Documentation:Modules
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Contents
This page lists most of the present in the official VLC source code. Understanding these pages might require that you know about VLC and its command line usage. It is recommended that you read the other documentation first.
To list all the available modules in your VLC build, use:
% vlc --list
To list a module's configuration options, use:
% vlc -p <modulename> --advanced --help-verbose
Interfaces
Graphical
Text
- remote control (rc)
- telnet (until 2.0.0)
- ncurses
Other
Outputs
Audio Output
Android specific:
Linux specific:
macOS specific:
- audioqueue (up to 2.2.8)
- auhal (HAL AudioUnit)
Windows specific:
Video Output
- ASCII Art
- Colored ASCII Art
- Image (up to 0.9.10)
- OpenGL
- SDL (up to 2.2.8)
Linux specific:
- Direct framebuffer (up to 2.2.8)
- Framebuffer
- OpenGL (GLX)
- X11
- XVideo
Windows specific:
Stream Output
- Autodel
- Delay
- Description
- Display
- Dummy
- Duplicate
- Elementary Stream (es)
- Gather
- RTP
- Standard (std)
- Switcher (up to 2.0.9)
- Transcode
- Transrate (up to 1.0.2)
The following are for use in the mosaic framework only:
Filters
Audio Filters
Video Filters
- Adjust
- Anaglyph 3D
- AtmoLight (up to 3.0.0)
- Color Threshold
- Distort (up to 0.8.6 - split into various)
- Logo Erase
- Extract
- Freeze
- Gaussian Blur
- Gradfun
- Gradient
- Invert
- Motion Blur
- Noise (up to 1.1.13)
- Oldmovie
- Posterize
- Psychedelic
- Ripple
- Rotate
- Scene
- Sepia
- Sharpen
- VHS
- Wave
The following video filters are for use in transcode only:
The following video filters are for use in the mosaic framework only:
Video Sub-Filters
Video Output Filters
Video Splitters
Visualizations
- Galaktos (up to 1.0.6)
- Goom
- ProjectM
- Visual
- Vovoid VSXu
Access Filters
Other
Accesses
- CD Input
- Directory
- DVDnav Input - DVD with menus
- DVDRead Input - DVD without menus
- Fake (up to 0.9.0) - presents a static image as a video stream
- File Input - for reading local files
- FTP Input
- H.264 Video
- HTTP Input
- jpeg
- mjpeg
- Matroska stream
- MMS - for reading from the MicroSoft Media Server
- Raw Video - streams of bitmap images
- RTP Input
- RTSP
- sdp
- Screen Input - screen feed
- UDP Input
- VCD
Linux specific:
- DC1394
- DVB Input
- PVR (IVTV MPEG Encoding Card Input) (up to 2.0.9)
- DV (through libdv)
- Video4Linux (v4l) (up to 1.1.13)
- Video4Linux2 (v4l2)
Windows specific:
macOS specific:
- EyeTV (up to 2.2.8) - reads DVB streams from the proprietary EyeTV.app; requires a plugin
- qtcapture (up to 2.2.8) - reads uncompressed video from internal iSights
- qtsound
- avcapture
Access Outputs
- shout (shoutcast/icecast)
Codecs
Audio
Video
Subtitles
Demuxers
- avcodec ("FFmpeg")
Playlist
- playlist (formats are read with sub-modules)
Muxers
Service Discovery
- Bonjour
- DAAP
- HAL (up to 1.1.13)
- SAP
- Shoutcast
- Winamp Shoutcast
- podcast
- UPnP (cyberlink)
- UPnP (intel)
Misc
This page is part of official VLC media player Documentation (User Guide • Streaming HowTo • Hacker Guide • Modules)
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