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Cook

2010-07-25T17:49:21Z

Pmsyyz: seeking

{{codec audio|id=cook}}
{{mmwiki|RealAudio cook|RealAudio_cook}}
'''cook''', also called '''cooker''' or '''gecko''' is an audio codec for [[RealMedia]] files.

Seeking is not fully supported in [[VLC]].

FLAC

2010-07-25T17:41:01Z

Pmsyyz: Category:Audio codecs

{{website|FLAC|http://flac.sourceforge.net}}
{{open}}
'''FLAC''' is short for '''Free Lossless Audio Compression'''. It is an open source [[codec]] and [[file format]] which provides a [[lossless|perfect]] quality audio file. FLAC files usually contain [[CD|CD quality]] audio, but can also support almost any audio data with a wide range of sample frequencies, amount of channels and bits per sample.

FLAC provides a smaller size of file than [[PCM]] [[WAV]] (about half the size), but much larger than [[lossy]] codecs like [[MP3]]. MP3s are about 5-10% the size of WAV files, but are lower quality.

A CD's worth of data is...
* 700MB as a CD
* 700MB as WAV
* '''300MB as FLAC'''
* 40MB as MP3 (128 [[kbps]])

== Container format ==
{{mux|id=flac|encoder=n}}
FLAC can be used inside several [[container formats]], such as [[ogg]] and [[matroska]], but can also be stored in it's own container.

VLC can only decode this type of container, and cannot encode it. To encode files in FLAC format use the flac command line tool from [http://flac.sf.net FLAC's website].

== Source code ==
{{file|modules/demux/flac.c|input demuxer}}

[[Category:Audio codecs]]

MacOS

2008-07-06T03:39:08Z

Pmsyyz: /* Graphical Interface */ link

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{{vlc_MacOS_toc}}
<div style="padding: .4em .9em .9em">

==Graphical Interface==
Many people who want to use [[VLC media player]] on Mac OS X will be intending to use the standard graphical interface that is provided by vlc. The standard interface consists of the eight menus in the menu bar and the 'VLC - Controller' window that opens up by default. This section outlines what vlc can do for you (at V0.8.6a current active is V{{VLC:latest version}}) and will be completed as I check the use of menu options.

The eight menu bar options are listed below along with the main interesting capabilities under each menu item:

* [[vlc_MacOS_VLC|VLC]] which allows you to check for an updated application, to access the preferences and to add an interface.
* [[vlc_MacOS_File|File]] which allows you to open a media file or an associated file such as subtitles. It also has a wizard to allow the streaming of video or the capturing of a streamed video to a file.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Edit|Edit]] which does nothing vlc specific.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Playback|Playback]] allows you do do all the things you might expect from a videoplayer, some of these features are duplicated graphically in the 'Controller' window.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Audio|Audio]] allows you to control the audio level as well as the output device and the audio track to use from the input.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Video|Video]] allows you to control the video display on your screen as well as which device to display on and which video source to show in that display.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Window|Window]] allows you to display seven helper windows that will display information about vlcs activity and control more detail of that activity.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Help|Help]] gives access to the help that came with the installation, the help info on the VideoLAN site and access to interaction mechanisms with the vlc developers.

In general, for many users, they find that they can get what they want from vlc 'straight out of the box' and have very little need of the menu options until they have been using vlc for a while and now what to try something 'more fancy'.

==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 playing video, holding down the Apple key and pressing the F key enters and exits fullscreen. When in fullscreen you can also use the escape key to exit the fullscreen state.
* When playing video, holding the Apple and Shift keys and pressing the left/right arrow keys, jumps the video backward/forward about a minute.
* When playing video, holding the Apple and Ctrl keys and pressing the left/right arrow keys, jumps the video backward/forward about ten seconds.
* When you are watching a DVD and the video window is the front-most window you can use the arrow keys and the enter key to navigate the DVD menus.

==Latest developments==

===Streaming Wizard===
A streaming wizard is available since the VLC media player 0.8.4 release. This is available under the "File" menu.

===Command line===
You can run VLC on Mac OS X using a terminal application (for example Terminal.app in /Applications/Utilities) with the following command: ./VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC [your options, "--intf=rc" for example].

This option can also be activated from the "VLC" menu.

=== No Dock ===
Note that you can replace the "VLC" at the end of the path with "clivlc" to suppress the launch of any Mac-like interface.
VLC won't even appear in the Dock then.

When [[transcoding]], clivlc should be used if running VLC from the command line crashes with a Bus error.

==Need Help?==
View the [[FAQ on MacOSX only issues]] or the [[Common Problems]] pages.
[[Category:Operating systems]]

</div>
</div>

WindowsFAQ-0.8.x

2008-06-28T19:09:18Z

Pmsyyz: link

This page contains list of common questions and problems that [[Windows]] users have about [[VLC media player]].

==Video output related questions and problems==
===Why does VLC only give black, white or garbled video output?===
Usually the problem lies in display adapter drivers. If you are too scared to update your display adapter drivers you can change VLC settings to make video work. If you are using Windows XP or older the easiest fix is usually to disable '''Overlay video output''' which can be found first opening '''Settings -> Preferences...''' and then choosing '''Video'''. After you have unticked the Overlay video output, press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
[http://koti.mbnet.fi/raiska/tutorials/vlc/11a.png Image about Overlay video output setting]

If disabling Overlay video output doesn't help the next step is to change video output module. Open '''Settings -> Preferences...''' and then choosing '''Video -> Output module''' (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box). There are multiple output modules you can use. For Windows XP and younger you can try '''DirectX 3D''', '''DirectX''', '''OpenGL''' and '''Windows GDI''' video output modules. With Windows Vista DirectX and Windows GDI output modules will disable Aero so if you want to use Aero, please use DirectX 3D (should be default). Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
[http://koti.mbnet.fi/raiska/tutorials/vlc/11b.png Image about video output modules setting]

===Direct3D video output is a bit blurry===
This is known issue that has been fixed in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].

===Video shows green, blue or red lines===
See [http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ#Why_does_VLC_only_give_black.2C_white_or_garbled_video_output.3F Why does VLC only give black, white or garbled video output?]
===How can I adjust brightness or contrast?===
You can adjust brightness, contrast and other settings via '''Extend GUI'''. Open '''Settings -> Extend GUI''' to adjust these settings. Changes should show up realtime.
==Audio output related questions and problems==
===Crackles, pops, hizzes and other audio anomalies===
If you hear some unwanted audio problems you can try another audio output module to see if that solves the issue. Open '''Settings -> Preferences...''' and then choosing '''Audio -> Output module''' (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box). There are multiple output modules you can use for audio. '''DirectX''' and '''Win32 waveOut''' should work in most cases. With ASIO only cards, you should try '''PORTAUDIO'''.
===Crackles, pops, hizzes and other audio anomalies with SPDIF passthrough===
SPDIF passthrough of Dolby Digital (AC3) and DTS audiotracks don't work with all soundcards. '''Win32 waveOut''' output module should work better with SPDIF and you can also try latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds] with Win32 waveOut.
===I don't hear dialog, conversations etc. while playing 5.1 audio===
Make sure you have select proper speaker setup from Windows audio settings or from soundcard control panel. If you have done so, make sure VLC also has right settings. '''Audio -> Audio Device''' to select proper speaker settings.
===How do I adjust audio delay?===
During playback you can press '''Ctrl + k''' or '''Ctrl + l''' to adjust audio delay (adjust step is 50 ms).

==(Graphical) user interface related questions and problems==
===How can I separate playback controls from playback window?===
Go to '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Interface -> Main interfaces -> wxWidgets''' and untick '''Embed video in interface''' selection. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

===How can I make skinned interface my default interface?===
Go to '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Interface -> Main interfaces''' and from '''Interface module''' dropdown box select '''Skinnable Interface'''. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

===My remote control, media keys or special input device can't control VLC===
Current VLC Hotkeys feature doesn't support special mediakeys so you have to bind keys to regular keyboard keys. Latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds] support mediakeys.
====My remote control, media keys or special input device can't control VLC (nightlies)====
Make sure you disable other software that might capture those keys while you set those keys in VLC (for example Winamp may cause issues).

===My VLC Equalizer settings aren't saved when I close VLC===
This is known issue. There isn't any workaround for this in current stable releases.
==Codec compatibility related questions and problems==
===How can I identify what codecs the file uses===
With VLC, Open the file you want and open '''View -> Stream and Media Info''' and go to '''Advanced information''' tab.
===VLC doesn't identify used codecs correctly or gives "undf" as codec or I want more information about specs===
There are multiple video and audio identification tools, but one very useful is tool called [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/ Mediainfo].
===H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback is too slow===
You can speed up the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback by disabling loop filter for H.264 decoding. To do this go to '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Input / Codecs -> Other codecs -> FFmpeg''' (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box) and in the drop-down box for '''Skip the loop filter for H.264 decoding''' change it to '''All'''. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
===H.264/MPEG-4 AVC interlaced content crashes VLC (MBAFF and PAFF)===
This is known issue. Current stable VLC versions don't support interlaced H.264/MPEG-4 AVC content. Latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds] should support most interlaced H.264/MPEG-4 AVC videos.
===No Real audio or Real video support===
Current stable VLC doesn't play all Real video or audio codecs but support has gotten little better on latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===Why can't VLC use CoreAVC, FFDshow, AC3filter, etc. codecs?===
VLC only uses build in codecs so it doesn't support VfW or DirectShow APIs for codecs.
====But you support [[DMO]] (Direct Media Object) module for WMV video and WMA audio====
WMV and WMA are exceptions to this external codec support.
==File and media format compatibility related questions and problems==
===Some DVD movies don't work at all or they crash/freeze to menu or playback===
If you open DVD with '''DVD (menus)''' selection, try just plain '''DVD''' option (aka '''dvdsimple''').

Some new DVD movies use copy protection mechanisms that VLC doesn't support. It might help if you rip that movie to hard drive using tools like DVDFab Decrypter or AnyDVD and use VLC to playback these files from hard drive.

===DVD movies don't playback smooth (they stutter, lag, etc.)===
One thing that might help is increasing the VLC DVD cache. This can be done from '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Input / Codecs -> Access Modules -> DVD with menus''' (or '''DVD without menus''' if you use dvdsimple method for playback) (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box) and increase '''Caching value in MS''' value to for example to 5000 or to 20000.
===FLV (Flash Video) rewind doesn't work===
This is known issue. It should be fixed in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===Some MP4 or 3GP files don't have audio at all===
If those files have AMR audio (usually ones from mobile phones) they won't work with current stable VLC versios. You can try latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds] to see if they work better with AMR audio.
===MP4 and MKV rewind time is equal to system uptime===
This is known issue. It should be fixed in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===Transport stream (TS and M2TS) files or Blu-ray files don't work===
This is known issue. Some MPEG-2 only files work but H.264/MPEG-4 AVC or VC-1 inside guarantees failure.
===No RA, RAM, RMVB support===
Please see [http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ#No_Real_audio_or_Real_video_support No Real audio or Real video support].
===I have many MKV files in same folder and that seems to cause issues to VLC===
This is known issue. It should be fixed in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===MOD files from my video camera don't work===
This is known issue. There are currently two workarounds. Either change file extension from .mod to .mpg or remove '''libmod_plugin.dll''' file from '''vlc\plugins''' folder.
====Is it safe to remove libmod_plugin.dll?====
Yes it is. After removing libmod_plugin.dll you can't listen module music formats like MOD, S3M, XM etc. but nowadays most people don't listen those files at all. If you need to get MOD, S3M, XM etc. support back, then just extract libmod_plugin.dll back to '''vlc\plugins''' folder from VLC zip file.

==Subtitles related questions and problems==
===How do I adjust subtitle delay?===
During playback you can press '''Ctrl + h''' or '''Ctrl + j''' to adjust subtitle delay (adjust step is 50 ms).
===How can I select right subtitle track?===
If your video has multiple subtitle tracks, you can select the one you would like to see from '''Video -> Subtitles Track'''.
===Can I disable hardcoded or "burned" subtitles with VLC?===
No.
===Dragging and dropping the subtitles to VLC disables pause===
This is known issue. It will be hopefully fixed in upcoming releases. Only solution is to either open subtitles from '''Use a subtitles file''' when you open file you want to watch or trust to '''Autodetect subtitle files''' and name the subtitles in same as the movie (for example, '''my_movie.avi''' and '''my_movie.srt''').
===SSA and ASS subtitles look horrible and don't support all styles===
This is known issue. Support should be better in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===Can I change font, font size, style or color?===
You can with text-based subtitle formats ([[Subtitles_codecs]]). Go to '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Video -> Subtitles/OSD -> Text renderer''' (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box) and adjust anything you want. '''Font size in pixels''' overrides '''Relative font size''' selection. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

==General problems and issues==
===VLC crashes/freezes/BSODs my computer===
VLC doesn't do that. Normal apps shouldn't be able to cause issues like these to operating systems. Culprit is usually bad device driver (for example display adapter driver, soundcard driver, chipset driver, network adapter driver etc.) or broken hardware.
===How do I reset VLC settings?===
If you can start VLC, go to '''Settings -> Preferences...''' and then press '''Reset All''' and '''Save''' to reset and save VLC settings. Remember to restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

If you can't start VLC, go to '''%appdata%''' folder and delete '''vlc''' folder from there.
===VLC crashes on startup===
This usually happens because VLC setting files have been corrupted. Resetting VLC settings should fix this.
===I messed up my file associations or I want to modify them===
Check [http://wiki.videolan.org/Windows#How_to_associate_media_files_to_VLC this].
===Can VLC burn CD, DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray discs?===
No.
===Is VLC legal in all countries?===
Probably not. Specially DeCSS module might violate DMCA (and similar laws) and some codecs would require licenses for personal/commercial use. There haven't been any court cases related to VLC but specially companies should make sure they pay license fees to license holders if they use VLC commercially and use patented formats or codecs.

===Can I run multiple VLC instances?===
Yes you can. [[How_to_play_multiple_instances_of_VLC]]

===Can I start VLC instances synchronously?===
Yes you can. Check this [http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46110#p146010 thread].

WindowsFAQ-0.8.x

2008-06-28T19:07:42Z

Pmsyyz: link

This page contains list of common questions and problems that Windows users have about [[VLC media player]].

==Video output related questions and problems==
===Why does VLC only give black, white or garbled video output?===
Usually the problem lies in display adapter drivers. If you are too scared to update your display adapter drivers you can change VLC settings to make video work. If you are using Windows XP or older the easiest fix is usually to disable '''Overlay video output''' which can be found first opening '''Settings -> Preferences...''' and then choosing '''Video'''. After you have unticked the Overlay video output, press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
[http://koti.mbnet.fi/raiska/tutorials/vlc/11a.png Image about Overlay video output setting]

If disabling Overlay video output doesn't help the next step is to change video output module. Open '''Settings -> Preferences...''' and then choosing '''Video -> Output module''' (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box). There are multiple output modules you can use. For Windows XP and younger you can try '''DirectX 3D''', '''DirectX''', '''OpenGL''' and '''Windows GDI''' video output modules. With Windows Vista DirectX and Windows GDI output modules will disable Aero so if you want to use Aero, please use DirectX 3D (should be default). Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
[http://koti.mbnet.fi/raiska/tutorials/vlc/11b.png Image about video output modules setting]

===Direct3D video output is a bit blurry===
This is known issue that has been fixed in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].

===Video shows green, blue or red lines===
See [http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ#Why_does_VLC_only_give_black.2C_white_or_garbled_video_output.3F Why does VLC only give black, white or garbled video output?]
===How can I adjust brightness or contrast?===
You can adjust brightness, contrast and other settings via '''Extend GUI'''. Open '''Settings -> Extend GUI''' to adjust these settings. Changes should show up realtime.
==Audio output related questions and problems==
===Crackles, pops, hizzes and other audio anomalies===
If you hear some unwanted audio problems you can try another audio output module to see if that solves the issue. Open '''Settings -> Preferences...''' and then choosing '''Audio -> Output module''' (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box). There are multiple output modules you can use for audio. '''DirectX''' and '''Win32 waveOut''' should work in most cases. With ASIO only cards, you should try '''PORTAUDIO'''.
===Crackles, pops, hizzes and other audio anomalies with SPDIF passthrough===
SPDIF passthrough of Dolby Digital (AC3) and DTS audiotracks don't work with all soundcards. '''Win32 waveOut''' output module should work better with SPDIF and you can also try latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds] with Win32 waveOut.
===I don't hear dialog, conversations etc. while playing 5.1 audio===
Make sure you have select proper speaker setup from Windows audio settings or from soundcard control panel. If you have done so, make sure VLC also has right settings. '''Audio -> Audio Device''' to select proper speaker settings.
===How do I adjust audio delay?===
During playback you can press '''Ctrl + k''' or '''Ctrl + l''' to adjust audio delay (adjust step is 50 ms).

==(Graphical) user interface related questions and problems==
===How can I separate playback controls from playback window?===
Go to '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Interface -> Main interfaces -> wxWidgets''' and untick '''Embed video in interface''' selection. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

===How can I make skinned interface my default interface?===
Go to '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Interface -> Main interfaces''' and from '''Interface module''' dropdown box select '''Skinnable Interface'''. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

===My remote control, media keys or special input device can't control VLC===
Current VLC Hotkeys feature doesn't support special mediakeys so you have to bind keys to regular keyboard keys. Latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds] support mediakeys.
====My remote control, media keys or special input device can't control VLC (nightlies)====
Make sure you disable other software that might capture those keys while you set those keys in VLC (for example Winamp may cause issues).

===My VLC Equalizer settings aren't saved when I close VLC===
This is known issue. There isn't any workaround for this in current stable releases.
==Codec compatibility related questions and problems==
===How can I identify what codecs the file uses===
With VLC, Open the file you want and open '''View -> Stream and Media Info''' and go to '''Advanced information''' tab.
===VLC doesn't identify used codecs correctly or gives "undf" as codec or I want more information about specs===
There are multiple video and audio identification tools, but one very useful is tool called [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/ Mediainfo].
===H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback is too slow===
You can speed up the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback by disabling loop filter for H.264 decoding. To do this go to '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Input / Codecs -> Other codecs -> FFmpeg''' (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box) and in the drop-down box for '''Skip the loop filter for H.264 decoding''' change it to '''All'''. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
===H.264/MPEG-4 AVC interlaced content crashes VLC (MBAFF and PAFF)===
This is known issue. Current stable VLC versions don't support interlaced H.264/MPEG-4 AVC content. Latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds] should support most interlaced H.264/MPEG-4 AVC videos.
===No Real audio or Real video support===
Current stable VLC doesn't play all Real video or audio codecs but support has gotten little better on latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===Why can't VLC use CoreAVC, FFDshow, AC3filter, etc. codecs?===
VLC only uses build in codecs so it doesn't support VfW or DirectShow APIs for codecs.
====But you support [[DMO]] (Direct Media Object) module for WMV video and WMA audio====
WMV and WMA are exceptions to this external codec support.
==File and media format compatibility related questions and problems==
===Some DVD movies don't work at all or they crash/freeze to menu or playback===
If you open DVD with '''DVD (menus)''' selection, try just plain '''DVD''' option (aka '''dvdsimple''').

Some new DVD movies use copy protection mechanisms that VLC doesn't support. It might help if you rip that movie to hard drive using tools like DVDFab Decrypter or AnyDVD and use VLC to playback these files from hard drive.

===DVD movies don't playback smooth (they stutter, lag, etc.)===
One thing that might help is increasing the VLC DVD cache. This can be done from '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Input / Codecs -> Access Modules -> DVD with menus''' (or '''DVD without menus''' if you use dvdsimple method for playback) (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box) and increase '''Caching value in MS''' value to for example to 5000 or to 20000.
===FLV (Flash Video) rewind doesn't work===
This is known issue. It should be fixed in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===Some MP4 or 3GP files don't have audio at all===
If those files have AMR audio (usually ones from mobile phones) they won't work with current stable VLC versios. You can try latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds] to see if they work better with AMR audio.
===MP4 and MKV rewind time is equal to system uptime===
This is known issue. It should be fixed in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===Transport stream (TS and M2TS) files or Blu-ray files don't work===
This is known issue. Some MPEG-2 only files work but H.264/MPEG-4 AVC or VC-1 inside guarantees failure.
===No RA, RAM, RMVB support===
Please see [http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ#No_Real_audio_or_Real_video_support No Real audio or Real video support].
===I have many MKV files in same folder and that seems to cause issues to VLC===
This is known issue. It should be fixed in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===MOD files from my video camera don't work===
This is known issue. There are currently two workarounds. Either change file extension from .mod to .mpg or remove '''libmod_plugin.dll''' file from '''vlc\plugins''' folder.
====Is it safe to remove libmod_plugin.dll?====
Yes it is. After removing libmod_plugin.dll you can't listen module music formats like MOD, S3M, XM etc. but nowadays most people don't listen those files at all. If you need to get MOD, S3M, XM etc. support back, then just extract libmod_plugin.dll back to '''vlc\plugins''' folder from VLC zip file.

==Subtitles related questions and problems==
===How do I adjust subtitle delay?===
During playback you can press '''Ctrl + h''' or '''Ctrl + j''' to adjust subtitle delay (adjust step is 50 ms).
===How can I select right subtitle track?===
If your video has multiple subtitle tracks, you can select the one you would like to see from '''Video -> Subtitles Track'''.
===Can I disable hardcoded or "burned" subtitles with VLC?===
No.
===Dragging and dropping the subtitles to VLC disables pause===
This is known issue. It will be hopefully fixed in upcoming releases. Only solution is to either open subtitles from '''Use a subtitles file''' when you open file you want to watch or trust to '''Autodetect subtitle files''' and name the subtitles in same as the movie (for example, '''my_movie.avi''' and '''my_movie.srt''').
===SSA and ASS subtitles look horrible and don't support all styles===
This is known issue. Support should be better in latest [http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Nightly builds].
===Can I change font, font size, style or color?===
You can with text-based subtitle formats ([[Subtitles_codecs]]). Go to '''Settings -> Preferences''' and '''Video -> Subtitles/OSD -> Text renderer''' (remember to tick '''Advanced options''' box) and adjust anything you want. '''Font size in pixels''' overrides '''Relative font size''' selection. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

==General problems and issues==
===VLC crashes/freezes/BSODs my computer===
VLC doesn't do that. Normal apps shouldn't be able to cause issues like these to operating systems. Culprit is usually bad device driver (for example display adapter driver, soundcard driver, chipset driver, network adapter driver etc.) or broken hardware.
===How do I reset VLC settings?===
If you can start VLC, go to '''Settings -> Preferences...''' and then press '''Reset All''' and '''Save''' to reset and save VLC settings. Remember to restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

If you can't start VLC, go to '''%appdata%''' folder and delete '''vlc''' folder from there.
===VLC crashes on startup===
This usually happens because VLC setting files have been corrupted. Resetting VLC settings should fix this.
===I messed up my file associations or I want to modify them===
Check [http://wiki.videolan.org/Windows#How_to_associate_media_files_to_VLC this].
===Can VLC burn CD, DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray discs?===
No.
===Is VLC legal in all countries?===
Probably not. Specially DeCSS module might violate DMCA (and similar laws) and some codecs would require licenses for personal/commercial use. There haven't been any court cases related to VLC but specially companies should make sure they pay license fees to license holders if they use VLC commercially and use patented formats or codecs.

===Can I run multiple VLC instances?===
Yes you can. [[How_to_play_multiple_instances_of_VLC]]

===Can I start VLC instances synchronously?===
Yes you can. Check this [http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46110#p146010 thread].

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC

2008-06-08T02:24:38Z

Pmsyyz: cleanup

{{codec video|id=h264}}
{{wikipedia|H.264/MPEG-4 AVC}}
'''H.264''', or '''Advanced Video Coding''' ('''AVC''') is a video codec described by [[MPEG-4]] Part 10. It is able to be used in a wide spectrum of applications scenarios ranging from real time streaming use in video conferencing systems to file storage.

== Specification ==
For a technical description read http://www.dspr.com/www/technology/csvt_overview.pdf

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{{wikipedia|VLC media player}}
:''Download VLC from '''[http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC's Homepage]''' ''
'''VLC media player''' ([[History|initially]] VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats ([[MPEG]], [[DivX]]/[[Xvid]], [[Ogg]], and ''many'' more) as well as [[DVD]]s, [[VCD]]s, and various [[stream]]ing protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.

It started as a student project at the French [http://www.ecp.fr/index_html_en École Centrale, Paris] but is now a worldwide project with developers from 20 countries. ([[History|more]]).

VLC is built in a modular way. This means that you can choose from a range of different [[modules]] to decide how to [[Interface|control]] VLC and how to display the [[video output]].

Check the [http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/NEWS NEWS]

== Use VLC on your OS ==
=== [[Linux]] ===
* [[GNU/Linux Debian]]
* [[Ubuntu|GNU/Linux Ubuntu]]
* [[RedHat|GNU/Linux RedHat]]
* [[Mandriva|GNU/Linux Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)]]
* [[Gentoo|GNU/Linux Gentoo]]
* [[SuSe|GNU/Linux SuSe]]
* [[distros |GNU/Linux distros]]

=== Other OS ===
* [[Mac OS X]]
* [[Windows]]
* [[BeOS]]
* [[FreeBSD]]
* [[Windows CE]]

== Related Links ==
* [[History|History of the project]]
* [[VLC CodeNames]]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC Home page]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html VLC features]
* [[Main Page|VideoLAN Wiki Home]]

[[Category:Player]] [[Category:VideoLAN projects]]

Songbird

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{{website|Songbird|http://www.songbirdnest.com}}
{{open}}
'''Songbird''' is an open-source rival to [[iTunes]]. It's avaliable for [[Windows]], [[Linux]] and [[Mac OS X]].

Songbird is built with code from {{VLC}} and [http://www.getfirefox.com FireFox].

== Compatability ==
Songbird is made with code from {{VLC}} (version 0.8.4a and updates) so should be compatible with most or all of [http://www.videolan.org VideoLAN's] features.

{{compat}}

[[Category:Player]]

ITunes

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{{website|iTunes|http://www.apple.com/itunes/}}

'''iTunes''' is a [[media player]] created by [[Apple]] for [[Mac OS X]] and [[Windows]] (2000/XP/Vista). iTunes has the ability to connect with an [[iPod]].

iTunes also connects to [http://www.apple.com/store/ Apple Store]. Like almost all music bought online, this music is protected by [[DRM]] (in this case [[FairPlay]])

iTunes can also share music over a local network using the [[wikipedia:Bonjour (protocol)|Bonjour]] protocol.

==Compatability==
Currently, VLC does not support sharing of music with Bonjour.

{{compat}}

==Related Links==
* [[Apple]]
* [[Songbird]]
* [[Special:Whatlinkshere/ITunes|What Links Here]]
* [[wikipedia:iTunes|Wikipedia]]

==External Links==
* [http://www.apple.com/iTunes/ The Apple.com Website]
* [http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.htm The Old Version of iTunes]
* [http://www.george.hotelling.net/90percent/digital_music/features_lost_in_itunes_upgrades.php Features lost in iTunes upgrades]

[[Category:Player]]

Windows CE

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{{wikipedia|Windows CE}}
'''Windows CE''' (sometimes abbreviated '''WinCE''') is a variation of Microsoft's [[Windows]] operating system for minimalistic computers and embedded systems. Windows CE is a distinctly different kernel, rather than a "trimmed down" version of desktop Windows. It is supported on Intel x86 and compatibles, MIPS, ARM, and Hitachi SuperH processors.

==Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, and SmartPhone==
Those OS are part of the Windows CE. Windows CE is an upper set of those OS

=VLC=
==Builds==
There used to be builds on the [http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/wince/ nighlty builds].
It is under work to remade those builds active again...

==Compile==
To compile VLC for WinCE, you have to read the [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/INSTALL.wince install file].

==Test==
Please report every working installation on this talk page.

[[Category:Operating systems]]

WinCE

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Windows CE

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This page should, will speak of the WinCE port of VLC

==Presentation of WinCE==
Windows CE (sometimes abbreviated WinCE) is a variation of Microsoft's Windows operating system for minimalistic computers and embedded systems. Windows CE is a distinctly different kernel, rather than a "trimmed down" version of desktop Windows. It is supported on Intel x86 and compatibles, MIPS, ARM, and Hitachi SuperH processors.

==Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, and SmartPhone==
Those OS are part of the Windows CE. Windows CE is an upper set of those OS

You will find more on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE Wikipedia].

=VLC=
==Builds==
There used to be builds on the [http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/wince/ nighlty builds].
It is under work to remade those builds active again...

==Compile==
To compile VLC for WinCE, you have to read the [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/INSTALL.wince install file].

==Test==
Please report every working installation on this talk page.

[[Category:Operating systems]]

VLCMacOSX

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OSX

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OS X

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Mac OSX

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Talk:MacOSX

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Talk:MacOS

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Hope no-one has any objection to starting a description of the options under the GUI menu system. I will try to fill in teh meanings of options as I check or discover them. [[User:Facius|Facius]] 18:20, 20 January 2007 (CET)

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Does anyone know why there is no "Navigation" menu in Mac OS X? I find it very convenient in the windows version and I'd like to see it added. Thanks.

[[User:Little blaine|Little blaine]] 05:33, 18 February 2007 (CET)

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MacOSX

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MacOS

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<div style="width:820px;border: 1px solid #ffc9c9>
{{vlc_MacOS_toc}}
<div style="padding: .4em .9em .9em">

==Graphical Interface==
Many people who want to use vlc on the Mac under OS X will be intending to use the standard graphical interface that is provided by vlc. The standard interface consists of the eight menus in the menu bar and the 'VLC - Controller' window that opens up by default. This section outlines what vlc can do for you (at V0.8.6a current active is V{{VLC:latest version}}) and will be completed as I check the use of menu options.

The eight menu bar options are listed below along with the main interesting capabilities under each menu item:

* [[vlc_MacOS_VLC|VLC]] which allows you to check for an updated application, to access the preferences and to add an interface.
* [[vlc_MacOS_File|File]] which allows you to open a media file or an associated file such as subtitles. It also has a wizard to allow the streaming of video or the capturing of a streamed video to a file.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Edit|Edit]] which does nothing vlc specific.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Playback|Playback]] allows you do do all the things you might expect from a videoplayer, some of these features are duplicated graphically in the 'Controller' window.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Audio|Audio]] allows you to control the audio level as well as the output device and the audio track to use from the input.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Video|Video]] allows you to control the video display on your screen as well as which device to display on and which video source to show in that display.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Window|Window]] allows you to display seven helper windows that will display information about vlcs activity and control more detail of that activity.
* [[vlc_MacOS_Help|Help]] gives access to the help that came with the installation, the help info on the VideoLAN site and access to interaction mechanisms with the vlc developers.

In general, for many users, they find that they can get what they want from vlc 'straight out of the box' and have very little need of the menu options until they have been using vlc for a while and now what to try something 'more fancy'.

==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 playing video, holding down the Apple key and pressing the F key enters and exits fullscreen. When in fullscreen you can also use the escape key to exit the fullscreen state.
* When playing video, holding the Apple and Shift keys and pressing the left/right arrow keys, jumps the video backward/forward about a minute.
* When playing video, holding the Apple and Ctrl keys and pressing the left/right arrow keys, jumps the video backward/forward about ten seconds.
* When you are watching a DVD and the video window is the front-most window you can use the arrow keys and the enter key to navigate the DVD menus.

==Latest developments==

===Streaming Wizard===
A streaming wizard is available since the VLC media player 0.8.4 release. This is available under the "File" menu.

===Command line===
You can run VLC on Mac OS X using a terminal application (for example Terminal.app in /Applications/Utilities) with the following command: ./VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC [your options, "--intf=rc" for example].

This option can also be activated from the "VLC" menu.

=== No Dock ===
Note that you can replace the "VLC" at the end of the path with "clivlc" to suppress the launch of any Mac-like interface.
VLC won't even appear in the Dock then.

When [[transcoding]], clivlc should be used if running VLC from the command line crashes with a Bus error.

==Need Help?==
View the [[FAQ on MacOSX only issues]] or the [[Common Problems]] pages.
[[Category:Operating systems]]

</div>
</div>

H.264

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H264

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H.264/MPEG-4 AVC

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{{codec video|id=h264}}
{{wikipedia|H264}}
'''H.264''', or '''Advanced Video Coding''' ('''AVC''') is a video codec described by [[MPEG-4]] Part 10. It is able to be used in a wide spectrum of applications scenarios ranging from real time use in video conferencing systems to mpeg files.

== Specification ==
For a technical description read http://www.dspr.com/www/technology/csvt_overview.pdf.

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{{Lowercase}}
'''x264''' is a free software library for encoding [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]] video streams. The code is written by Loren Merritt, Laurent Aimar, Eric Petit, Min Chen, Justin Clay, Måns Rullgård, Radek Czyz, Alex Izvorski, Alex Wright, and Christian Heine from scratch.

x264 has a strong user community based at [http://www.Doom9.org Doom9] where discussions for improved development take place.

== Developers ==
[http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html x264 page]

== Demos ==
[http://lives.rm.org/demos/flyingskunk.mkv flyingskunk.mkv] demo encoded with x264/vorbis/matroska - (96 MB, 640x480, 25 fps, 6 minutes), created using [http://lives.sourceforge.net LiVES]

{{stub}}

[[Category:VideoLAN projects]]

VLC Features Formats

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This is a new page that lists the audio/video codecs that VLC can or cannot read. It is still under development, don't hesitate to add a some FourCC and infos.

It should now be a bit more complete than the official features page on [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html VideoLAN website].

If you have any question about those codecs, just consult our [[Knowledge Base]] or our friends on the [http://wiki.multimedia.cx Multimedia Wiki]. If you don't find information, search with Wikipedia or Google.

== Video Codecs ==

=== Widely Used Video Codecs ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: small; text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border : 1px"
|+ '''Most used Video Codecs'''
|-
! Name !! FOURCC !! Playable !! Encoder !! library !! Comment
|-
! MPEG-1 Part 2
|| mpeg, mp1v, mpg1, PIM1 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmpeg2 , ffmpeg ||
|-
! MPEG-2 Part 2
|| mp2v, mpg2, vcr2, hdv1, hdv2, hdv3, mx*n, mx*p|| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmpeg2 , ffmpeg ||
|-
! MJPEG (A/B)
|| ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Divx (1, 2, 3)
|| DIV1, DIV2, DIV3, mp41, mp42, MPG4, MPG3 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! DivX 4, 5, 6 , 3ivx D4, MPEG-4
|| DIV4, DIV5, DIV6, col1, col0, 3ivd || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! MPEG-4 Part 2 (AVP), Xvid
|| DIVX, Xvid, mp4s, m4s2, xvid, mp4v, fmp4, 3iv2, smp4, ... || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! H.261
|| h261 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! H.262
|| h262 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg || Same as MPEG-2 Video
|-
! H.263 / H.263i
|| h263 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! H.264 / X.264
(MPEG-4/AVC)
(MPEG-4 Part.10)
|| h264, s264, AVC1, DAVC, H264, X264, VSSH ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg (decode), x264 (encode) ||
|-
! Sorenson 1 (Quicktime)
|| SVQ 1 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Sorenson 3 (Quicktime)
|| SVQ 3 || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! DV
|| ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Cinepak
|| cvid ||{{Yes}} || {{No}} || internal, ffmpeg ||
|-
! Theora
|| thra || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} broken || libtheora ||
|-
! WMV 1/2 (7/8)
|| wmv1, wmv2 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmepg ||
|-
! WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1
|| wmv3, wvc1, wmva || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg || Not all profiles are supported. See [[DMO]].
|-
! On2 VP3,
|| VP31, VP30, VP3 || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! On2 VP5
|| VP50, VP5, VP51 || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! On2 VP6 (used by FLV)
|| VP60, VP61, VP62, VP6F, VP6A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! On2 VP7
|| VP7 || {{No}} || {{No}} || ||
|-
! Flash Screen Video
|| FSV1 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Indeo Video 3
|| IV31, IV32 || {{Yes}} || {{no}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Indeo Video 4/5
||IV41, IV51 || {{No}} || {{no}} || ||
|-
!Real Video 1.0, 1.3, 2.0
|| RV10, RV13, RV20 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
!Real Video 3.0, 4.0
|| RV30, RV40 || {{No}} || {{No}} || ||
|-
! Dirac
|| BBCD || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || dirac ||
|-
! Huffyuv / Lagarith
|| || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
|}

=== Rarer Video Codecs ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: small; text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border : 1px"
|+ '''Less Used Video Codecs'''
|-
! Rare codecs !! FOURCC !! Decoder !! Encoder !! library !! Comment
|-
! Apple Animation, Graphics, Video, QuickDraw
|| 'rle','smc ','rpza', 'qdrw' || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! SheerVideo
|| || {{No}} || {{No}} || || Professional use, no open source decoders
|-
! CorePNG
|| || ?? || ?? || ||
|-
! MSU Lossless
|| || ?? || ?? || ||
|-
! Snow
|| || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ||
|-
! Pixlet
|| || ?? || ?? || ||
|-
! Rare codecs (Asus V1, Asus V2)
|| ASV1, ASV2 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Game Codecs (Some)
|| || {{Yes}} || {{no}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Tarkin
|| || {{No}} || {{No}} || ||
|}

== Audio Codecs ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: small; text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border : 1px"
|+ '''Audio Codecs Status'''
|-
! Name !! FOURCC !! Decoder !! Encoder !! library !! Comment
|-
! MPEG-Audio 1 Layer-1/2
|| mpga || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmad (decoding), twolame (encoding) || ISO/IEC MPEG
|-
! MP3
|| mp3, .mp3, LAME || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmad (decoding), ffmpeg-mp3lame || ISO/IEC MPEG - '''(recompile needed for encoding)'''
|-
! AAC
|| mp4a|| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || faad (decode), faac (encoding) || ISO/IEC MPEG
|-
! HE-AAC
|| || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || faad (decode), faac (encoding) || ISO/IEC MPEG, AAC+ encoding - not supported
|-
! AC-3
|| a52, a52b || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || liba52 (decode), ffmpeg (encode) ||
|-
! ATRAC
|| atrc ||{{Yes}} || {{No}} || ||
|-
! iLBC
|| ||{{Untested}} || {{Untested}} || || to check Speech codec
|-
! Mu-Law
|| ||{{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg || (check for encoder)
|-
! NellyMoser
|| ||{{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Real Audio
|| lpcJ, 28_8, dnet, sipr, cook, atrc, raac, racp, ralf || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || || Some works. ralf don't
|-
! Shorten
|| shrn || {{No}} || {{No}} || || ffmpeg and ffplay do it. VLC doesn't. (It is in the FOURCC list in VLC's ffmpeg.c [[User:Dionoea|Dionoea]])
|-
! Speex
|| spex || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libspeex ||
|-
! Vorbis
|| vorb || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libvorbis ||
|-
! DTS
|| dts || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || libdca || DTS-HD unsupported
|-
! MPC
|| || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || libmpcdec ||
|-
! WMA 1/2
|| wma1, wma2 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} broken || ffmpeg || WMA9 is not supported
|-
! Flac
|| flac || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libflac || lossless
|-
! Apple Lossless Audio Codec
|| alac || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg || lossless
|-
! Monkey's Audio
|| ||{{Yes}} || {{No}} || || lossless
|-
! Musepack
|| || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || libmpcdec ||
|-
! ADMPCM (various)
|| || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg and internal ||
|-
! AMR
|| samr || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg + libamrnb + libamrwb || '''RECOMPILE VLC for this''' Speech codec
|-
! Sonic
|| SONC || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
|}

== Subtitles Codecs ==

See [[SubtitlesCodec]] for the matter.

== Format/Container/Muxers ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: small; text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border : 1px"
|+ '''Muxer'''
|-
! Name !! extensions !! Playable !! Savable !! Comment
|-
! 3GP
|| .3gp || {{Yes}} || {{Untested}} ||
|-
! AIFF
|| .asf, .wmv || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||
|-
! ASF
|| .asf, .wmv || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
! AU
|| .au || {{Yes}} || ||
|-
! AVI
|| .avi || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}, broken ||
|-
! DMF
|| || {{Untested}} || {{Untested}} ||
|-
! FLV
|| .flv || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || through ffmpeg
|-
! MOV
|| .mov || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
! MP4
|| .mp4 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
! OGG
|| .ogm, .ogg || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
! MKV
|| .mkv, .mka || {{Yes}} || {{No}}, WIP || Summer of Code 2007 Project
|-
! MPEG-2 / TS
|| .ts, .mpg || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
! MPEG-2 / ES, PS, PVA, MP3
|| .mpg, .mp3, .mp2 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
! NSC
|| .nsc || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||
|-
! NSV
|| .nsv || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||
|-
! Nut
|| .nut || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || Muxable through libavformat
|-
! Real
|| .ra, .ram, .rm, .rv , .rmbv || {{Partial}} || {{No }} || version 4 and 5, no support for version 3
|-
! Raw (a52, dts, aac, flac, .dv, .vid)
|| .a52, .dts, .aac, .flac, .dv, .vid || {{Yes}} || ?? ||
|-
! True Audio Codec
|| .tta, .tac || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||
|-
! Ty Tivo
|| .ty || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||
|-
! Wav
|| .wav, .dts || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
! Xa
|| .xa || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||
|-
|}

[[Category:About VideoLAN]]

Windows Media

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:''See also [[Windows Media Player]]''
{{wikipedia|Windows Media Video}}
'''Windows Media''' is a generic name for the set of proprietary streaming audio and video technologies developed by [[Microsoft]]. It includes the '''Windows Media Video''' (WMV) and '''Windows Media Audio''' (WMA) codecs.

Windows Media Video is not built solely on Microsoft in-house technology. From version 7 (WMV1), Microsoft has used its own non-standard version of [[MPEG-4]] Part 2.

Windows Media is often generated using Microsoft's proprietary [[Windows Media Video 9 VCM]] software for Windows.

Microsoft has submitted Version 9 codec to the [[wikipedia:Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers|Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers]] (SMPTE), for approval as an international standard. The Trial version of standards were published by SMPTE in September 2005. A reference decoder implementation and test sequences are also available. This codec is used to distribute high definition video on standard DVDs in a format Microsoft has branded as '''WMV HD''', which can be played back on computers or compatible DVD players.

== Container ==
Windows Media files use the [[ASF]] container. They generally have the file extension '''.wmv''', '''.wma''', '''.wm''' or '''.asf'''.

Windows Media codecs can also be used inside [[AVI]] files.

=== Codecs used in WMV files ===
See next paragraph for more information on codecs in WMV files.

== Codecs ==
{{codec video|id=WMV3|altid=WMV...|for=Windows Media}}
{{codec audio|id=WMA2|altid=WMA...|for=Windows Media}}
Windows Media often uses special native codecs for '''Windows Media Video''' and '''Windows Media Audio'''. WMV3 is often called "Windows Media 9".

{| class="wikitable"
! [[Fourcc]] !! [[Codec]] !! Supported by VLC? !! Comments
|-
| MP43 || [[MPEG-4]] || {{Up-to-date}} ||
|-
| WMV1 ||Windows Media Video v7 || {{Up-to-date}} ||
|-
| WMV2 || Windows Media Video v8 || {{Up-to-date}} || Not totally implemented for rare files
|-
| WMV3 || Windows Media Video 9 (v3) || {{Up-to-date}} || Not totally implemented for rare files (VBR)
|-
| WVC1, WMVA || Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile || {{Up-to-date}} || Not totally implemented for rare files (VBR)
|-
| WMVP || Windows Media Video 9 Image || {{Up-to-date}} || with [[dmo]] ONLY
|-
| WVP2 || Windows Media Video 9.1 Image (v2) || {{Up-to-date}} || with [[dmo]] ONLY
|-
| MSS1 || Windows Media Screen v7 || {{Up-to-date}} || with [[dmo]] ONLY
|-
| MSS2 || Windows Media Video 9 screen codec || {{Up-to-date}} || with [[dmo]] ONLY
|-
|}

More info on [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331872.aspx MSDN]

== Compatability ==

=== Protected content ===
Windows Media files may contain [[Digital Restrictions Management]] (DRM) facilities intended to protect copyrights. VLC does not play any DRM'd files.

=== Windows Media Video 3 ===
WMV3, the Video part of Windows Media 9, is supported in VLC since version 0.8.6. Upgrade to the latest version ({{VLC:latest version}}) to play WMV files.

If you are unable to upgrade, there are still some fixes. If you're using Windows and have Windows Media Player 9/10 installed, VLC should be able to play these files, by using Microsoft's own files. Or, if you're using Linux, see the [[common problems]] page for a workarround.

=== On Windows Media Player (Mac) ===
Microsoft's Windows Media Player for the Mac does not support all WMV encoded files since it supports only the ASF file container.{{check}}

Windows Media

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:''See also [[Windows Media Player]]''
{{wikipedia|Windows Media Video}}
'''Windows Media''' is a generic name for the set of proprietary streaming audio and video technologies developed by [[Microsoft]]. It includes the '''Windows Media Video''' (WMV) and '''Windows Media Audio''' (WMA) codecs.

Windows Media Video is not built solely on Microsoft in-house technology. From version 7 (WMV1), Microsoft has used its own non-standard version of [[MPEG-4]] Part 2.

Windows Media is often generated using Microsoft's proprietary [[Windows Media Video 9 VCM]] software for Windows.

Microsoft has submitted Version 9 codec to the [[wikipedia:Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers|Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers]] (SMPTE), for approval as an international standard. The Trial version of standards were published by SMPTE in September 2005. A reference decoder implementation and test sequences are also available. This codec is used to distribute high definition video on standard DVDs in a format Microsoft has branded as '''WMV HD''', which can be played back on computers or compatible DVD players.

== Container ==
Windows Media files use the [[ASF]] container. They generally have the file extension '''.wmv''', '''.wma''', '''.wm''' or '''.asf'''.

Windows Media codecs can also be used inside [[AVI]] files.

=== Codecs used in WMV files ===
See next paragraph for more information on codecs in WMV files.

== Codecs ==
{{codec video|id=WMV3|altid=WMV...|for=Windows Media}}
{{codec audio|id=WMA2|altid=WMA...|for=Windows Media}}
Windows Media often uses special native codecs for '''Windows Media Video''' and '''Windows Media Audio'''. WMV3 is often called "Windows Media 9".

{| class="wikitable"
! [[Fourcc]] !! [[Codec]] !! Supported by VLC? !! Comments
|-
| MP43 || [[MPEG-4]] || {{Up-to-date}} ||
|-
| WMV1 ||Windows Media Video v7 || {{Up-to-date}} ||
|-
| WMV2 || Windows Media Video v8 || {{Up-to-date}} || Not totally implemented for rare files
|-
| WMV3 || Windows Media Video 9 (v3) || {{Up-to-date}} || Not totally implemented for rare files (VBR)
|-
| WVC1, WMVA || Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile || {{Up-to-date}} || Not totally implemented for rare files (VBR)
|-
| WMVP || Windows Media Video 9 Image || {{Up-to-date}} || with [[dmo]] ONLY
|-
| WVP2 || Windows Media Video 9.1 Image (v2) || {{Up-to-date}} || with [[dmo]] ONLY
|-
| MSS1 || Windows Media Screen v7 || {{Up-to-date}} || with [[dmo]] ONLY
|-
| MSS2 || Windows Media Video 9 screen codec || {{Up-to-date}} || with [[dmo]] ONLY
|-
|}

More info on [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331872.aspx MSDN]

== Compatability ==

=== Protected content ===
Windows Media files may contain [[Digital Restrictions Management]] (DRM) facilities intended to protect intellectual property rights. VLC does not play any DRM'd files.

=== Windows Media Video 3 ===
WMV3, the Video part of Windows Media 9, is supported in VLC since version 0.8.6. Upgrade to the latest version ({{VLC:latest version}}) to play WMV files.

If you are unable to upgrade, there are still some fixes. If you're using Windows and have Windows Media Player 9/10 installed, VLC should be able to play these files, by using Microsoft's own files. Or, if you're using Linux, see the [[common problems]] page for a workarround.

=== On Windows Media Player (Mac) ===
Microsoft's Windows Media Player for the Mac does not support all WMV encoded files since it supports only the ASF file container.{{check}}

User:Pmsyyz

2006-11-19T17:03:12Z

Pmsyyz: :P

Since I've been using [[VLC media player]] for a couple years to watch video, I decided to [[donate]] $20 today. I actually have twelve VLC windows open right now, one of which is [http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-richard-stallman.theora.ogg.torrent] --18:03, 19 November 2006 (CET)

See my [[Wikipedia:User:Pmsyyz|Wikipedia user page]].

Donate

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#REDIRECT [[VideoLAN Wiki:Site support]]

File format

2006-11-19T17:00:21Z

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A '''file format''' is a specification on how to read/write a certain type of information into a file. There are many file formats which all have their advantages. Some are easy to edit, some are easy to stream, some allow for possible future extensions, others are very simple and can't do much at all.

In the world of audio/video/streaming there are several categories which are of importance.

* [[Container]]
* [[Playlist]]
* [[Subtitles]]

Fileformat

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#REDIRECT [[File format]]

File format

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A Fileformat is a specification on how to read/write a certain type of information into a file. There are many fileformats which all have their advantages. Some are easy to edit, some are easy to stream, some allow for possible future extensions, others are very simple and can't do much at all.

In the world of audio/video/streaming there are several categories which are of importance.

* [[ Container]]
* [[Playlist]]
* [[Subtitles]]

What can VLC do?

2006-05-08T11:24:09Z

Pmsyyz: link

This area of the wiki contains a list with the possibilities [[VLC]] gives you. It was made to help people better realize the potential VLC has. Some entries will simply mention the possibility, others try to explain how to do it as well. Let me start by apologising for my horrible spelling, but I hope you will be able to decipher the texts anyway.

== Mediaplayer ==

=== Compact Disc (CD) Images ===
If you have a [[CD-DA]] (audio CD), [[SVCD]], or [[VCD]] packaged inside a CD-image, in some cases [[VLC media player]] can play this without you having to mount it or extract it. You can simply choose "open file" and pick the CD-image. For CD-image support vlc has to be [[compile]]d using [[libcdio]] (<tt>--enable-libcdio</tt>) and the various plugins which use libcdio need to be selected (<tt>--enable-cddax</tt>, <tt>--enable-vcdx</tt>). Some of these enablements may not be the default for your OS.

The kinds of Compact Disc formats supported are CDRWIN's BIN/CUE format, cdrdao's TOC format, and a limited set of Nero (NRG) formats.

(''[[libcdio]] also supports ISO-9660 image reading but at present there is no VLC access plugin which uses it. DVD's images follow the UDF format and at present there is no support in libcdio for that, although some limited progress has been made in that direction. It is possible that will get added in the future; volunteers are most welcome).

=== How to enable/use subtitles ===
Before you try to enable [[subtitle]]s 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 subtitle files uses a 'fuzzy' 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 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 automatically turn on the subtitle track. You can also experiment with the ''Choose subtitle language'' on the same page. But if you experiment a bit with the settings you 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 ===
Using VLC, you can override the source aspect ratio. This is available both as a command line option and as an option in the Preference dialog in the graphical interface. The aspect ratio can be specified both in ratio format (16:9) or as a decimal number (1.33).

'''Command Line'''

When invoking VLC from the command line, use the option --aspect-ratio. For instance,

vlc --aspect-ratio 1.85

'''Graphical Interface'''

If using the graphical interface, the setting is In the Video section of the Preferences dialog. You may specify the aspect ratio in the field labeled "Source aspect ratio."

Here is a list of the more common aspect ratios.

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

=== Announce whats playing to IRC ===
Announce the currently playing track to mirc (an irc client). This is often referred to as a "now playing" script. To be able to get this functionality with vlc one aproach would be to use the http interface. With it you can create a simple file which will display "'Artist' with the song 'Title' from the album 'Album' the genre is 'Genre'" on a page in ur browser. You can then pull that page from mirc with standard sockets and thereby use the text in a script in mirc. Below i will provide some VERY simple and very ugly examples on how you could use this. The examples are tested with vlc 0.8.5 and mirc 6.12. I cant guarantee the code work with any other versions (although it most likely will). Ok so here we go. You start with create a test.html file in the http interface directory (C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http) inside this file paste the following to ONE line or it will not work:

<pre>
ANNOUNCE <vlc id="value" param1="'ARTIST' vlc_get_meta"/>
with the song <vlc id="value" param1="'TITLE' vlc_get_meta"/>
from the album <vlc id="value" param1="'ALBUM' vlc_get_meta"/>
, The genre is <vlc id="value" param1="'Genre' vlc_get_meta"/>
</pre>

Remember to leave an empty line behind the actual line of code, vlc/mirc seems to want this.
Then you must create a script in mirc under remote (alt+r) and paste in the following:

<pre>
alias now {
sockopen vlc_meta_info 127.0.0.1 8082
}

on *:SOCKOPEN:vlc_meta_info: {
sockwrite -n $sockname GET /test.html HTTP/1.1
sockwrite -n $sockname Host: localhost
;sockwrite -n $sockname Connection: Keep-Alive
sockwrite -n $sockname $crlf
sockwrite -n $sockname $null
}

on *:sockread:vlc_meta_info: {
if ($sockerr > 0) return
:nextread
sockread %temp
if ($sockbr == 0) return
if (%temp == $null) %temp = ---
if (ANNOUNCE isin %temp) {
%temp = $remove(%temp,ANNOUNCE )
describe $active is listening to %temp
}
goto nextread

sockclose vlc_meta_info
}
</pre>

Only things u might want to change is the port the http interface listens on, thats the first line and is port 8082 in my case. You might also want some other text than "is listening to" just change as you see fit.

Thats poretty much it. You should enable the http interface in vlc by default if u wanna use this on a regular basis. This is done under preferences in "Interface->Main interfaces"

Then with all thisa done (and vlc restarted) you can type /now in mirc and it will display ur currently playing track.

This was made for mp3 tracks, so if it doesnt work with other types of media let me know.
You can reach me at: jonas (at) vrt.dk
(Im also regularly in the freenode videolan channel, nickname E-bola)

== Streaming - client ==

=== Listen to online radio ===
You can of course always simply find a link to a radiostream and then open it as you would any other network stream in VLC. But if you would like to browse a list of online radios, you can try the list of shoutcast radio stations VLC can download for you. First you need top open the playlist window: View->Playlist. Once you have the playlist window open chose: ''Manage->Service discovery->Shoutcast radio listings''. After 10 seconds or so the playlist should have become populated by radio station entries. You obviously require internet access for this to work! If you want the stations sorted alphabetically, you can chose: ''Sort->Sort by title''. Also note shoutcast have many thousands stream availeble, per default in 0.8.2 250 stations are downloaded, this can be changed in the preferences under: <u>Playlist->Service discovery->Shoutcast</u>. Note that the more stations u want to add, the longer delay u will see when the station list is downloaded parsed and added to the playlist. Also note you should see 2 "Folder nodes" in the playlist under shoutcast called Genres and bitrate where the stations will be listed under their respective areas. Note that most stations claim to be multi genre, so a station might be listed under both Top40, pop and rock.

== Streaming - server ==

=== VLM ===

The VLM is the Video On Demand part of the VLC streaming server features. It lets u setup a bunch of entries and then let users ask for those streams and it then gives them to the users, it has ALOT of possibilities and i will try to cover them all here.

You can devide VLM entries into 2 general categories VOD and broadcast entries.

== Capture / Record things==

User talk:Aaaa

2006-03-07T10:10:34Z

Pmsyyz: spambot account

This is a spambot created account.

User:Pmsyyz

2006-02-21T16:38:42Z

Pmsyyz:

#redirect [[Wikipedia:User:Pmsyyz]]

FLIC

2006-02-21T12:57:18Z

Pmsyyz:

[[Wikipedia:Autodesk Animator|Autodesk Animator]] '''FLIC''' animations, also known as '''FLC''' or '''FLI''' animations, are a sequence of 256 colour bitmaps shown in sequence, similar to a [[GIF]]. To save space, only the pixels changed since the last image are stored in the new image. (There may also be [[RLE]] compression in there, I can't remember).

FLC files are mainly used in some types of computer games, due to the ability to draw FLC files very quickly and compatability with some [[libraries]], such as [http://alleg.sourceforge.net Allegro]. Elsewhere, they are not common due to the low quality image (from the 256 colours) and low compression rates.

Programs like [http://ase.sourceforge.net/ ASE] can create and edit these files easily.

Gstreamer

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#redirect [[GStreamer]]

GStreamer

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{{wikipedia|GStreamer}}
'''GStreamer''' is an Open Source Multimedia Framework that allows the construction of graphs of media-handling components, ranging from simple mp3 playback to complex audio (mixing) and video (non-linear editing) processing. Applications can take advantage of advances in codec and filter technology transparently. Developers can add new codecs and filters by writing a simple plugin with a clean, generic interface.

GStreamer is released under the LGPL.

* [http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ GStreamer]

GStreamer

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We Use VideoLAN

2006-02-11T19:56:04Z

Pmsyyz:

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

'''Songbird'''
:[http://69.90.210.150/ Songbird] is an open source rival to [[iTunes]].

'''The Balloon'''
:[http://www.maveric.org.uk/mavhome.html JediMaster and friends] are building a Mars balloon at the Univertsity of Kent 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] used to use a browser plugin based on VLC.

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

'''Mírame'''
:[http://www.mirame.net/ Mírame] is a video surveillance web-based application that uses VLC to display MPEG-4 streams from [http://www.axis.com/products/video/camera/ Axis Network Cameras]

Uncommon uses

2006-02-11T19:52:09Z

Pmsyyz:

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.

== Caca and Goom ==

If you have vlc compiled with both caca and goom you can listen to music with [[caca]] rendering the output of [[goom]]. That means you can show the visualisations from an audio file as colour ASCII art! Try something like this:
vlc --audio-filter goom --vout caca somemusic.mp3

== Pipe data to VLC ==

You can pipe input from standard input to VLC, rather than open a file or stream. VLC accepts data this way if you use a dash as a filename, ie:
vlc -
Piping passes the output of one program into the input of another. An example of this is using [[wikipedia:Cat (Unix)|cat]], which is part of GNU coreutils (ie, on *nix systems). Cat displays the contents of a file to standard output (normally to the screen as text). In this case, we'll use the pipe character to redirect this into vlc's standard input, whch will then be played. To wit,
cat file.mpg | vlc -

All very sane (though pointless) so far: if you're looking for madness, read on. You can get input from anywhere. A good place to get input is [[ffmpeg]]. Say you have a [[wikipedia:.flv|.flv]] file (which VLC now supports from version 0.8.4a onwards) and you want to play it in vlc. You could use ffmpeg to transcode it on the fly and pipe the output to vlc. The following command will do this:
ffmpeg -i 0.flv -f asf - | vlc -
A longer version with all the options ffmpeg likes to have is:
ffmpeg -i 0.flv -vcodec mpeg4 -ac 1 -ab 64 -acodec mp2 -b 128 -f asf -s cif - | vlc -
The advantage of this is that you don't have to make a new file (possibly 100s of MB in size). But you'll probably need a good computer. Plus, you wont have much control when playing it. You can pipe into ffmpeg too, so I suppose you could pass things along ffmpeg forever, transcoding it a million different ways, and ending up in vlc (please don't try that, your computer really wouldn't like it).

== Encoding Lots of Files ==

This command shows how to encode a whole directory of files in Linux, without your input. When complete, it'll show a message to say it is complete. It's a single command split over several lines (with \)

for A in *.avi; do \
echo ************************* $A ********************* ;\
vlc --sout-all "$A" :sout="#transcode{...}:\
std{access=file,mux=avi,url=~/$A.avi}" \
vlc:quit -I dummy ;\
done ;\
Xdialog --title 'Complete' --msgbox 'All done' 0 0;

Make sure you really understand this command before using it. It's also a good idea to make sure you've got the right options in the transcode bit, and that it'll transcode the right files. The output is sent to your home folder in this example.

RealMedia

2006-02-11T12:56:50Z

Pmsyyz:

'''RealMedia''' is a type of file designed by [http://www.real.com/ RealNetworks], and can be played with the proprietary [[RealPlayer]]. A [[linux]] version of RealPlayer is avaliable, in addition to [[Windows]] and [[Mac OS]]/[[OS X]]. [[Helix Player]] may be able to play this format also.

==Compatability==
Currently, [[VLC]] can only play the audio on some .rm files.

What can VLC do?

2006-02-11T12:55:23Z

Pmsyyz: cleanup

This area of the wiki contains a list with the possibilities VLC gives you. It was made to help ppl better realize the potential vlc has. Some entries will simply mention the possibility, others try to explain how to do it as well. Let me start by apologising for my horrible spelling, but i hope you will be able to decipher the texts anyway :)

== Mediaplayer ==

=== Compact Disc (CD) Images ===
If you have a [[CD-DA]] (audio CD), [[SVCD]], or [[VCD]] packaged inside a CD-image, in some cases [[VLC media player]] can play this without you having to mount it or extract it. You can simply choose "open file" and pick the CD-image. For CD-image support vlc has to be [[compile]]d using [[libcdio]] (<tt>--enable-libcdio</tt>) and the various plugins which use libcdio need to be selected (<tt>--enable-cddax</tt>, <tt>--enable-vcdx</tt>). Some of these enablements may not be the default for your OS.

The kinds of Compact Disc formats supported are CDRWIN's BIN/CUE format, cdrdao's TOC format, and a limited set of Nero (NRG) formats.

(''[[libcdio]] also supports ISO-9660 image reading but at present there is no VLC access plugin which uses it. DVD's images follow the UDF format and at present there is no support in libcdio for that, although some limited progress has been made in that direction. It is possible that will get added in the future; volunteers are most welcome).

=== How to enable/use subtitles ===
Before you try to enable [[subtitle]]s 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 ===
Using VLC, you can override the source aspect ratio. This is available both as a command line option and as an option in the Preference dialog in the graphical interface. The aspect ratio can be specified both in ratio format (16:9) or as a decimal number (1.33).

'''Command Line'''

When invoking VLC from the command line, use the option --aspect-ratio. For instance,

vlc --aspect-ratio 1.85

'''Graphical Interface'''

If using the graphical interface, the setting is In the Video section of the Preferences dialog. You may specify the aspect ratio in the field labeled "Source aspect ratio."

Here is a list of the more common aspect ratios.

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

== Streaming - client ==

=== Listen to online radio ===
You can of course always simply find a link to a radiostream and then open it as you would any other network stream in VLC. But if you would like to browse a list of online radios, you can try the list of shoutcast radio stations VLC can download for you. First you need top open the playlist window: View->Playlist. Once you have the playlist window open chose: ''Manage->Service discovery->Shoutcast radio listings''. After 10 seconds or so the playlist should have become populated by radio station entries. You obviously require internet access for this to work! If you want the stations sorted alphabetically, you can chose: ''Sort->Sort by title''. Also note shoutcast have many thousands stream availeble, per default in 0.8.2 250 stations are downloaded, this can be changed in the preferences under: <u>Playlist->Service discovery->Shoutcast</u>. Note that the more stations u want to add, the longer delay u will see when the station list is downloaded parsed and added to the playlist. Also note you should see 2 "Folder nodes" in the playlist under shoutcast called Genres and bitrate where the stations will be listed under their respective areas. Note that most stations claim to be multi genre, so a station might be listed under both Top40, pop and rock.

== Streaming - server ==

=== VLM ===

The VLM is the Video On Demand part of the VLC streaming server features. It lets u setup a bunch of entries and then let users ask for those streams and it then gives them to the users, it has ALOT of possibilities and i will try to cover them all here.

You can devide VLM entries into 2 general categories VOD and broadcast entries.

== Capture / Record things==

Real Player

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Pmsyyz: Real Player moved to RealPlayer

#redirect [[RealPlayer]]

RealPlayer

2006-02-11T12:55:21Z

Pmsyyz: Real Player moved to RealPlayer

{{website|Real|http://www.real.com}}
{{wikipedia|Real Player}}
RealPlayer can play many types of media, and specialises in streamed media. It can play [[RealMedia]] (.rm) files, which are generally streamed over a special [[RTSP]] connection.

==Compatability==
There are some issues about playing .rm and .ram files - see the article on [[RealMedia]] for details.

VLC media player

2006-02-11T12:51:03Z

Pmsyyz:

Our very own '''VLC media player'''.

VLC media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, Ogg, etc.) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.

It started as a student project at the French École Centrale Paris but is now a worldwide project with developers from 20 countries.

* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC Home page]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html VLC features]

RealMedia

2006-02-11T12:50:13Z

Pmsyyz: proprietary; Helix Player

'''RealMedia''' is a type of file designed by [http://www.real.com/ RealNetworks], and can be played with the proprietary [[Real Player]]. A [[linux]] version of RealPlayer is avaliable, in addition to [[Windows]] and [[Mac OS]]/[[OS X]]. [[Helix]] Player may be able to play this format also.

==Compatability==
Currently, [[VLC]] can only play the audio on some .rm files.