These modules allow VLC to read its streams from different sources .
default: enabled
This is the regular DVD input module. It will need libdvdcss for DVD decryption (see the libdvdcss page) and libdvdplay for DVD navigation (see the libdvdplay page) .
default: enabled
This is the old DVD input module. It uses libdvdcss for DVD decryption (see the libdvdcss page) .
default: disabled
This is an alternative to the previous ones. It uses libdvdread for DVD reading (see the Ogle download page) and libdvdcss for DVD decryption (see the libdvdcss page).
Always enabled
These are standard input modules. The HTTP input can be used for Video On Demand .
default: disabled
This is an input module that allows to read directly from a Hauppauge WinTV Nova card under GNU/Linux. It requires drivers 0.9.4 available from linuxtv.org .
default: disabled
For GNU/Linux only
This module allows to read from DVB-S, DVB-T, and DBC-C satellite, digital terrestrial, or cable cards. It uses the Video4Linux 2 API, that is only available in kernel 2.5.X and 2.6.X .