Media resource locator
{{Short description|URI for multimedia}}
A media resource locator (MRL) is a URI used to uniquely identify and locate a multimedia resource. It is used by the VideoLAN and Xine media players, as well as the Java Media Framework (JMF) API.
VLC, for example, supports the following MRLs:{{citation | publisher = VideoLAN | title = Wiki | url = http://wiki.videolan.org/Media_resource_locator | contribution = Media resource locator}}.
- dvd://[{{angbr|device}}][@{{angbr|raw device}}][@[{{angbr|title}}][,[{{angbr|chapter}}][,{{angbr|angle}}]]]
- vcd://[{{angbr|device}}][@{E|P|E|T|S}[{{angbr|number}}]]
http:// {{angbr|server address}}[:{{angbr|server port}}]/[{{angbr|file}}]- rtsp://{{angbr|server address}}[:{{angbr|server port}}]/{{angbr|stream name}}
Several media players also support Video4Linux as v4l:// and v4l2://.