VLC How To
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How to setup LibVLC on a camera

LibVLC is a Source Type for Zoneminder to record video streams using the
development files of VLC.

If the VLC dependencies are available, it will appear in the Monitor
configuration (see image below).


Ubuntu/Debian For Zoneminder 1.30.4 & Debian Stretch it was necessary to install vlc-plugin-base. apt-get install vlc-plugin-base For Zoneminder 1.32 and newer, it is a dependency so should be included by default. Original file ‎(557 × 603 pixels, file size: 42 KB, MIME type: image/png)
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VLC-Man
VLC(1) General Commands Manual VLC(1)
NAME vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc - the VLC media player
SYNOPSIS vlc [OPTIONS] [ITEMS]...
DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the VLC multimedia player and server.
OPTIONS VLC follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). For a precise description of options, please use "vlc --help". The complete list of VLC options depends on what plugins are installed because they automatically add their own options. Please use "vlc --longhelp --advanced" for a complete list of available options.
ITEMS VLC recognizes several URL-style items: *.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.ogg, *.opus Various multimedia file formats dvd://[<device>][@<raw device>][#[<title>][:[<chapter>][:<angle>]]] DVD device (for instance dvd:///dev/dvd). The raw device is op‐tional and must have been prepared beforehand. vcd://[<device>][@{E|P|E|T|S}[<number>]] VCD device (for instance vcd:///dev/cdrom). udp://[@[<multicast address>][:<local port>]] UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC. Usually "udp://" is enough. http://<server address>[:<server port>]/[<file>] HTTP stream rtsp://<server address>[:<server port>]/<stream name> RTSP Video On Demand stream RTSP Video On Demand stream vlc://<command> Execute a playlist command. Commands are: pause (pause execution of other items), and quit (close VLC).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The following environment variables may affect VLC: DISPLAY The X11 display server address. http_proxy The HTTP proxy server URL. OSSAUDIO_DEV The default audio output device, used by the OSSv4 output plugin. VLC_DATA_PATH The directory containing VLC run-time data files (e.g. /usr/share/vlc). VLC_PLUGIN_PATH An extra directory to load VLC plugins from. VLC_VERBOSE The level of verbosity for log messages (0: silent, 1: er‐ ror/info, 2: warning, 3: debug). XDG_CACHE_DIR XDG_CONFIG_DIR XDG_DATA_DIR The directories to store user cached data, user configuration files and user data files respectively. XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR XDG_MUSIC_DIR XDG_PICTURES_DIR XDG_VIDEO_DIR The directories to fetch or store user text files, downloads, music, pictures (i.e. snapshots), and video respectively. XDG_SESSION_COOKIE The unique identifier of the desktop session, used by the PulseAudio output plugin.
SEE ALSO Online documentation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/
AUTHOR This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar , for the De‐ bian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Feb 14, 2005 VLC(1)