libVLC;
+
+    static VLC()
+    {
+        // Ensure LibVLC is initialized before first use
+        Core.Initialize();
+        libVLC = new LibVLC();
+    }
+
+    public static string RtspUrl = $"rtsp://ADMIN:1234@192.168.0.85:554/live/main";
+    public static string SnapshotPath = Path.Combine(LDS.MAVPath, "Mobile_ov_snapshot.png");
+
+    public static void Play(VideoView VLCVV)
+    {
+        var media = new Media(libVLC, RtspUrl, FromType.FromLocation);
+        VLCVV.MediaPlayer.Play(media);
+    }
+
+    public static bool IsPLaying(VideoView VLCVV)
+    {
+        return VLCVV.MediaPlayer.IsPlaying;
+    }
+
+    public static void TakeSnapshot(VideoView VLCVV)
+    {
+        VLCVV.MediaPlayer.TakeSnapshot(0, SnapshotPath, 1280, 720);
+
+    }
+
+    public static void Stop(VideoView VLCVV)
+    {
+        VLCVV.MediaPlayer.Stop();
+    }
+
+    public static void Capture(VideoView VLCVV)
+    {
+        var media = new Media(libVLC, RtspUrl, FromType.FromLocation);
+        media.AddOption(":rtsp-tcp");
+        VLCVV.MediaPlayer.Play(media);
+    }
+}