diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 842d7db9ac..8e9cc5bc7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ at https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support.
        * [Building native distribution](tutorials/Native_distributions_and_local_execution)
        * [Window control API](tutorials/Window_API)
        * [Swing interoperability](tutorials/Swing_Integration)
+   * [components](components) - custom components of Compose for Desktop
+       * [Video Player](components/VideoPlayer)
        
 ## Getting latest version of Compose for Desktop ##
 
diff --git a/components/VideoPlayer/build.gradle.kts b/components/VideoPlayer/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6791fc786b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/VideoPlayer/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import org.jetbrains.compose.compose
+
+plugins {
+    kotlin("multiplatform")
+    id("org.jetbrains.compose")
+}
+
+kotlin {
+    jvm {
+        withJava()
+    }
+    sourceSets {
+        named("jvmMain") {
+            dependencies {
+                implementation(compose.desktop.currentOs)
+                implementation(project("common"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/components/VideoPlayer/common/build.gradle.kts b/components/VideoPlayer/common/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7960e88a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/VideoPlayer/common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import org.jetbrains.compose.compose
+
+plugins {
+    kotlin("multiplatform")
+    id("org.jetbrains.compose")
+}
+
+kotlin {
+    jvm("desktop")
+
+    sourceSets {
+        named("commonMain") {
+            dependencies {
+                api(compose.runtime)
+                api(compose.foundation)
+                api(compose.material)
+            }
+        }
+        named("desktopMain") {
+            dependencies {
+                implementation("uk.co.caprica:vlcj:4.7.0")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/VideoPlayer/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.kt b/components/VideoPlayer/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68007a12b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/VideoPlayer/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package org.jetbrains.compose.videoplayer
+
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+
+@Composable
+fun VideoPlayer(url: String, width: Int, height: Int) {
+    VideoPlayerImpl(url, width, height)
+}
+
+internal expect fun VideoPlayerImpl(url: String, width: Int, height: Int)
diff --git a/components/VideoPlayer/common/src/desktopMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/DesktopVideoPlayer.kt b/components/VideoPlayer/common/src/desktopMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/DesktopVideoPlayer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26199f5b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/VideoPlayer/common/src/desktopMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/DesktopVideoPlayer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.jetbrains.compose.videoplayer
+  
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import javax.swing.JFrame
+import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.factory.discovery.NativeDiscovery
+import uk.co.caprica.vlcj.player.component.EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent
+
+@Composable
+internal actual fun VideoPlayerImpl(url: String, width: Int, height: Int) {
+    println("Video player for $url")
+    NativeDiscovery().discover()
+    // Doesn't work on macOS, see https://github.com/caprica/vlcj/issues/887 for suggestions.
+    val frame = JFrame()
+    val mediaPlayerComponent = EmbeddedMediaPlayerComponent()
+    frame.contentPane = mediaPlayerComponent
+    frame.setLocation(0, 0)
+    frame.setSize(width,height)
+    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE)
+    frame.setVisible(true)
+    val ok = mediaPlayerComponent.mediaPlayer().media().play(url)
+    println("play gave $ok")
+}
diff --git a/components/VideoPlayer/desktop/build.gradle.kts b/components/VideoPlayer/desktop/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7aa9ce738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/VideoPlayer/desktop/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import org.jetbrains.compose.compose
+
+plugins {
+    kotlin("multiplatform")
+    id("org.jetbrains.compose")
+}
+
+kotlin {
+    jvm {}
+    sourceSets {
+        named("jvmMain") {
+            dependencies {
+                implementation(compose.desktop.currentOs)
+                implementation(project(":VideoPlayer:common"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+compose.desktop {
+    application {
+        mainClass = "org.jetbrains.compose.videoplayer.demo.MainKt"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/components/VideoPlayer/desktop/src/jvmMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/demo/Main.kt b/components/VideoPlayer/desktop/src/jvmMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/demo/Main.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c497b2f6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/VideoPlayer/desktop/src/jvmMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/videoplayer/demo/Main.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package org.jetbrains.compose.videoplayer.demo
+
+import androidx.compose.desktop.DesktopTheme
+import androidx.compose.desktop.Window
+import androidx.compose.material.MaterialTheme
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.IntSize
+import org.jetbrains.compose.videoplayer.VideoPlayer
+
+fun main() {
+    Window(
+        title = "Video Player",
+        size = IntSize(800, 800)
+    ) {
+        MaterialTheme {
+            DesktopTheme {
+                VideoPlayer("/System/Library/Compositions/Yosemite.mov", 640, 480)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/build.gradle.kts b/components/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c4c10bc87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+buildscript {
+    // __LATEST_COMPOSE_RELEASE_VERSION__
+    val composeVersion = System.getenv("COMPOSE_RELEASE_VERSION") ?: "0.3.0-build135"
+
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        jcenter()
+        maven("https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/public/p/compose/dev")
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath("org.jetbrains.compose:compose-gradle-plugin:$composeVersion")
+        // __KOTLIN_COMPOSE_VERSION__
+        classpath(kotlin("gradle-plugin", version = "1.4.21"))
+    }
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        jcenter()
+        maven("https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/public/p/compose/dev")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/gradle.properties b/components/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9d5d0bc15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+android.useAndroidX=true
+android.enableJetifier=true
+kotlin.code.style=official
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/components/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62d4c05355
Binary files /dev/null and b/components/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/components/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/components/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bca17f3656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.6-all.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/components/gradlew b/components/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2fe81a7d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+#
+# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=`expr $i + 1`
+    done
+    case $i in
+        0) set -- ;;
+        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/components/gradlew.bat b/components/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9618d8d960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/components/settings.gradle.kts b/components/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb16b44ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include(":VideoPlayer:common")
+include(":VideoPlayer:desktop")