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VLC

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

This is a list of awesome resources about VLC and LibVLC.

Docs

  • videolan.org - Where it all starts.
  • LibVLC API docs - Docs for LibVLC's engine. C APIs.
  • Wiki - Lots of great info on here.
  • Code & Bug tracker - Recently moved from Trac, contains a lot of valuable info on bugs and feature requests.
  • CLI flags - A comprehensive list of all VLC commandline flags. Really useful for searching random flags that you come across in the wild.

VLC native plugins

  • vlc-pause-click-plugin - Plugin for VLC that pauses/plays video on mouse click.
  • vlc-tip-plugin - TIP (translate it, please) is a plugin for VLC media player that helps you to study languages by watching videos.
  • vlc-bittorrent - A bittorrent plugin for VLC.
  • vlc-plugin-marker - The marker plugin provides you the ability to mark important sections of a video. These sections can be viewed later without the need to search for it in the entire video.
  • vlc-win10smtc - Plugin that integrates VLC Media Player with Windows 10 System Media Transport Controls (SMTC).
  • vlc-mixer - Audio mixer VLC plugin written in Zig.

VLC lua extensions

Apps

  • VLC desktop - The original Desktop app running on Linux/Windows (Qt) and macOS (Cocoa).
  • VLC iOS - VLC for iOS is the official port of VLC on the iOS/tvOS platforms.
  • VLC Android - VLC for Android, Android TV and ChromeOS.
  • VLC Benchmark (Beta) - Video decoding and rendering benchmark tool, based on VLC.

Bindings

  • VLCKit - The libvlc bindings for macOS, iOS, iPadOS and tvOS in Objective-C.
  • libvlcjni - The libvlc bindings for the Android platform.
  • vlc-unity - Unity3D integration for VLC.
  • python-vlc - Python vlc bindings.
  • vlcj - Java framework for the vlc media player (desktop).
  • LibVLCSharp - Cross-platform .NET/Mono bindings for LibVLC.
  • libvlc-go - Go bindings for libVLC and high-level media player interface.
  • libvlcpp - C++ bindings for libvlc.
  • vlc.js (beta) - WebAssembly support for LibVLC.
  • flutter_vlc_player - Flutter bindings to LibVLC.
  • dart_vlc - Dart bindings for libvlc.
  • WebChimera.js - Electron bindings for libvlc.
  • libvlc-zig - Zig bindings for libVLC.

Tutorials

Ebook

  • The Good Parts of LibVLC - The first ebook about the VideoLAN non-profit organization and the opensource LibVLC developer SDK.

Community

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!