# Install vcs with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Creates video contact sheets (previews) of videos. Version 1.13.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#vcs.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:vcs
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vcs
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install vcs
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/vcs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#vcs
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vc/vcs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:vcs
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.13.4
- **Source summary:** Creates video contact sheets (previews) of videos
- **Homepage:** <https://web.archive.org/web/20240824173847/https://p.outlyer.net/vcs/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://web.archive.org/web/20240824173847/https://p.outlyer.net/vcs/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:34-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- vcs (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.13.4

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vcs. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - vcs: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vc/vcs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - vcs: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/vcs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Media and graphics packages](https://pkg.so/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [dvr-scan](https://pkg.so/brew/dvr-scan/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: video, videos.
- [h26forge](https://pkg.so/brew/h26forge/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: video, videos.
- [instalooter](https://pkg.so/brew/instalooter/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: video, videos.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph