Documentation:Modules/rss

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Module: rss
Type Video sub-filter
First VLC version 0.8.4
Last VLC version -
Operating system(s) all
Description Overlays RSS and Atom feeds on the video
Shortcut(s) rss, atom

Options

  • rss-urls <string> : Pipe | separated list of RSS and/or Atom feed URLs default value: NULL

Position

  • rss-x <integer> : X offset, from the left screen edge default value: 0
  • rss-y <integer> : Y offset, down from the top default value: 0
  • rss-position <integer> {0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 6, 9, 10} : You can enforce the text position on the video (0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom; you can also use combinations of these values, eg 6 = top-right) default value: -1

Font

  • rss-opacity <integer [0 .. 255]> : Opacity (inverse of transparency) of overlay text. 0 = transparent, 255 = totally opaque default value: 255
  • rss-color <integer> { 0x000000, 0x808080, 0xC0C0C0, 0xFFFFFF, 0x800000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF00FF, 0xFFFF00, 0x808000, 0x008000, 0x008080, 0x00FF00, 0x800080, 0x000080, 0x0000FF, 0x00FFFF } : Color(key) of the text that will be rendered on the video. This must be an hexadecimal (like HTML colors). The first two chars are for red, then green, then blue default value: 0xFFFFFF
  • rss-size <integer [0 .. 4096]> : Font size, in pixels. Default is 0 (use default font size) default value: 0

Misc

  • rss-speed <integer> : Speed of the RSS/Atom feeds in µs (bigger is slower) default value: 100000
  • rss-length <integer> : Maximum number of characters displayed on the screen default value: 60
  • rss-ttl <integer> : Time in seconds between each feed refresh of the feeds. 0 means that the feeds are never updated. 1800 seconds is 30 minutes default value: 1800
  • rss-images <boolean> : Display feed images if available default value: enabled
  • rss-title <integer> {default_title, hide_title, prepend_title, scroll_title} : Title display mode. 0 is hidden if the feed has an image and feed images are enabled, 1 is always visible, 2 is scroll with feed default value: default_title

Examples

Example command line use (VLC 0.9.0 and above): (untested with 3.x.x)

% vlc somevideo.avi --sub-filter=rss --rss-urls="http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&topic=h&output=rss"

Source code

See also

Appendix

Colour key
Sample Colour Hex code
Black 0x000000
Gray 0x808080
Silver 0xC0C0C0
White 0xFFFFFF
Maroon 0x800000
Red 0xFF0000
Fuchsia 0xFF00FF
Yellow 0xFFFF00
Olive 0x808000
Green 0x008000
Teal 0x008080
Lime 0x00FF00
Purple 0x800080
Navy 0x000080
Blue 0x0000FF
Aqua 0x00FFFF
Integer alignment mapping
Integer Alignment Comment
0 Center
1 Left
2 Right
4 Top
8 Bottom
5 Top-Left 4 + 1
6 Top-Right 4 + 2
9 Bottom-Left 8 + 1
10 Bottom-Right 8 + 2
3 n/a contradictory
7 n/a contradictory
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