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VideoLAN comes with a selection of Video Output modules. These can display output on almost any computer.

If you don't want any video, you can use the '''--no-video''' option.


== Output Modules ==

To select one of these modules, use the '''-V''' ('''--vout''') command line option, eg:
 vlc my.avi -V caca


=== image ===
Save all the frames of a video as a sequence of images. You can select the output format using '''--image-out-format''' (currently you can only choose png), and the start of the file name with '''--image-out-prefix'''. Finally, to create an image once out of a number of frames, give that number to '''--image-out-ratio'''. For example,
 vlc [[v4l]]:// --image-out-prefix=webcam --image-out-ratio=20
will create a series of images named
 webcam000001.png
 webcam000002.png
 webcam000003.png
 ...


=== aa, caca ===
ASCII Art modules. '''aa''' displays output in black and white, '''caca''' in colour.


=== x11 ===
Use Linux's X11 video output


=== xvideo ===
XVideo extension video output, a more advanced form of X11.


=== glx, opengl ===
Use OpenGL video output

=== snapshot ===

A pseudo video output that stores reduced-size snapshots of the video in a memory cache. The cache can thereafter be accessed through the [[MediaControlAPI]]. It is commonly used through the clone vout filter, in order to be able to watch the video and get snapshots on demand.

=== dummy ===
Don't show output

== Audio/Video ==
Pavtube video to iPod converter also convert your [http://www.pavtube.com/video_to_iphone/ video to iPhone] (MPEG4) for portable.

Rip DVD to [http://www.pavtube.com/video_to_psp/ PSP video transfer] and put DVD video to PSP with the DVD to PSP rip software.

[http://www.pavtube.com/dvd_to_gphone/ DVD to Gphone Converter], you can put DVD on Gphone(G1)with functions including DVD subtitle.

An easy-to-use [http://www.pavtube.com/dvd_to_iphone/ DVD to iPhone] software which enables you to convert DVD to MP4, H.264, MP3, AAC, WAV and M4A which can be played freely and perfectly on your iPhone.

A tool for GPhone and related users for [http://www.pavtube.com/dvd_to_gphone/ rip DVD to GPhone] supported formats, such as MPEG-4, H.264 GPhone video.

How to [http://www.flvsoft.com/flv_to_avi/ convert FLV to AVI], MP4, MPG, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV, 3GP, AMR and more?
  
== Cloning ==

To display output in more than one window, video cloning can be used. To use this, specify
 --vout-filter=clone
on the [[command prompt|command line]]: this tells vlc to use cloning. You also need to tell vlc what output modules you want with, for example,
 --clone-vout-filter=''caca,glx''
 --clone-count=''2''

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