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Questions tagged [vlc]

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. Use this tag only for programming-related questions about VLC.

See VLC (Video LAN) Media Player for more details.

Stack Overflow questions tagged VLC may have to do with:

  • Compiling VLC media player's source code and its underlying frameworks
  • Using VLC's underlying libraries (libvlc, VLCKit) inside your own programs
  • Scripting/automating VLC media player via a Bash script, Lua or other approaches
  • Controlling VLC media player via the command line and questions concerning the usage of available parameters
  • Encoding, transcoding or streaming through VLC media player's interfaces via scripts, command line or provided frameworks

Questions about LibVLC, the external programming interface for VLC Media player, should be tagged as well.

If your question is about the usage of the player (with no programming involved) ask your question at Super User and use their vlc tag

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VLC screen capture using terminal

I'm attempting to capture my screen as video and found VLC to probably be the best solution. What I have to do is capture a specific application using terminal and then stop the capture as well. Right now, I can capture using terminal with the…
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How does vlc.py play video stream?

I want to use vlc.py to play mpeg2 stream http://wiki.videolan.org/Python_bindings. There are some examples here: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/bindings/python.git;a=tree;f=examples;hb=HEAD When I run the examples, it just can play video file, I…
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Canonical low-latency settings for VLC for Android (3.0+)

I've recently started using libVLC in an Android application with the intent of replacing a commercial SDK that we're paying a lot for, but not seeing the results that we'd hoped for. The application requires viewing RTSP streams at as-close-to…
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Sending OpenCV output to VLC stream

This has been keeping me busy for a good part of the afternoon and I haven't been able to get it to work but I feel like I'm really close. I've got openCV set up which takes the videofeed from a webcam. To be able to access this video feed (with…
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How to set the volume via commandline on recent VLC versions?

I've been trying, without success, to set the volume in VLC [2.2.1] via terminal, on Ubuntu. The parameter --volume doesn't exist anymore (Warning: option --volume no longer exists), and I can't find anything in the help which has "volume" in…
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How to stream RTSP live video in Firefox and Chrome now that the VLC plugin is not supported anymore?

Now that the NPAPI that the VLC plugin uses is being discontinued in Firefox and that Google Chrome has discontinued the NPAPI for long is there any solution to stream RTSP live video inside these browsers?
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VLC syntax to transcode and stream to stdout?

Goal: I am trying to use VLC as a local server to expand the video capabilities of an app created with Adobe AIR, Flex and Actionscript. I am using VLC to stream to stdoutand reading that output from within my app. VLC Streaming…
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How do I determine the number of planes and bytes per pixel of a certain chroma?

I am using LibVLC and want to render the video pixels in memory so I will be able to take a snapshot of a frame without getting the video drawn in a window (as is the default). If I understand correctly, this can be achieved by calling…
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iOS SDK 5.1 linker error for non_lazy_ptr in Xcode 4.4.1

(I posted this question to the VideoLAN forum, but have had no takers yet. I know the SO community won't let me down.) I am trying to build the MobileVLC project for iOS. I have gone through the command line process to build the project, and after a…
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Linux Shell: VLC programming

Is there a way to manipulate VLC with a Linux shell script without the script waiting for VLC to close. cvlc test.mp3 echo "Now playing!" sleep 200 cvlc://pause:60 This code keeps running VLC until the file is completed, and then evidently it is to…
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Live video streaming from recording files over HTTP based on PHP

I want to organize live streaming from recording files over HTTP based on PHP. INTRODUCTION: On the streaming server I writing video to local file(local_file.mpg) and when received a request from client then start streaming to it from $start_byte =…
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How to force stream RTP video with vlc over tcp protocol?

I'm trying to stream a video via rtp with vlc, the default protocol is UDP, but its performance is very low (bitrate, resolution, smooth,..) So, I want to use vlc with rtp to stream video over tcp protocol to gain higher performance. Are there…
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Look for fastest video encoder with least lag to stream webcam streaming to ipad

I'm looking for the fastest way to encode a webcam stream that will be viewable in a html5 video tag. I'm using a Pandaboard: http://www.digikey.com/product-highlights/us/en/texas-instruments-pandaboard/686#tabs-2 for the hardware. Can use…
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Convert a DVD VIDEO_TS dir to a single mp4 or mkv file?

I've got a file-to-file copy from a DVD, consisting of a Video_TS directory with a bunch of BUP, IFO and VOB files. I can open some (not all) of these files in a player like VLC, and it seems to contain fragments of the movie but it appears like…
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Using VLC to host a stream of an infinite video loop

I want to offer a video stream from my pc with a VLC player trough a WIFI network to smartphones for regression testing. The video should automatically restart at the beginning after being finished on the smartphone. I'm currently using rtsp as…
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