View source for Media resource locator

A '''media resource locator''' ('''MRL''') is a string of characters used to identify a multimedia resource or part of a multimedia resource.  A MRL may be used to identify inputs or outputs to {{VLC}}.

The MRL syntax is:
<PRE>
[[access][/demux]://]URL[@[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]] [:option=value ...]
</PRE>

{| class="wikitable"
 ! MRL section
 ! Description
 ! Possible values
|-
| access
| How to obtain the media data
|
cdda: CD Digital Audio<BR>
dir: Filesystem-based directory<BR>
dv: Digital Video/FireWire<BR>
file: Filesystem-based file<BR>
ftp: FTP<BR>
gnomevfs: GnomeVFS<BR>
http: HTTP<BR>
mms: Microsoft Media Server<BR>
pvr: PVR<BR>
rtp: RTP<BR>
rtsp: RTSP<BR>
smb: Server Message Block<BR>
tcp: TCP<BR>
udp: UDP<BR>
vcdx: Video CD
|-
| demux
| The format of the source data
|
a52sys/Raw A/52 demuxer<BR>
aiff/AIFF demuxer<BR>
asf/ASF v1.0 demuxer<BR>
au/AU demuxer<BR>
avi/AVI demuxer<BR>
demuxdump/File dumpper<BR>
dtssys/Raw DTS demuxer<BR>
flac/FLAC demuxer<BR>
h264/H264 video demuxer<BR>
m3u/Playlist metademux<BR>
m4a/MPEG-4 audio demuxer<BR>
m4v/MPEG-4 video demuxer<BR>
mjpeg/M-JPEG camera demuxer<BR>
mp4/MP4 stream demuxer<BR>
mpga/MPEG audio / MP3 demuxer<BR>
mpgv/MPEG-I/II video demuxer<BR>
nsc/Windows Media NSC metademux<BR>
nsv/NullSoft demuxer<BR>
nuv/Nuv demuxer<BR>
ogg/OGG demuxer<BR>
playlist/B4S playlist import<BR>
playlist/DVB playlist import<BR>
playlist/M3U playlist import<BR>
playlist/New winamp 5.2 shoutcast import<BR>
playlist/PLS playlist import<BR>
playlist/Playlist<BR>
playlist/Podcast parser<BR>
playlist/XSPF playlist import<BR>
ps/MPEG-PS demuxer<BR>
ps/MPEG-PS demuxer<BR>
pva/PVA demuxer<BR>
rawdv/DV (Digital Video) demuxer<BR>
real/Real demuxer<BR>
sgimb/Kasenna MediaBase parser<BR>
subtitle/Text subtitles parser<BR>
tta/TTA demuxer<BR>
ty/TY Stream audio/video demux<BR>
vobsub/Vobsub subtitles parser<BR>
voc/VOC demuxer<BR>
wav/WAV demuxer<BR>
xa/XA demuxer
|-
| URL
| The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier URI] of the source
| See http://www.w3.org/TR/uri-clarification/
|-
| title
| Which title to select for input
| Positive integer
|-
| chapter
| Which chapter to select for input
| Positive integer
|-
| option
| Options to apply only to the specified MRL
| See [[VLC command-line help]] for a full list
|}