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Below are some handy guides for using VLC
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Below are some handy guides for using {{VLC}}
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=== Playing Video and Audio ===
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*[[What can vlc do#How_to_enable.2Fuse_subtitles|Use Subtitles]]
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*:Playing movies with subtitles
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*[[How to Use a Capture Card|Use a Capture Card]]
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*:This explains how to watch TV or get video from your capture card.
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*[[What can VLC do?#Disk_image|Play DVDs and Disks from the image file]]
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*:This explains how to use movies encoded onto an ISO file.
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=== Adjusting Settings ===
  
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===Playing Video and Audio===
 
 
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* [[What can vlc do#How to enable/use subtitles|Use Subtitles]]
 
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*: Playing movies with subtitles
 
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* [[How to Use a Capture Card|Use a Capture Card]]
 
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*: This explains how to watch TV or get video from your capture card.
 
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* [[What can vlc do#Play DVD/SVCD/VCD iso's / Images|Play DVDs and Disks from the image file]]
 
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*: This explains how to use movies encoded onto an ISO file.
 
  
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===Adjusting Settings===
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*[[VLC HowTo/Adjust image settings|Adjust image settings]]
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*: This explains how to adjust video image settings: hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, and gamma
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*[[VLC HowTo/Change the aspect ratio|Change the aspect ratio]]
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*[[Crop|Crop video]]
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*[[VLC HowTo/Hardware acceleration|Hardware acceleration]]
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*: How to adjust hardware acceleration settings under the Qt Interface for the 3.x.x branch of VLC
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*[[How to save bookmarks|Save bookmarks]]
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*[[How to play multiple instances of VLC|How to play multiple instances]]
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===Remote Control for VLC===
 
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* [[What can vlc do#How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast..|Adjust Picture Brightness and Contrast]]
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* [[Control VLC via a browser]]
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* [[What can vlc do#How to control the aspect ratio of the video|Edit the Aspect Ratio of a video]]
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*: This explains how to use the HTTP [[interface]]
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* [[How_to_disable_acceleration_in_Win32|Disable video acceleration in Win32]]
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* [[Control VLC via a widget]] on the Mac desktop
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* [[How_to_save_bookmarks | Save bookmarks]]
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* [[Control VLC from an iPhone]]
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* [[How_to_play_multiple_instances_of_VLC | How to play multiple instances]]
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* [[Control VLC from an Android Phone]]
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* [[Control VLC from a webOS phone]]
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*: Formerly known as Palm webOS
  
 
===Transcoding and Streaming===
 
===Transcoding and Streaming===
 
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* [[Play_on_IPod|Play videos on your iPod]]
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* [[iPod Video Conversion Guide|Play videos on your iPod]]
 
*: This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your iPod.
 
*: This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your iPod.
 
* [[Play_on_Yan Micro|Play videos on your Play-Yan Micro]]
 
* [[Play_on_Yan Micro|Play videos on your Play-Yan Micro]]
 
*: This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your Play-Yan Micro.
 
*: This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your Play-Yan Micro.
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* [[Play_on_Xbox|Play videos on your Xbox]]
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* [[Play_on_Xbox|Play videos on your XBox and XBox 360 ]]
 
*: This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your XBox.
 
*: This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your XBox.
 
* [[Play_on_Zune| Play video on your Zune]]
 
* [[Play_on_Zune| Play video on your Zune]]
 
*: This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your Zune.
 
*: This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your Zune.
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* [[Fixing .flv to .avi with Ffmpeg]]
 
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*: This explains how to use ffmpeg to a convert broken .flv files to a perfectly good .avi file '''DEPRECATED'''
 
 
* [[Transcode_WM_to_Mov_or_MP4|Convert Windows Media audio/video files to MOV or .MP4]]
 
* [[Transcode_WM_to_Mov_or_MP4|Convert Windows Media audio/video files to MOV or .MP4]]
 
*: This explains how to convert Windows Media-encoded files to Quicktime or MPEG-4 files
 
*: This explains how to convert Windows Media-encoded files to Quicktime or MPEG-4 files
 
* [[Streaming_to_ActiveX_for_Windows_Media_Player | Streaming from a webcam to an ActiveX embedded object page]]
 
* [[Streaming_to_ActiveX_for_Windows_Media_Player | Streaming from a webcam to an ActiveX embedded object page]]
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* [[How_to_add_logo | Add a logo on your videos]]
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* [[How_to_add_a_logo | Add a logo on your videos]]
 
* [[Mosaic| Create a Mosaic]]
 
* [[Mosaic| Create a Mosaic]]
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*: This explains how to set up a mosaic from a few streams like a portal TV.
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*: This explains how to set up a mosaic from a few streams like a TV portal.
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* [[How to DBox|Set up Video on Demand on a Dreambox]]
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* [[How to Batch Encode]]
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*: This explains how to set up a batch transcode with all files in a directory of a certain file extension being transcoded to a specified format.
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* [[Transcode]]
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*: This explains converting (transcoding) a file.
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* [[How to merge and transcode multiple videos]]
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*: This explains how to take several source videos and merge then transcode resulting in a single file output.
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* [[Extract audio from a file]]
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*: This explains how to extract the audio track from a file.
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* [[Extract audio]]
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*: This explains how to extract the audio track from a DVD.
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* [[Rip a DVD]]
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*: This explains how to rip a DVD using VLC
  
 
===Using VLC in other Applications===
 
===Using VLC in other Applications===
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* [[ActiveX]]
 
* [[ActiveX]]
 
*: Specification for ActiveX control
 
*: Specification for ActiveX control
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* [[ExternalAPI|Use VLC's External API]]
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* [[LibVLC|Use VLC's External API]]
 
*: Information for using libvlc
 
*: Information for using libvlc
 
* [[Use in Media Center]]
 
* [[Use in Media Center]]
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* [[GWT]]
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*: Google WebToolkit
  
 
===Other Stuff===
 
===Other Stuff===
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*: Using the VLC ActiveX plug-in in your programs
 
*: Using the VLC ActiveX plug-in in your programs
 
* [[ActiveX/HTML|Use the ActiveX control within a webpage.]]
 
* [[ActiveX/HTML|Use the ActiveX control within a webpage.]]
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* [[Control VLC via a browser]]
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* [[HowTo_Integrate_VLC_plugin_in_your_webpage|Integrate ActiveX/Mozilla on your webpage]]
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*: This explains how to use the HTTP [[interface]]
 
 
* [[Change the brightness or contrast of a video|Change a video]]
 
* [[Change the brightness or contrast of a video|Change a video]]
 
*: This explains how to edit a video and save the changes
 
*: This explains how to edit a video and save the changes
 
* [[How to create thumbnails]]
 
* [[How to create thumbnails]]
 
* [[How to Use Lirc]]
 
* [[How to Use Lirc]]
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* [[How to Use Creative Remote]]
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* [[How to shut down computer]] when VLC playback is over...
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*: Explains how to control {{VLC}} with Creative brand remote controls
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* [[How to make VLC the default player]]
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* [[How to shut down computer]] when {{VLC}} playback is over...
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* [[How to use VLC for transcription in linux]]
  
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== See also ==
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[[Category:How To|*]]
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* '''See also [[:Category:How To]]'''
 
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[[Category:How To]]
 

Latest revision as of 03:51, 29 March 2019

See also: Category:How To

Below are some handy guides for using VLC media player

Playing Video and Audio

How to...

Adjusting Settings

How to...

Remote Control for VLC

How to...

Transcoding and Streaming

How to...

Using VLC in other Applications

How to...

Other Stuff

How to...
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