What can VLC do?

This area of the wiki contains a list with the possibilities videolan gives you. It was made to help ppl better realize the potential vlc has. Some entries will simply mention the possibility, others try to explain how to do it as well. Let me start by apologising for my horrible spelling, but i hope you will be able to decipher the texts anyway :)

Mediaplayer

How to enable/use subtitles

Before you try to enabled subtitles make sure the subtitles you have is in a format that vlc can read! You can find the list of compatible subtitle formats http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html here]. If vlc have detected any sort of subtitles availeble, you will be able to turn them on under the menu: Video->Subtitles track->Track 1

Playing windows media files

VLC should be able to succesfully play both audio and video in wma and wmv 1 and 2, for the newest version (wmv3) only the windows version of vlc will be able to play it, since no opensource implementation of wmv3 have been made so far, so the windows vlc plays it by using the windows api. DRM files however can not be played on any OS.

How to adjust picture brightness/colors/contrast..

If you are using the wxwindows userinterface:

You can adjust the typical values to tweak the picture of your video source by turning on the extended GUI. This is done in the menu: Settings->Extended GUI. That will give you some extended control options for the video picture as well as an equalizer for the audio.

If you use a skinned version of vlc: Then you are using the skins2 interface, and it is a little more complicated. You need to enter the preference menu: Settings->Preferences. Once you have the preferences window open you go to: Video->Filters->Image adjust. Here you can adjust the different values. Note before they take effect you need to turn on the "Image adjust" filter in: Video->Filters

Streaming, client

Listen to online radio

You can ofcourse always simply find a link to a radiostream and then open it as you would any other network stream in vlc. But if u would like to browse a list of online radios, you can try the list of shoutcast radio stations vlc can download for you. First you need top open the playlist window: View->Playlist. Once you have the playlist window open chose: Manage->Service discovery->Shoutcast radio listings. After 10 seconds or so the playlist should have become populated by radio station entries. You obviously require internet access for this to work! If you want the stations sorted alphabetically, you can chose: Sort->Sort by title. Also note shoutcast have many thousands stream availeble, per default in 0.8.2 250 stations are downloaded, this can be changed in the preferences under: Playlist->Service discovery->Shoutcast. Note that the more stations u want to add, the longer delay u will see when the station list is downloaded parsed and added to the playlist. Also note you should see 2 "Folder nodes" in the playlist under shoutcast called Genres and bitrate where the stations will be listed under their respective areas. Note that most stations claim to be multi genre, so a station might be listed under both Top40, pop and rock.