Hacker Guide/Modules source tree
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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 |
