Documentation:Modules

This page lists most of the modules present in the official VLC source code. Understanding these pages might require that you know about VLC and its command line usage. It is recommended that you read the other documentation first.

To list all the available modules in your VLC build, use:

% vlc --list

To list a module's configuration options, use:

% vlc -p <modulename> --advanced --help-verbose

Interfaces

Graphical

• macOS
• Qt4
• Skins2
• wxWidgets (up to 0.9)

Text

• remote control (rc)
• telnet (until 2.0.0)
• ncurses

• lua

Other

• HTTP
• Hotkeys
• lirc
• osc
• Wiimote

Outputs

Audio Output

• file
• portaudio (up to 2.0)
• SDL (up to 1.1.13)

Android specific:

• OpenSL ES

Linux specific:

• Alsa
• aRts (up to 0.9.10)
• esound (up to 0.9.10)
• jack
• pulse
• OSS

macOS specific:

• audioqueue (up to 2.2.8)
• auhal (HAL AudioUnit)

Windows specific:

• DirectX
• WASAPI
• waveout

Video Output

• ASCII Art
• Colored ASCII Art
• Image (up to 0.9.10)
• OpenGL
• SDL (up to 2.2.8)

Linux specific:

• Direct framebuffer (up to 2.2.8)
• Framebuffer
• OpenGL (GLX)
• X11
• XVideo

Windows specific:

• Direct3D
• DirectX
• OpenGL for windows
• Windows GDI

Stream Output

• Autodel
• Delay
• Description
• Display
• Dummy
• Duplicate
• Elementary Stream (es)
• Gather
• RTP
• Standard (std)
• Switcher (up to 2.0.9)
• Transcode
• Transrate (up to 1.0.2)

The following are for use in the mosaic framework only:

• Bridge In
• Bridge Out
• Mosaic Bridge

Filters

Video Filters

• Adjust
• Anaglyph 3D
• AtmoLight (up to 3.0.0)
• Color Threshold
• Distort (up to 0.8.6 - split into various)
• Logo Erase
• Extract
• Freeze
• Gaussian Blur
• Gradfun
• Gradient
• Invert
• Motion Blur
• Noise (up to 1.1.13)
• Oldmovie
• Posterize
• Psychedelic
• Ripple
• Rotate
• Scene
• Sepia
• Sharpen
• VHS
• Wave

The following video filters are for use in transcode only:

• Canvas
• Crop Padd

The following video filters are for use in the mosaic framework only:

• Alpha mask
• Blue Screen

Video Sub-Filters

• Logo
• Marq
• Mosaic
• RSS
• Subsdelay
• Time (up to 0.8.6 - merged with marq)

Video Output Filters

• Crop
• Deinterlace
• Logo
• Magnify
• Puzzle
• Transform

Video Splitters

• Clone
• Panoramix
• Wall

Visualizations

• Galaktos (up to 1.0.6)
• Goom
• ProjectM
• Visual
• Vovoid VSXu

Access Filters

• Bandwidth
• Dump
• Record
• Timeshift (up to 0.9.9 - moved to core)

Other

Accesses

• CD Input
• Directory
• DVDnav Input - DVD with menus
• DVDRead Input - DVD without menus
• Fake (up to 0.9.0) - presents a static image as a video stream
• File Input - for reading local files
• FTP Input
• H.264 Video
• HTTP Input
• jpeg
• mjpeg
• Matroska stream
• MMS - for reading from the MicroSoft Media Server
• Raw Video - streams of bitmap images
• RTP Input
• RTSP
• sdp
• Screen Input - screen feed
• UDP Input
• VCD

Linux specific:

• DC1394
• DVB Input
• PVR (IVTV MPEG Encoding Card Input) (up to 2.0.9)
• DV (through libdv)
• Video4Linux (v4l) (up to 1.1.13)
• Video4Linux2 (v4l2)

Windows specific:

• BDA
• DirectShow

macOS specific:

• EyeTV (up to 2.2.8) - reads DVB streams from the proprietary EyeTV.app; requires a plugin
• qtcapture (up to 2.2.8) - reads uncompressed video from internal iSights
• qtsound
• avcapture

Access Outputs

• shout (shoutcast/icecast)

Codecs

Audio

• a52
• flac
• mpc - Musepack
• ogg
• vorbis
• wav

Video

• h26x
• nsv
• schroedinger
• vpx

Subtitles

• kate
• subtitle
• telx

Demuxers

• avcodec ("FFmpeg")

Playlist

• playlist (formats are read with sub-modules)

Muxers

• asf
• avformat
• avi
• daala
• mp4
• mpjpeg
• ogg
• schroedinger
• vpx
• wav

Service Discovery

• Bonjour
• DAAP
• HAL (up to 1.1.13)
• SAP
• Shoutcast
• podcast
• UPnP

Misc

• Motion control
• Netsync

This page is part of official VLC media player Documentation (User Guide • Streaming HowTo • Hacker Guide • Modules)
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