5.1 Media input

5.1.1 AVDecoder plugin

Internal name

i_avdec

Module

i_avdec.so

Description

Plugin based on the Gmerlin avdecoder library. Supports most media formats. Playback is supported from files, URLs (with various protocols) and stdin.

5.1.2 Audio CD player/ripper

Internal name

i_cdaudio

Module

i_cdaudio.so

Description

Plugin for audio CDs. Supports both playing with direct connection from the CD-drive to the souncard and ripping with cdparanoia. Metadata are obtained from Musicbrainz, freedb or CD-text. Metadata are cached in $HOME/.gmerlin/cdaudio_metadata.

5.1.3 DVD Player

Internal name

i_dvd

Module

i_dvd.so

Description

Plugin for playing DVDs. Based on Gmerlin avdecoder.

5.1.4 VCD Player

Internal name

i_vcd

Module

i_vcd.so

Description

Plugin for playing VCDs. Based on Gmerlin avdecoder.

5.1.5 DVB Player

Internal name

i_dvb

Module

i_dvb.so

Description

Plugin for playing DVB streams from a Linux-DVB compatible card. Based on Gmerlin avdecoder.

5.1.6 Still image input plugin

Internal name

i_singlepic_stills

Module

Internal plugin

Description

This plugin reads images as stills. It uses the installed image readers.

5.1.7 libquicktime input plugin

Internal name

i_lqt

Module

i_lqt.so

Description

Input plugin based on libquicktime

5.1.8 Parser for gmerlin EDLs

Internal name

i_edl

Module

i_edl.so

Description

This parses the XML file and exports an EDL, which can be played with the builtin EDL decoder.

5.1.9 Image video input plugin

Internal name

i_singlepic

Module

Internal plugin

Description

This plugin reads series of images as a video. It uses the installed image readers.

5.1.10 mikmod input plugin

Internal name

i_mikmod

Module

i_mikmod.so

Description

Simple wrapper, which calls the mikmod program