Hacker Guide/VLC source tree/src

Note: Data taken verbatim from the API.

LibVLC is the core part of VLC. It is a library providing an interface for programs such as VLC to a lot of functionalities such as stream access, audio and video output, plugin handling, a thread system. All the LibVLC source files are located in the src/ directory and its subdirectories:

Directory Name	Directory Explanation
interface/	contains code for user interaction such as key presses and device ejection.
playlist/	manages playlist interaction such as stop, play, next, or random playback.
input/	opens an input module, reads packets, parses them and passes reconstituted elementary streams to the decoder(s).
video_output/	initializes the video display, gets all pictures and subpictures (ie. subtitles) from the decoder(s), optionally converts them to another format (such as YUV to RGB), and displays them.
audio_output/	initializes the audio mixer, ie. finds the right playing frequency, and then resamples audio frames received from the decoder(s).
stream_output	TODO
misc/	miscellaneous utilities used in other parts of libvlc, such as the thread system, the message queue, CPU detection, the object lookup system, or platform-specific code.