Awesome 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.

Contents

• Docs
• VLC native plugins
• VLC lua extensions
• Apps
• Bindings
• Tutorials
• Ebook
• Community

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 web & lua extensions

• VideoLAN addons website - VideoLAN addons website.
• vlc-delete - VLC extension to remove videos from the hard disk.
• TraktForVLC - Automatically trakt.tv what you’re watching on VLC.
• playlist-youtube-vlc - Lua plugin to parse Youtube playlists.
• vlc-super-skipper - Automatically Skip Opening and Ending Sequences.
• vlc-mcp-server - An MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server to play and control movies using the VLC HTTP API and natural language using an LLM.

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

• HLS Record tutorial - How to record an HLS stream with LibVLCSharp and .NET Core.
• RTSP mosaic tutorial - Cross-platform RTSP Mosaic views with LibVLCSharp.
• MediaElement tutorial - VLC Media Player control in Xamarin Forms.

Ebook

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

Community

• Stack Overflow - LibVLC - LibVLC on Stack Overflow.
• Stack Overflow - VLC - VLC on Stack Overflow.
• Mailing Lists - VideoLAN developer mailing lists.
• IRC - The VideoLAN IRC information.
• Forum - The official VideoLAN forum.
• LibVLC Discord - The official LibVLC Community Discord Server.
• Twitter - The official VideoLAN Twitter account.
• Reddit - Unofficial VLC community on Reddit.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

vlc.md Github