Hacker Guide/Modules source tree

This page lists the content of the Modules directory in the source tree of VLC, aimed at giving new beginners an overview of the code.

 Why Does This Page Exist?
 Well, simply because VLC has evolved with not so much accumulation in mind, 
 and when a new coder looks at the code, s/he is   terrified by the abundance of directories and plugins (271 as of writing!). 
 Please remove this paragraph when done.

The directories are listed in alphabetical order, with an overview of their contents on the right. Any first level subdirectories are shown as well.

Note: This table is by no means exhaustive. Note that only plugins with their own subdirectories are listed; plugins inside the parent directories are not emphasized unless they are too important. A comprehensive list of the plugins VLC makes use of can be found here.

Directory Name	Subdirectory Name	Directory Explanation
access		protocols to access streams through network (http,ftp,fake,tcp,udp etc.), access to physical media like cd's and dvd's
	cdda	input module to read audio CDs
	dshow	DirectShow access plugin for encoding cards under Windows
	dvb	input module for DVB-S/C/T streaming using v4l2 API
	mms	MMS over TCP, UDP and HTTP access module
	rtsp
	screen	an input module that takes screenshots of the primary monitor
	vcd	input module for accessing Video CDs.
	vcdx	input module for accessing Video CDs with navigation & stills
access-filter
access-output
audio-filter
	channel-mixer
	converter	Fixed and floating-point audio format conversions
	resampler	Various audio resampler
audio-mixer
audio-output
codec		This directory includes various codecs, notably ffmpeg which is used for encoding and decoding various formats.
	cmml	Continuous Media Markup Language annotations/hyperlinks decoder
	dmo	a DirectMediaObject decoder that uses DirectMedia to decode video (WMV3)
	ffmpeg	Video decoder using the ffmpeg library
	spudec	RLE DVD subtitles decoder
	xvmc	XVMC video output and decoder
control
	http	HTTP remote control webinterface
demux	Various demuxers
	asf	ASF demuxer
	avi	AVI File stream demuxer
	mp4	MP4 file input module
	mpeg
	playlist	playlist import module???
gui	GUI's for Different Platforms
	beos	Audio output, video output and interface module for BeOS.
	macosx	Video output, and interface module for Mac OS X.
	pda	interface for iPaq using the Gtk2+ widget set.
	qnx	QNX RTOS plugin
	qt4	interface module using the cross-platform Qt4 library: Multi-platform. This interface will be the default one upon subsequent releases.
	skins2	Skinnable interface, new generation
	wince	Pocket PC interface
	wxwidgets	interface module using the cross-platform wxWindows library: Multi-platform. The default interface as of VLC 0.86a.
meta-engine
misc
	dummy	Dummy (no GUI) audio output, video output, interface and input modules.
	memcpy	memory chunk copying module.
	notify	notifications using libnotify
	playlist
	probe
	testsuite
	xml	LibXML xml parser
mux	Various Muxers
	mpeg
	rtp
packetizer
services-discovery
stream-out
	transrate
video-chroma
video-filter
video-output
	directx	video output module using the DirectX API.
	qte	video output module for Qt Embedded.video output module using the X11 API.
	x11
visualization
	galaktos	a visualization module that outputs OpenGL
	visual	visualisation system