VLC HowTo

Below are some handy guides for using VLC

Playing Video and Audio

How to...

• Use Subtitles

  Playing movies with subtitles

• Use a Capture Card

  This explains how to watch TV or get video from your capture card.

• Play DVDs and Disks from the image file

  This explains how to use movies encoded onto an ISO file.

Adjusting Settings

How to...

• Adjust Picture Brightness and Contrast
• Edit the Aspect Ratio of a video
• Disable video acceleration in Win32
• Save bookmarks

Transcoding and Streaming

How to...

• Play videos on your iPod

  This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your iPod.

• Play videos on your Play-Yan Micro

  This explains how to convert your videos so they play on your Play-Yan Micro.

• Fixing .flv to .avi with Ffmpeg

  This explains how to use ffmpeg to a convert broken .flv files to a perfectly good .avi file

• Streaming from a webcam to an ActiveX embedded object page

Using VLC in other Applications

How to...

• ActiveX

  Specification for ActiveX control

• Use VLC's External API

  Information for using libvlc

Other Stuff

How to...

• Create a DVD

  This explains how to make a DVD from your home videos

• Use the ActiveX control with Borland's Delphi

  Using the VLC ActiveX plug-in in your programs

• Use the ActiveX control within a webpage.
• Control VLC via a browser

  This explains how to use the HTTP interface

• Change a video

  This explains how to edit a video and save the changes

• How to create thumbnails