VLC features list

Input


Input media	UDP/RTP Unicast
	UDP/RTP Multicast
	HTTP / FTP
	MMS						-
	File
	DVD ^[1]^[2]						-
	VCD						-
	SVCD ^[2]	Partial	Partial	Partial		Partial	-
	Audio CD (without DTS)						-
	DVB (Satellite, Digital TV, Cable TV)						-
	MPEG encoder ^[3]						-
	Video acquisition	Direct Show		V4L			V4L (Untested)
Input formats	MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3)
	ID3 tags
	AVI
	ASF / WMV / WMA
	MP4 / MOV / 3GP
	OGG / OGM / Annodex
	Matroska (MKV)
	Real
	WAV (incuding DTS)
	Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52
	Raw DV
	FLAC
	FLV (Flash)				Untested		Untested

Note

[1] DVD decryption is done through the libdvdcss library.
[2] VLC on GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows has playback control support via libcdio and libvcdinfo. On other platforms, SVCD support varies depending on the availability of these libraries. (Volunteers for adding support are always welcome.). Handling still frames (often used in menus) and switching between different video formats is problematic.
[3] VLC for GNU/Linux supports two kinds of MPEG-2 encoding cards: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250/350 and Visiontech Kfir.

Video


Decoders	MPEG-1/2
	DIVX (1/2/3)
	MPEG-4, DivX 5, XviD, 3ivX D4
	H.264
	Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
	DV
	Cinepak
	Theora (alpha 3)
	H.263 / H.263i
	MJPEG (A/B)
	WMV 1/2
	WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1	^{[4], [5]}	^[4]	^{[4], [5]}	^[4]	^[4]
	Indeo Video v3 (IV32)			No PPC support		No PPC support
	Indeo Video 4/5 (IV41, IV51)
	Real Video
Subtitles	DVD ^[6]	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	-
	SVCD / CVD		Untested		Untested		-
	DVB						-
	Closed captions						-
	OGM						-
	Matroska						-
	Text files (MicroDVD, SubRIP, SubViewer, SSA1-5, SAMI, VPlayer)						-
	Vobsub						-
Filters	Deinterlace
	Cropping
	Image wall
	Image adjust
	Rotate/Mirror
	Logo overlay
	Magnification
	Image distortion
	Bluescreen
	RSS/Atom feeds
Outputs	Native	DirectX GDI	OpenGL Quartz				Qte/X11
	X11	-	-		-
	XVideo	-	-		-		-
	SDL				Untested
	FrameBuffer	-	-		-	-
	ASCII Art				Untested

Notes

[4] WMV-3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 playback will be available through the FFmpeg-library in VLC 0.8.6. It is already enabled in the nightly builds. The playback of some videos can still be problematic due to the pre-beta nature of the decoder.
[5] Windows DMO codecs can be used by VLC on 32-bit x86 platforms. This allows WMV-3/WMA-3 decoding. This feature is untested on Intel-based Macs.
[6] Full color for YUV-type chromas is not handled, only the gray-scale value. Subtitle transparency is not fully supported for all chromas. Some chromas are not handled at all.

Audio


Decoders	MPEG Layer 1/2
	MP3
	AC3 - A/52
	DTS
	LPCM
	AAC
	Vorbis
	WMA 1/2
	WMA 3	^[7]		^[7]
	ADPCM
	DV Audio
	FLAC
	QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime)				Untested		Untested
	MACE
	AMR (3GPP
	Real Audio ^[8]	Partial	Partial	Partial	Untested	Partial
	Speex				Untested		Untested
Filters	Visualization effects
Filters	Equalizer
Outputs	Native	DirectX WaveOut		OSS ALSA		OSS
	S/PDIF	DirectX WaveOut		OSS ALSA		Untested	-
	Multi-channel	DirectX WaveOut		OSS ALSA		Untested
	SDL		Source Only		Untested		Source Only
	ESD	-	-		-
	aRts	-	-		-		-
	JACK	-	Partial		-	Untested	Untested

Notes:

[7] Windows DMO codecs can be used by VLC on 32-bit x86 platforms. This allows WMV-3/WMA-3 decoding. This feature is untested on Intel-based Macs.
[8] Real Audio playback is provided through the FFmpeg-library which does only support the Cook (RealAudio G2 / RealAudio 8) decoder at the moment.

Streaming

See the Streaming features page

Interfaces and control


Default	WxWidgets	Cocoa	WxWidgets	Native	WxWidgets	GPE
Qt 4 ^[9]				-	Untested
Skins
Web
Telnet
Command line
Infrared

Notes:

[9] A new Qt4 interface is to-be-introduced by VLC's 0.9.0 release. It is already enabled in the nightly builds with limited functionality.

Miscellaneous


SAP/SDP announces
Bonjour protocol				Untested	Untested	Untested
Mozilla/Firefox plugin		^[12]		No
ActiveX plugin		-	-	-	-	-
SVCD Menus	Partial		Partial		Partial
Localization
CD-Text ^[10]					Partial	-
CDDB CD info ^[11]					Partial	-
IPv6
IGMPv3	Win XP				Untested
CPU acceleration ^[14]					^[13]

Notes:

[10] CD-Text information provided via libcdio. This service is available on all platforms supported by the library.
[11] CDDB information provided by libcddb on all supported platforms excepting BeOS.
[12] The Mozilla Plugin for Mac is only available for PowerPC-based Macs and Intel-based Macs running Mozilla in the Rosetta-mode. A port to the new Macs will be provided within VLC's 0.8.6 release.
[13] The OpenBSD 2.9 default assembler does not support MMX.
[14] Supported CPU extensions are MMX, MMXEXT, SSE, SSE2 and 3D Now! on x86 processors, and AltiVec on G4/G5 processors.