VideoLAN Wiki - User contributions [en]

FreeBSD

2005-11-06T05:18:11Z

Muza19:

I've run into a few problems when compiling vlc for FreeBSD from ports, typically it will compile o.k. but when I open it it won't show the interface or do anything (no errors, nothing).
I'll run a few tests and then post the <i>correct</i> way to compile it.

That will be very welcomed. In the meantime, if you need help, don't hesitate to ask on the irc channel (#videolan on the Freenode network) or on the vlc-devel -AT- videolan.org mailing list.

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Knowledge Base

2005-11-06T05:18:06Z

Muza19:

This page is the starting point for the VideoLAN Knowledge Base. Its goal is to document as much information about codecs, fileformats, protocols etc. Although mainly consisting of technical information, it is intended to be easily understandible by all users. It is something like a dictionary or a encyclopedia on video/audio streaming/playing.

We can then link to these definitions from our user documentation and stuff.

* [[Fileformat]]
* [[Codec]]
* [[Protocols]]
* [[Players]]
* [[Servers]]
* [[Projects]]
* [[Companies]]
* [[Links]]
* [[Dictionary]]

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MacOS

2005-11-06T05:17:42Z

Muza19:

We Use VideoLAN

2005-11-06T05:17:33Z

Muza19:

Do you have some cool project you use VideoLAN for?
Post a link and a small description here.

'''The Balloon'''
[http://www.maveric.org.uk/mavhome.html JediMaster and friends] are building a Mars balloon which uses VideoLAN to stream images back to earth.
http://www.maveric.org.uk/photos/testing/

'''Distributed VideoLAN Server Management'''
Bart Kerver from [[SURFnet]] has created software to manage multiple VideoLAN servers.
http://speeldoos.showcase.surfnet.nl/dvlsm/

'''Cypherpunk version of MacBeth'''
People at [http://www.pirateutopia.org/ Pirate Utopia] are using VLC in a MacBeth-inspired show to display ASCII-art video.
http://www.pirateutopia.org/macbeth/techie.htm

'''Neutrino MoviePlayer'''
The [http://www.dbox2.info Neutrino] [http://www.giggo.de/dbox2/movieplayer.html MoviePlayer] now uses VLC so users can stream the movies on their computer to a a DBox.

'''Advene project'''
[http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/index_en.html Advene] (Annotate DVDs, Exchange on the Net) aims at providing a format to share annotations about movies stored on DVDs, as well as tools to edit and visualize the annotations. It uses VLC to play/extract info from the DVD's

'''Las Vegas Security Lines'''
On the Las Vegas Airport, people in line for the security checks are treated to some 'how to keep the line as short as possible' movies. These movies are being streamed with VLC.
[http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2004-10-05-vegas-airport_x.htm An article about this project]

'''Plutohome'''
[http://plutohome.com/ They] have a vlc module for their system. Exact use unknown

'''ACTlab.tv'''
[http://actlab.tv/technology.htm They] are probably using x264 for their video encoding

'''Participatory Culture Foundation'''
[http://www.participatoryculture.org/ DTV] is a webbased player for their RSS based videoblogging system that uses our mozilla plugin

'''Annodex'''
[http://annodex.net Annodex] is a system for metadata, hyperlinking and browing media content. Their webmodule uses a customized version of our mozilla plugin

'''Google, inc.'''
As [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/26/google_to_launch_onl.html announced] [http://battellemedia.com/archives/001658.php recently], [http://video.google.com Google's video search] will feature video playback, by using VLC as a browser plugin.

'''Tryst'''
This [http://www.trystx.com/index.html application] is based on VLC and uses Bonjour announcements to share video broadcasts.

'''VLC Controller'''
[http://www.snarb.tk/ Extension] to Sailing Clicker to allow you to use a PDA or phone to control VLC trough a bluetooth connection.

'''VLC romeo plugins'''
[http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/default?user=srouet&templatefn=FileSharing4.html&xmlfn=TKDocument.4.xml&sitefn=RootSite.xml&aff=consumer&cty=US&lang=en Plugins] to use Romeo to control VLC trough a bluetooth PDA or phone.

'''VLC Remote'''
A very nice Dashboard widget that uses the VLC webinterface to control a remote VLC. [http://www.autopoetic.com/vlcremote/ VLC remote hompage].

'''Free'''
[http://adsl.free.fr Free ADSL] use VideoLAN.

[http://adsl.free.fr/tv/freeplayer/ FreePlayer] permet de visioner des vidéo ou d'écouter des fichier audio d'un ordinateur sur la télévision.

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Windows

2005-11-06T05:17:28Z

Muza19: /* Related article */

The '''Windows port''' of VLC usually starts up with the [[WxWindows]] interface which is used in the [[Linux]] one as well. The user can decide to use the [[Skins]] interface instead to be able to modify the interface according to his or her mood.

==Keyboard shortcuts in the Windows (directx) video output==

Note: these shortcuts are only default settings and can be customized (along with many others). To tweak hotkeys settings, go to Settings->Preferences->Hot keys

* Left/Right/Up/Down/Enter: DVD menus navigation keys
* Page Up/Page Down: seek (10 secs)
* Home/End: Beginning/End of file
* Space: Pause/Play
* a/A/z/Z: Volume Control
* f/F: fullscreen
* q/Q: quit vlc
* Esc: exit fullscreen/Stop input

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[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

==How to associate media files to VLC==

'''Warning''': do this association only if you realy know what you are doing!

VLC hasn't got a module to associate files, so that if you click on a file VLC opens. But you can
do it by yourself, follow this istructions:

* Open a text editor like Notepad.

* Copy this text:
<pre>
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ASF]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ASX]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.AVI]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DIVX]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MPEG]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MPG]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.VOB]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.WMV]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile]
@="VLC File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\shell\Open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\shell\Open\command]
@="C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe \"%L\""
</pre>

* Modify the strings ''C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe'' to match to your VLC installation.

* Save as ''vlc.reg''.

* Execute ''vlc.reg'' (ad it to you registry).

* Enjoy VLC :)

'''Note''': This associate ''asf'', ''asx'', ''avi'', ''divx'', ''mpeg'', ''mpg'', ''vob'' and ''wmv'' files, if you get the idea you can associate any file you want.

----

'''OR'''

You can also right-click the file you want to open with VLC, and then click Properties.

On the General tab, click Change.

Click the name of the program (VLC) in which you want the file to open.

This change affects all files that have the same file name extension as the file you selected. For example, if you change the program that opens a .jpg file, all .jpg files will open in this program.

You can also change the program that opens a file by right-clicking the file, clicking Open With, and then clicking the program name.

If VLC is not displayed, click Browse to locate it on your hard drive.

Alternatively, you can just associate media files on install.

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== Related article ==
* [[VLC Windows FAQ]]
* [[VLC command-line help]]
* [[VLCSout]] how to create a DVD

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</div>

Windows

2005-11-06T05:17:07Z

Muza19: /* How to associate media files to VLC */

Windows

2005-11-06T05:17:02Z

Muza19: /* Keyboard shortcuts in the Windows (directx) video output */

The '''Windows port''' of VLC usually starts up with the [[WxWindows]] interface which is used in the [[Linux]] one as well. The user can decide to use the [[Skins]] interface instead to be able to modify the interface according to his or her mood.

==Keyboard shortcuts in the Windows (directx) video output==

Note: these shortcuts are only default settings and can be customized (along with many others). To tweak hotkeys settings, go to Settings->Preferences->Hot keys

* Left/Right/Up/Down/Enter: DVD menus navigation keys
* Page Up/Page Down: seek (10 secs)
* Home/End: Beginning/End of file
* Space: Pause/Play
* a/A/z/Z: Volume Control
* f/F: fullscreen
* q/Q: quit vlc
* Esc: exit fullscreen/Stop input

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http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

==How to associate media files to VLC==

'''Warning''': do this association only if you realy know what you are doing!

VLC hasn't got a module to associate files, so that if you click on a file VLC opens. But you can
do it by yourself, follow this istructions:

* Open a text editor like Notepad.

* Copy this text:
<pre>
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ASF]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ASX]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.AVI]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DIVX]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MPEG]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MPG]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.VOB]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.WMV]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile]
@="VLC File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\shell\Open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\shell\Open\command]
@="C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe \"%L\""
</pre>

* Modify the strings ''C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe'' to match to your VLC installation.

* Save as ''vlc.reg''.

* Execute ''vlc.reg'' (ad it to you registry).

* Enjoy VLC :)

'''Note''': This associate ''asf'', ''asx'', ''avi'', ''divx'', ''mpeg'', ''mpg'', ''vob'' and ''wmv'' files, if you get the idea you can associate any file you want.

----

'''OR'''

You can also right-click the file you want to open with VLC, and then click Properties.

On the General tab, click Change.

Click the name of the program (VLC) in which you want the file to open.

This change affects all files that have the same file name extension as the file you selected. For example, if you change the program that opens a .jpg file, all .jpg files will open in this program.

You can also change the program that opens a file by right-clicking the file, clicking Open With, and then clicking the program name.

If VLC is not displayed, click Browse to locate it on your hard drive.

Alternatively, you can just associate media files on install.

== Related article ==
* [[VLC Windows FAQ]]
* [[VLC command-line help]]
* [[VLCSout]] how to create a DVD

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</div>

Linux

2005-11-06T05:16:58Z

Muza19:

==Graphical User Interfaces==

* The [[Skins|Skinnable Interface]]
* The [[WxWidgets Interface]]
* The [[Gnome Interface]]
* The [[Kde Interface]]
* [[Linux keyboard shortcuts]]
* [[Linux VLC FAQ]]
* [[Using ALSA]]

==Command line==
* [[ZSH Autocompletion]]

==Distributions specific stuff==

* [[GNU/Linux Debian]]
* [[RedHat|GNU/Linux RedHat]]
* [[GNU/Linux Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)]]
* [[Gentoo|GNU/Linux Gentoo]]
* Other [[distros |GNU/Linux distros]]

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</div>

MacOS

2005-11-06T05:16:14Z

Muza19:

==Keyboard Shortcuts==
You can find most of the keyboard shortcuts by taking a look at the menus. Additional hotkeys are defined in the section "Hotkeys" of your VLC preferences.

Some handy key combo's are:

* You can use the spacebar to start/pause the video.
* When in fullscreen you can use the escape key to exit the fullscreen state
* When you are watching a DVD and the video window is the frontmost window you can use the arrow keys and the enter key to navigate the DVD menus.

==Streaming Wizard==
There doesn't seem to be any way to access the streaming [http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch02.html wizard] in the MacOSX version of VLC. In order to stream you have to use the Advanced Settings in the Open... dialogue box.
The Streaming wizard will be present in the 0.8.4 release for MacOSX. Have a preview with the [http://nightlies.videolan.org nightly builds].

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</div>

BeOS

2005-11-06T05:16:09Z

Muza19:

==Keyboard Shortcuts==

Shortcuts discovered so far:
* Space: Pause
* Up/Down: Previous/next file in directory
* Others? Developer input would be appreciated here, as they are not documented

Recommended Shortcuts (for next version):

Keyboard:

Up: Volume up
Down: Volume down
Left: Seek backward
Right: Seek forward
Alt-A :Always On Top
Z, X, C, V, B: Prev, Play, Pause, Stop, Next
P: Capture frame - original image size
Shift+P: Capture frame - "What you see"
Ctrl+M: Mute
Ctrl+J: Jump to time
Plus/Minus: Resize movie window or mouse wheel
Zoom in/out: movie in full screen mode
H: Show/Hide main window

Mouse:

Mouse wheel: Resize movie window in windowed mode
Volume control in full screen mode
Left button: Pause/Resume movie
Right button: Menu (Sticky)
Left button+wheel: Volume control in windowed mode
Middle button: Show/Hide main window

Taken from a http://www.bebits.com/talkback/2119#7856 by Diver

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Interfaces

2005-11-06T05:14:49Z

Muza19:

You can enable these interfaces if you want. Most have very specific usage options and many people will never want to use them, but they sure can be useful.

* [[Web Interface]]
* [[Mouse Gestures]]
* [[Console]]

Usually an interface is launched as the primary interface (vlc --intf interfacemodule). However you can also launch more than one interface:
vlc --intf wx --extraintf sap,telnet,http

This will launch VLC with the default wxWidgets interface, but will also launch the sap, telnet and web interface in addition to the wxWidgets one.

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[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

MacOS

2005-11-06T05:13:47Z

Muza19: /* Streaming Wizard */

==Keyboard Shortcuts==
You can find most of the keyboard shortcuts by taking a look at the menus. Additional hotkeys are defined in the section "Hotkeys" of your VLC preferences.

Some handy key combo's are:

* You can use the spacebar to start/pause the video.
* When in fullscreen you can use the escape key to exit the fullscreen state
* When you are watching a DVD and the video window is the frontmost window you can use the arrow keys and the enter key to navigate the DVD menus.

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

==Streaming Wizard==
There doesn't seem to be any way to access the streaming [http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch02.html wizard] in the MacOSX version of VLC. In order to stream you have to use the Advanced Settings in the Open... dialogue box.
The Streaming wizard will be present in the 0.8.4 release for MacOSX. Have a preview with the [http://nightlies.videolan.org nightly builds].

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

MacOS

2005-11-06T05:13:36Z

Muza19: /* Keyboard Shortcuts */

==Keyboard Shortcuts==
You can find most of the keyboard shortcuts by taking a look at the menus. Additional hotkeys are defined in the section "Hotkeys" of your VLC preferences.

Some handy key combo's are:

* You can use the spacebar to start/pause the video.
* When in fullscreen you can use the escape key to exit the fullscreen state
* When you are watching a DVD and the video window is the frontmost window you can use the arrow keys and the enter key to navigate the DVD menus.

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

==Streaming Wizard==
There doesn't seem to be any way to access the streaming [http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch02.html wizard] in the MacOSX version of VLC. In order to stream you have to use the Advanced Settings in the Open... dialogue box.
The Streaming wizard will be present in the 0.8.4 release for MacOSX. Have a preview with the [http://nightlies.videolan.org nightly builds].

BeOS

2005-11-06T05:13:30Z

Muza19: /* Keyboard Shortcuts */

Uncommon uses

2005-11-06T05:13:00Z

Muza19:

The modular nature of vlc allows you to do quite strange and unusual things with it. This page tries to list some funny and insane uses

* [[cacagoom]]

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[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
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</div>

Notes about other clients

2005-11-06T05:12:05Z

Muza19:

This page contains some notes about streaming to other clients than VLC

Interoperability

* [[XMMS]]
* [[WinAmp]]
* [[Xine]]
* [[MPlayer]]
* [[Windows Media Player]]
* [[QuickTime Player]]
* [[Set Top Boxes]]

Back to [[Main Page]]

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[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

T-Shirt Design Contest

2005-11-06T05:11:09Z

Muza19:

==What we want==

The T-Shirt is supposed to show support to the VideoLAN project. It would be nice if people seeing the T-Shirt could guess that its about some video player/server related project (and maybe even put the videolan.org url somewhere).

For price reasons, the number of colors on the T-shirt will likely be limited to 3. (that makes it about 7 euros production cost per T-Shirt if we order 100)

The VideoLAN graphics you might want to use are :

The VLC cone : [http://www.videolan.org/images/cone-soppera10.png http://www.videolan.org/images/cone-soppera10.png]
The VideoLAN logo : [http://download.videolan.org/images/vl4_2872x2154.jpg http://www.videolan.org/images/vl4_251x188.jpg]

More VideoLAN graphics can be downloaded here : [http://www.videolan.org/goodies.html http://www.videolan.org/goodies.html] .

'''The winner is .... Lorenzo Milito !'''

[http://people.via.ecp.fr/~dionoea/videolan/t-shirts/milito/black-front.jpg front black]
[http://people.via.ecp.fr/~dionoea/videolan/t-shirts/milito/black-back.jpg back black]

[http://www.videolan.org/goodies.html Get a VideoLAN t-shirt]

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

Linux

2005-11-06T05:11:02Z

Muza19: /* Distributions specific stuff */

==Graphical User Interfaces==

* The [[Skins|Skinnable Interface]]
* The [[WxWidgets Interface]]
* The [[Gnome Interface]]
* The [[Kde Interface]]
* [[Linux keyboard shortcuts]]
* [[Linux VLC FAQ]]
* [[Using ALSA]]

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

==Command line==
* [[ZSH Autocompletion]]

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

==Distributions specific stuff==

* [[GNU/Linux Debian]]
* [[RedHat|GNU/Linux RedHat]]
* [[GNU/Linux Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)]]
* [[Gentoo|GNU/Linux Gentoo]]
* Other [[distros |GNU/Linux distros]]

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

What can vlc do

2005-11-06T05:10:58Z

Muza19:

== Mediaplayer ==

=== Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images ===
If you have a DVD/SVCD/VCD packaged inside an image/iso file vlc can play this without you having to mount it or extract it in anyway. You can simply chose open file and pick the iso file. This is true for the standard .iso and .img files, not if its some proprietary format which is specific to a certain program (For example NERO's .nrg)

=== How to enable/use subtitles ===

Before you try to enable subtitles make sure the subtitles you have are in a format that VLC can read! You can find the list of compatible subtitle formats [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html here].
If VLC has detected any sort of subtitles available, you will be able to turn them on under the menu: ''Video->Subtitles track->Track 1''

Auto detection of subtitles files uses a 'fuzziness' logic which you can specify. If this is wrongly specified you may end up with more subtitle file options than really exist or miss some that are provided. By default it allows any file in the right place which exactly matches the video name and may have some extra characters. If you are not seeing the number of subtitle options you expect you might want to allow more 'fuzziness' by changing the preference in video/subtitles/subtitle autodetection fuzziness where help is available if you 'hover' over the field.

If you mainly use .srt subtitles or .sub, you can get them turned on automatically when they are detected, by setting the ''Input/Codecs->Advanced->Choose subtitle track'' to 0, it will automaticly turn on the subtitle track. You can also experiment with the ''Choose subtitle language'' on the same page. But if u experiment a bit with the settings u should be able to get subtitles turned on automatically.

'''Note:''' On Mac OS X, the "Video->Subtitles track" menu item is permanently disabled for some reason. You must manually specify the location of the subtitles file in the "Subpictures" pane of the preferences.

=== Playing windows media files ===
VLC should be able to succesfully play both audio and video in wma and wmv 1 and 2, for the newest version (wmv3) only the windows version of vlc will be able to play it, since no opensource implementation of wmv3 have been made so far, so the windows vlc plays it by using the windows api. DRM files however can not be played on any OS.

=== How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast.. ===

'''If you are using the wxwindows userinterface:'''

You can adjust the typical values to tweak the picture of your video source by turning on the extended GUI. This is done in the menu: ''Settings->Extended GUI''. That will give you some extended control options for the video picture as well as an equalizer for the audio.

'''If you use Mac OS X or a skinned version of VLC:'''
You need to enter the preference menu: ''Settings->Preferences''. Once you have the preferences window open you go to: <u>Video->Filters->Image adjust</u>. Here you can adjust the different values. Note before they take effect you need to turn on the "Image adjust" filter in: <u>Video->Filters</u>

=== How to control the aspect ratio of the video ===
If ur source has a wrong aspect ratio (AR) or you wanna adjust the sources AR to your displays, you can tell vlc to override the source AR, and stretch or squeeze etc to get another AR.

If u use the cmdline you can control the ar by passing "--aspect-ratio x.xx". Where x.xx is an integer.

If u use the GUI, you can adjust the AR in the preferences dialog under video, in the field "Source aspect ratio".

I would advise you to use numerical values although the format 16:9 is also supported. Here follows some common AR's:

Fullscreen: 1.33 or 4:3
Widescreen: 1.78 or 16:9
Typical dvd: 1.85
Cinemascope: 2.35

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

Linux

2005-11-06T05:10:53Z

Muza19: /* Command line */

==Graphical User Interfaces==

* The [[Skins|Skinnable Interface]]
* The [[WxWidgets Interface]]
* The [[Gnome Interface]]
* The [[Kde Interface]]
* [[Linux keyboard shortcuts]]
* [[Linux VLC FAQ]]
* [[Using ALSA]]

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

==Command line==
* [[ZSH Autocompletion]]

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

==Distributions specific stuff==

* [[GNU/Linux Debian]]
* [[RedHat|GNU/Linux RedHat]]
* [[GNU/Linux Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)]]
* [[Gentoo|GNU/Linux Gentoo]]
* Other [[distros |GNU/Linux distros]]

Linux

2005-11-06T05:10:48Z

Muza19: /* Graphical User Interfaces */

T-Shirt Design Contest

2005-11-06T05:09:09Z

Muza19: /* What we want */

Windows

2005-11-06T05:09:04Z

Muza19:

The '''Windows port''' of VLC usually starts up with the [[WxWindows]] interface which is used in the [[Linux]] one as well. The user can decide to use the [[Skins]] interface instead to be able to modify the interface according to his or her mood.

==Keyboard shortcuts in the Windows (directx) video output==

Note: these shortcuts are only default settings and can be customized (along with many others). To tweak hotkeys settings, go to Settings->Preferences->Hot keys

* Left/Right/Up/Down/Enter: DVD menus navigation keys
* Page Up/Page Down: seek (10 secs)
* Home/End: Beginning/End of file
* Space: Pause/Play
* a/A/z/Z: Volume Control
* f/F: fullscreen
* q/Q: quit vlc
* Esc: exit fullscreen/Stop input

==How to associate media files to VLC==

'''Warning''': do this association only if you realy know what you are doing!

VLC hasn't got a module to associate files, so that if you click on a file VLC opens. But you can
do it by yourself, follow this istructions:

* Open a text editor like Notepad.

* Copy this text:
<pre>
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ASF]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ASX]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.AVI]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DIVX]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MPEG]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MPG]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.VOB]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.WMV]
@="VlcFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile]
@="VLC File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\shell\Open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VlcFile\shell\Open\command]
@="C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe \"%L\""
</pre>

* Modify the strings ''C:\\Programs\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe'' to match to your VLC installation.

* Save as ''vlc.reg''.

* Execute ''vlc.reg'' (ad it to you registry).

* Enjoy VLC :)

'''Note''': This associate ''asf'', ''asx'', ''avi'', ''divx'', ''mpeg'', ''mpg'', ''vob'' and ''wmv'' files, if you get the idea you can associate any file you want.

----

'''OR'''

You can also right-click the file you want to open with VLC, and then click Properties.

On the General tab, click Change.

Click the name of the program (VLC) in which you want the file to open.

This change affects all files that have the same file name extension as the file you selected. For example, if you change the program that opens a .jpg file, all .jpg files will open in this program.

You can also change the program that opens a file by right-clicking the file, clicking Open With, and then clicking the program name.

If VLC is not displayed, click Browse to locate it on your hard drive.

Alternatively, you can just associate media files on install.

== Related article ==
* [[VLC Windows FAQ]]
* [[VLC command-line help]]
* [[VLCSout]] how to create a DVD

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[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

What can vlc do

2005-11-06T05:08:50Z

Muza19: /* How to control the aspect ratio of the video */

== Mediaplayer ==

=== Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images ===
If you have a DVD/SVCD/VCD packaged inside an image/iso file vlc can play this without you having to mount it or extract it in anyway. You can simply chose open file and pick the iso file. This is true for the standard .iso and .img files, not if its some proprietary format which is specific to a certain program (For example NERO's .nrg)

=== How to enable/use subtitles ===

Before you try to enable subtitles make sure the subtitles you have are in a format that VLC can read! You can find the list of compatible subtitle formats [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html here].
If VLC has detected any sort of subtitles available, you will be able to turn them on under the menu: ''Video->Subtitles track->Track 1''

Auto detection of subtitles files uses a 'fuzziness' logic which you can specify. If this is wrongly specified you may end up with more subtitle file options than really exist or miss some that are provided. By default it allows any file in the right place which exactly matches the video name and may have some extra characters. If you are not seeing the number of subtitle options you expect you might want to allow more 'fuzziness' by changing the preference in video/subtitles/subtitle autodetection fuzziness where help is available if you 'hover' over the field.

If you mainly use .srt subtitles or .sub, you can get them turned on automatically when they are detected, by setting the ''Input/Codecs->Advanced->Choose subtitle track'' to 0, it will automaticly turn on the subtitle track. You can also experiment with the ''Choose subtitle language'' on the same page. But if u experiment a bit with the settings u should be able to get subtitles turned on automatically.

'''Note:''' On Mac OS X, the "Video->Subtitles track" menu item is permanently disabled for some reason. You must manually specify the location of the subtitles file in the "Subpictures" pane of the preferences.

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== Playing windows media files ===
VLC should be able to succesfully play both audio and video in wma and wmv 1 and 2, for the newest version (wmv3) only the windows version of vlc will be able to play it, since no opensource implementation of wmv3 have been made so far, so the windows vlc plays it by using the windows api. DRM files however can not be played on any OS.

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast.. ===

'''If you are using the wxwindows userinterface:'''

You can adjust the typical values to tweak the picture of your video source by turning on the extended GUI. This is done in the menu: ''Settings->Extended GUI''. That will give you some extended control options for the video picture as well as an equalizer for the audio.

'''If you use Mac OS X or a skinned version of VLC:'''
You need to enter the preference menu: ''Settings->Preferences''. Once you have the preferences window open you go to: <u>Video->Filters->Image adjust</u>. Here you can adjust the different values. Note before they take effect you need to turn on the "Image adjust" filter in: <u>Video->Filters</u>

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== How to control the aspect ratio of the video ===
If ur source has a wrong aspect ratio (AR) or you wanna adjust the sources AR to your displays, you can tell vlc to override the source AR, and stretch or squeeze etc to get another AR.

If u use the cmdline you can control the ar by passing "--aspect-ratio x.xx". Where x.xx is an integer.

If u use the GUI, you can adjust the AR in the preferences dialog under video, in the field "Source aspect ratio".

I would advise you to use numerical values although the format 16:9 is also supported. Here follows some common AR's:

Fullscreen: 1.33 or 4:3
Widescreen: 1.78 or 16:9
Typical dvd: 1.85
Cinemascope: 2.35

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

Skins

2005-11-06T05:08:35Z

Muza19:

Skin support for VLC is now mature and there are some wonderful skins. You may like to use them rather than the default interface.

First, go to the [http://videolan.org/vlc/download-skins2.html Skin page] and choose a skin.

Here's a example how to install a skin (Winamp5 skin):

Download [http://videolan.org/vlc/skins2 this file].
Now run vlc -I skins2 (or launch VLC skins if you've got a shortcut to it). VLC opens with its default skin. Hit Ctrl-S and choose the .vlt file. VLC has now a new default skin!

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

What can vlc do

2005-11-06T05:08:30Z

Muza19: /* How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast.. */

== Mediaplayer ==

=== Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images ===
If you have a DVD/SVCD/VCD packaged inside an image/iso file vlc can play this without you having to mount it or extract it in anyway. You can simply chose open file and pick the iso file. This is true for the standard .iso and .img files, not if its some proprietary format which is specific to a certain program (For example NERO's .nrg)

=== How to enable/use subtitles ===

Before you try to enable subtitles make sure the subtitles you have are in a format that VLC can read! You can find the list of compatible subtitle formats [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html here].
If VLC has detected any sort of subtitles available, you will be able to turn them on under the menu: ''Video->Subtitles track->Track 1''

Auto detection of subtitles files uses a 'fuzziness' logic which you can specify. If this is wrongly specified you may end up with more subtitle file options than really exist or miss some that are provided. By default it allows any file in the right place which exactly matches the video name and may have some extra characters. If you are not seeing the number of subtitle options you expect you might want to allow more 'fuzziness' by changing the preference in video/subtitles/subtitle autodetection fuzziness where help is available if you 'hover' over the field.

If you mainly use .srt subtitles or .sub, you can get them turned on automatically when they are detected, by setting the ''Input/Codecs->Advanced->Choose subtitle track'' to 0, it will automaticly turn on the subtitle track. You can also experiment with the ''Choose subtitle language'' on the same page. But if u experiment a bit with the settings u should be able to get subtitles turned on automatically.

'''Note:''' On Mac OS X, the "Video->Subtitles track" menu item is permanently disabled for some reason. You must manually specify the location of the subtitles file in the "Subpictures" pane of the preferences.

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== Playing windows media files ===
VLC should be able to succesfully play both audio and video in wma and wmv 1 and 2, for the newest version (wmv3) only the windows version of vlc will be able to play it, since no opensource implementation of wmv3 have been made so far, so the windows vlc plays it by using the windows api. DRM files however can not be played on any OS.

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast.. ===

'''If you are using the wxwindows userinterface:'''

You can adjust the typical values to tweak the picture of your video source by turning on the extended GUI. This is done in the menu: ''Settings->Extended GUI''. That will give you some extended control options for the video picture as well as an equalizer for the audio.

'''If you use Mac OS X or a skinned version of VLC:'''
You need to enter the preference menu: ''Settings->Preferences''. Once you have the preferences window open you go to: <u>Video->Filters->Image adjust</u>. Here you can adjust the different values. Note before they take effect you need to turn on the "Image adjust" filter in: <u>Video->Filters</u>

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== How to control the aspect ratio of the video ===
If ur source has a wrong aspect ratio (AR) or you wanna adjust the sources AR to your displays, you can tell vlc to override the source AR, and stretch or squeeze etc to get another AR.

If u use the cmdline you can control the ar by passing "--aspect-ratio x.xx". Where x.xx is an integer.

If u use the GUI, you can adjust the AR in the preferences dialog under video, in the field "Source aspect ratio".

I would advise you to use numerical values although the format 16:9 is also supported. Here follows some common AR's:

Fullscreen: 1.33 or 4:3
Widescreen: 1.78 or 16:9
Typical dvd: 1.85
Cinemascope: 2.35

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

What can vlc do

2005-11-06T05:08:01Z

Muza19: /* Playing windows media files */

== Mediaplayer ==

=== Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images ===
If you have a DVD/SVCD/VCD packaged inside an image/iso file vlc can play this without you having to mount it or extract it in anyway. You can simply chose open file and pick the iso file. This is true for the standard .iso and .img files, not if its some proprietary format which is specific to a certain program (For example NERO's .nrg)

=== How to enable/use subtitles ===

Before you try to enable subtitles make sure the subtitles you have are in a format that VLC can read! You can find the list of compatible subtitle formats [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html here].
If VLC has detected any sort of subtitles available, you will be able to turn them on under the menu: ''Video->Subtitles track->Track 1''

Auto detection of subtitles files uses a 'fuzziness' logic which you can specify. If this is wrongly specified you may end up with more subtitle file options than really exist or miss some that are provided. By default it allows any file in the right place which exactly matches the video name and may have some extra characters. If you are not seeing the number of subtitle options you expect you might want to allow more 'fuzziness' by changing the preference in video/subtitles/subtitle autodetection fuzziness where help is available if you 'hover' over the field.

If you mainly use .srt subtitles or .sub, you can get them turned on automatically when they are detected, by setting the ''Input/Codecs->Advanced->Choose subtitle track'' to 0, it will automaticly turn on the subtitle track. You can also experiment with the ''Choose subtitle language'' on the same page. But if u experiment a bit with the settings u should be able to get subtitles turned on automatically.

'''Note:''' On Mac OS X, the "Video->Subtitles track" menu item is permanently disabled for some reason. You must manually specify the location of the subtitles file in the "Subpictures" pane of the preferences.

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[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
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</div>

=== Playing windows media files ===
VLC should be able to succesfully play both audio and video in wma and wmv 1 and 2, for the newest version (wmv3) only the windows version of vlc will be able to play it, since no opensource implementation of wmv3 have been made so far, so the windows vlc plays it by using the windows api. DRM files however can not be played on any OS.

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast.. ===

'''If you are using the wxwindows userinterface:'''

You can adjust the typical values to tweak the picture of your video source by turning on the extended GUI. This is done in the menu: ''Settings->Extended GUI''. That will give you some extended control options for the video picture as well as an equalizer for the audio.

'''If you use Mac OS X or a skinned version of VLC:'''
You need to enter the preference menu: ''Settings->Preferences''. Once you have the preferences window open you go to: <u>Video->Filters->Image adjust</u>. Here you can adjust the different values. Note before they take effect you need to turn on the "Image adjust" filter in: <u>Video->Filters</u>

=== How to control the aspect ratio of the video ===
If ur source has a wrong aspect ratio (AR) or you wanna adjust the sources AR to your displays, you can tell vlc to override the source AR, and stretch or squeeze etc to get another AR.

If u use the cmdline you can control the ar by passing "--aspect-ratio x.xx". Where x.xx is an integer.

If u use the GUI, you can adjust the AR in the preferences dialog under video, in the field "Source aspect ratio".

I would advise you to use numerical values although the format 16:9 is also supported. Here follows some common AR's:

Fullscreen: 1.33 or 4:3
Widescreen: 1.78 or 16:9
Typical dvd: 1.85
Cinemascope: 2.35

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

What can vlc do

2005-11-06T05:07:55Z

Muza19: /* How to enable/use subtitles */

== Mediaplayer ==

=== Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images ===
If you have a DVD/SVCD/VCD packaged inside an image/iso file vlc can play this without you having to mount it or extract it in anyway. You can simply chose open file and pick the iso file. This is true for the standard .iso and .img files, not if its some proprietary format which is specific to a certain program (For example NERO's .nrg)

=== How to enable/use subtitles ===

Before you try to enable subtitles make sure the subtitles you have are in a format that VLC can read! You can find the list of compatible subtitle formats [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html here].
If VLC has detected any sort of subtitles available, you will be able to turn them on under the menu: ''Video->Subtitles track->Track 1''

Auto detection of subtitles files uses a 'fuzziness' logic which you can specify. If this is wrongly specified you may end up with more subtitle file options than really exist or miss some that are provided. By default it allows any file in the right place which exactly matches the video name and may have some extra characters. If you are not seeing the number of subtitle options you expect you might want to allow more 'fuzziness' by changing the preference in video/subtitles/subtitle autodetection fuzziness where help is available if you 'hover' over the field.

If you mainly use .srt subtitles or .sub, you can get them turned on automatically when they are detected, by setting the ''Input/Codecs->Advanced->Choose subtitle track'' to 0, it will automaticly turn on the subtitle track. You can also experiment with the ''Choose subtitle language'' on the same page. But if u experiment a bit with the settings u should be able to get subtitles turned on automatically.

'''Note:''' On Mac OS X, the "Video->Subtitles track" menu item is permanently disabled for some reason. You must manually specify the location of the subtitles file in the "Subpictures" pane of the preferences.

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== Playing windows media files ===
VLC should be able to succesfully play both audio and video in wma and wmv 1 and 2, for the newest version (wmv3) only the windows version of vlc will be able to play it, since no opensource implementation of wmv3 have been made so far, so the windows vlc plays it by using the windows api. DRM files however can not be played on any OS.

=== How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast.. ===

'''If you are using the wxwindows userinterface:'''

You can adjust the typical values to tweak the picture of your video source by turning on the extended GUI. This is done in the menu: ''Settings->Extended GUI''. That will give you some extended control options for the video picture as well as an equalizer for the audio.

'''If you use Mac OS X or a skinned version of VLC:'''
You need to enter the preference menu: ''Settings->Preferences''. Once you have the preferences window open you go to: <u>Video->Filters->Image adjust</u>. Here you can adjust the different values. Note before they take effect you need to turn on the "Image adjust" filter in: <u>Video->Filters</u>

=== How to control the aspect ratio of the video ===
If ur source has a wrong aspect ratio (AR) or you wanna adjust the sources AR to your displays, you can tell vlc to override the source AR, and stretch or squeeze etc to get another AR.

If u use the cmdline you can control the ar by passing "--aspect-ratio x.xx". Where x.xx is an integer.

If u use the GUI, you can adjust the AR in the preferences dialog under video, in the field "Source aspect ratio".

I would advise you to use numerical values although the format 16:9 is also supported. Here follows some common AR's:

Fullscreen: 1.33 or 4:3
Widescreen: 1.78 or 16:9
Typical dvd: 1.85
Cinemascope: 2.35

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

What can vlc do

2005-11-06T05:07:52Z

Muza19: /* Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images */

What can vlc do

2005-11-06T05:07:36Z

Muza19: /* Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images */

== Mediaplayer ==

=== Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images ===
If you have a DVD/SVCD/VCD packaged inside an image/iso file vlc can play this without you having to mount it or extract it in anyway. You can simply chose open file and pick the iso file. This is true for the standard .iso and .img files, not if its some proprietary format which is specific to a certain program (For example NERO's .nrg)

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

=== How to enable/use subtitles ===

Before you try to enable subtitles make sure the subtitles you have are in a format that VLC can read! You can find the list of compatible subtitle formats [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html here].
If VLC has detected any sort of subtitles available, you will be able to turn them on under the menu: ''Video->Subtitles track->Track 1''

Auto detection of subtitles files uses a 'fuzziness' logic which you can specify. If this is wrongly specified you may end up with more subtitle file options than really exist or miss some that are provided. By default it allows any file in the right place which exactly matches the video name and may have some extra characters. If you are not seeing the number of subtitle options you expect you might want to allow more 'fuzziness' by changing the preference in video/subtitles/subtitle autodetection fuzziness where help is available if you 'hover' over the field.

If you mainly use .srt subtitles or .sub, you can get them turned on automatically when they are detected, by setting the ''Input/Codecs->Advanced->Choose subtitle track'' to 0, it will automaticly turn on the subtitle track. You can also experiment with the ''Choose subtitle language'' on the same page. But if u experiment a bit with the settings u should be able to get subtitles turned on automatically.

'''Note:''' On Mac OS X, the "Video->Subtitles track" menu item is permanently disabled for some reason. You must manually specify the location of the subtitles file in the "Subpictures" pane of the preferences.

=== Playing windows media files ===
VLC should be able to succesfully play both audio and video in wma and wmv 1 and 2, for the newest version (wmv3) only the windows version of vlc will be able to play it, since no opensource implementation of wmv3 have been made so far, so the windows vlc plays it by using the windows api. DRM files however can not be played on any OS.

=== How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast.. ===

'''If you are using the wxwindows userinterface:'''

You can adjust the typical values to tweak the picture of your video source by turning on the extended GUI. This is done in the menu: ''Settings->Extended GUI''. That will give you some extended control options for the video picture as well as an equalizer for the audio.

'''If you use Mac OS X or a skinned version of VLC:'''
You need to enter the preference menu: ''Settings->Preferences''. Once you have the preferences window open you go to: <u>Video->Filters->Image adjust</u>. Here you can adjust the different values. Note before they take effect you need to turn on the "Image adjust" filter in: <u>Video->Filters</u>

=== How to control the aspect ratio of the video ===
If ur source has a wrong aspect ratio (AR) or you wanna adjust the sources AR to your displays, you can tell vlc to override the source AR, and stretch or squeeze etc to get another AR.

If u use the cmdline you can control the ar by passing "--aspect-ratio x.xx". Where x.xx is an integer.

If u use the GUI, you can adjust the AR in the preferences dialog under video, in the field "Source aspect ratio".

I would advise you to use numerical values although the format 16:9 is also supported. Here follows some common AR's:

Fullscreen: 1.33 or 4:3
Widescreen: 1.78 or 16:9
Typical dvd: 1.85
Cinemascope: 2.35

<div id="wikitikitavi" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; ">
[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz
</div>

What can vlc do

2005-11-06T05:07:31Z

Muza19: /* Mediaplayer */