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VideoLAN

2016-01-16T20:01:42Z

Edwardw: /* VideoLAN Dev Days */

[[File:VideoLAN.png|thumb|right|VideoLAN's logo]]

'''VideoLAN Organization''' is the non-profit foundation that develops software for playing and streaming video and other media formats. VideoLAN is most notable for its flagship product, {{VLC}}.

==History ==
The VideoLAN project was started as a school project in 1996 by students of [http://www.ecp.fr École Centrale Paris], a French engineering school. These students wanted to be able to watch television on their PCs. (They also wanted to upgrade the [http://www.via.ecp.fr VIA Centrale Réseaux] network so they needed a bandwidth intensive application to justify the upgrade.)

They began writing [[VLS]] (VideoLAN Server) and the [[VLC media player|VLC]] (VideoLAN Client) to stream and read MPEG2 streams. They succeeded in serving and reading the first stream in 1998. These two programs were planned to be modular, which meant a core consisting basically of communication functions to be used by the modules. This allowed easy porting of the OS specific modules.

In 2001, after many months (if not years) of negotiation, [//images.videolan.org/images/paper.jpeg the school's Director agreed to a change to the GPL licence]. Developers from all around the world started working on the project right away. One of them (gibalou) even submitted the Win32 port 6 months later!

The first large scale multicast streaming tests occurred in May 2002. 500 students on the VIA Centrale Réseaux network were able to participate in these tests. In January 2003, the first MPEG4 streams were tested and realtime MPEG4 encoding was available two months later.

== VideoLAN Dev Days ==
* [[VDD15]] (2015)
* [[VDD14]] (2014)
* [[VDD13]] (2013)
* [[VDD12]] (2012)

== Publicity and outreach ==
* [[Intellectual Properties|Intellectual Properties, trademarks]]
* Find out [[We Use VideoLAN|who uses VideoLAN]]
* [[VideoLAN in the News]]
* [[VideoLAN Design|Design and goodies]]
* [[VideoLAN_Sites|VideoLAN's websites]]

== VideoLAN projects ==
Here is a short list of the main [[VideoLAN projects|projects]] hosted by the VideoLAN project:
* [[VLC|VLC media player]], the core and main program, is a complete video solution that is a player, a live transcoder and a streamer.
* [[MiniSAPServer]] is a SAP server.
* [[x264]], a free [[H264]] / AVC encoder.

=== Libraries ===
* [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss libdvdcss], a C library to access DVDs without having to bother about the decryption.
* [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdca libdca], a DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder.
* [[libdvbpsi]], a C library to decode and generate MPEG TS and DVB PSI tables.

Discover also [[VideoLAN projects|lesser known projects]].

== Capitalisation ==
VideoLAN is to be written as '''V'''ideo'''LAN''' with the first letter V capital as a proper noun, and LAN capital being an abbreviation for "Local Area Network". Incorrect spellings include Videolan, videoLAN and VIDEOLAN.

== See also ==
* {{VLC}}
* [[VLC CodeNames]]
* [[VideoLAN Server]] (VLS)
* [[VideoLAN Team]]

== VideoLAN's Administration ==
* [[Admin TODO]]
* [[Skanda migration]]
* [[VideoLAN Servers]]
* [[Add a skin|How to add a skin on the skins download page]]
* [http://mirrors.videolan.org Download mirrors integrity tests]

=== Wiki Admins ===

* [{{SERVER}}/Special:ListUsers&username=&group=sysop&editsOnly=1&limit=50 Admins list]
* [[SpamBlacklist]]
* [[VideoLAN_Wiki:TODO | TODO]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.videolan.org/ Official website]
* [http://people.videolan.org/~dionoea/servers/ The VideoLAN project's servers]
* [[Contact VideoLAN]]

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[[Category:About VideoLAN]]

Help:Editing

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Help in editing the wiki and syntax reference can be found on [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing wikimedia], which is the wiki software we use.

VideoLAN

2016-01-16T19:56:14Z

Edwardw: Reverted edits by Deividas (talk) to last revision by DoesItReallyMatter

[[File:VideoLAN.png|thumb|right|VideoLAN's logo]]

'''VideoLAN Organization''' is the non-profit foundation that develops software for playing and streaming video and other media formats. VideoLAN is most notable for its flagship product, {{VLC}}.

==History ==
The VideoLAN project was started as a school project in 1996 by students of [http://www.ecp.fr École Centrale Paris], a French engineering school. These students wanted to be able to watch television on their PCs. (They also wanted to upgrade the [http://www.via.ecp.fr VIA Centrale Réseaux] network so they needed a bandwidth intensive application to justify the upgrade.)

They began writing [[VLS]] (VideoLAN Server) and the [[VLC media player|VLC]] (VideoLAN Client) to stream and read MPEG2 streams. They succeeded in serving and reading the first stream in 1998. These two programs were planned to be modular, which meant a core consisting basically of communication functions to be used by the modules. This allowed easy porting of the OS specific modules.

In 2001, after many months (if not years) of negotiation, [//images.videolan.org/images/paper.jpeg the school's Director agreed to a change to the GPL licence]. Developers from all around the world started working on the project right away. One of them (gibalou) even submitted the Win32 port 6 months later!

The first large scale multicast streaming tests occurred in May 2002. 500 students on the VIA Centrale Réseaux network were able to participate in these tests. In January 2003, the first MPEG4 streams were tested and realtime MPEG4 encoding was available two months later.

== VideoLAN Dev Days ==

* [[VDD14]] (2014)
* [[VDD13]] (2013)
* [[VDD12]] (2012)

== Publicity and outreach ==
* [[Intellectual Properties|Intellectual Properties, trademarks]]
* Find out [[We Use VideoLAN|who uses VideoLAN]]
* [[VideoLAN in the News]]
* [[VideoLAN Design|Design and goodies]]
* [[VideoLAN_Sites|VideoLAN's websites]]

== VideoLAN projects ==
Here is a short list of the main [[VideoLAN projects|projects]] hosted by the VideoLAN project:
* [[VLC|VLC media player]], the core and main program, is a complete video solution that is a player, a live transcoder and a streamer.
* [[MiniSAPServer]] is a SAP server.
* [[x264]], a free [[H264]] / AVC encoder.

=== Libraries ===
* [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss libdvdcss], a C library to access DVDs without having to bother about the decryption.
* [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdca libdca], a DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder.
* [[libdvbpsi]], a C library to decode and generate MPEG TS and DVB PSI tables.

Discover also [[VideoLAN projects|lesser known projects]].

== Capitalisation ==
VideoLAN is to be written as '''V'''ideo'''LAN''' with the first letter V capital as a proper noun, and LAN capital being an abbreviation for "Local Area Network". Incorrect spellings include Videolan, videoLAN and VIDEOLAN.

== See also ==
* {{VLC}}
* [[VLC CodeNames]]
* [[VideoLAN Server]] (VLS)
* [[VideoLAN Team]]

== VideoLAN's Administration ==
* [[Admin TODO]]
* [[Skanda migration]]
* [[VideoLAN Servers]]
* [[Add a skin|How to add a skin on the skins download page]]
* [http://mirrors.videolan.org Download mirrors integrity tests]

=== Wiki Admins ===

* [{{SERVER}}/Special:ListUsers&username=&group=sysop&editsOnly=1&limit=50 Admins list]
* [[SpamBlacklist]]
* [[VideoLAN_Wiki:TODO | TODO]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.videolan.org/ Official website]
* [http://people.videolan.org/~dionoea/servers/ The VideoLAN project's servers]
* [[Contact VideoLAN]]

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[[Category:About VideoLAN]]

Documentation:Modules/jack

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{{Module|name=jack|type=Audio input and output|description=JACK Audio Connection Kit audio input and output|os=Unix, Linux, BSD|first_version=0.8.5 (output) 0.9.0 (input)}}
''for {{VLC}}''
 
== Introduction ==
Allows VLC to connect to [[wikipedia:JACK Audio Connection Kit|JACK]].
== Options ==
=== JACK audio input (access_jack) ===
;<tt>--jack-input-caching <integer></tt>
:''Caching value in ms''
:Make VLC buffer audio data captured from JACK for the specified length in milliseconds.
;<tt>--jack-input-use-vlc-pace</tt>, <tt>--no-jack-input-use-vlc-pace</tt>
:''Pace (default disabled)''
:Read the audio stream at VLC pace rather than JACK pace. (default disabled)
;<tt>--jack-input-auto-connect</tt>, <tt>--no-jack-input-auto-connect</tt>
:''Auto Connection (default disabled)''
:Automatically connect VLC input ports to available output ports. (default disabled)

=== JACK audio output (jack) ===
;<tt>--jack-auto-connect</tt>, <tt>--no-jack-auto-connect</tt>
:''Automatically connect to writable clients (default disabled)''
:If enabled, this option will automatically connect sound output to the first writable JACK clients found. (default disabled)
;<tt>--jack-connect-regex <string></tt>
:''Connect to clients matching''
:If automatic connection is enabled, only JACK clients whose names match this [[wikipedia:regular expression|regular expression]] will be considered for connection.


== References ==
<pre>
vlc --version
VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye
VLC version 1.0.6 Goldeneye
Compiled by buildd@palmer.buildd
Compiler: gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5)
vlc -p jack --advanced --help-verbose
</pre>

== External Links ==
*[[wikipedia:JACK_Audio_Connection_Kit|Jack]] at Wikipedia
*[http://jackaudio.org Jack Audio Project]

[[Category:Modules]]

Documentation:Modules/jack

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VDD15

2015-09-17T17:10:56Z

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= Welcome to VideoLAN Dev Days 2015 =

'''The Open Multimedia Conference that frees the cone in you!'''

This is a technical un-conference; please bring laptops, power cords, power extensions, RJ45 cables and a '''good mood''' with you.

= Schedule =
== Thursday, September 17th 2015 ==

Nothing is prepared for that day, but for people early at the hotel, we will get drinks at the hotel, at around 21:00.

Find Felix :D

== Friday, September 18th 2015 ==

=== Community day ===
If you subscribed for the community day, you should have received instructions by e-mail.

Meeting point is '''at''' EuroDisney at '''9:45'''. The theme park opens at '''10:00''' and closes at '''21:00'''.

We will leave from the park at '''18:30'''

==== How to get there ====
The best option is to take the Metro/RER. This takes approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes:
* take metro ''Line 13'' from the hotel to '''St Lazare''', then
* take metro ''Line 3'' from '''St Lazare''' to '''Havre-Caumartin''' (1 stop only),
* take the express train ''RER A'' to '''Marne La Vallée-Chessy'''
** check on the platform display before boarding: not all trains go to Marne La Vallée-Chessy!

'''N.B.:''' You should buy a ticket to Marne La Vallée at the metro station. The ticket is valid for the entire journey.

=== Evening drinks ===
We will meet at a bar, in front of the hotel, for drinks (soft and beers), at around '''20:30'''.

The name will be announced later, when confirmed, but should not be too far from the hotel.

== Saturday, September 19th 2015 ==

=== Morning ===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
!style="width: 10%;"| Time || Description
|-
| '''8:45 - 9:30''' || Registration and Breakfast
|-
| '''9:30 - 9:45''' || '''Opening remarks''' by Jean-Baptiste Kempf ''(VideoLAN)''
|-
| '''9:45 - 10:20''' || '''Daala''' by Timothy Terriberry ''(Mozilla)''
|-
| '''10:20 - 10:55''' || '''A new AAC free and open-source encoder''' by Rostislav Pehlivanov ''(FFmpeg)''
|-
| '''10:55 - 11:05''' || ''Coffee break''
|-
| '''11:05 - 11:40''' || '''New video compression techniques under consideration for VP10''' by Alex Converse ''(Google)''
|-
| '''11:40 - 12:10''' || '''An update to x265''' by Deepthi Nandakumar ''(MCW)''
|-
| '''12:10 - 12:40''' || '''VLC 3.0''' by Jean-Baptiste Kempf ''(VideoLAN)''
|-
| '''12:40 - 12:45''' || '''Spice''' by Lord Julien Navas ''(Vodkaster)''
|}

'''GROUP PHOTO''' after lunch, before the afternoon sessions!

=== Afternoon ===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
!style="width: 10%;"| Time !! Description
|-
| '''14:00 - 14:40''' || '''The Thor Codec''' by Thomas Davies ''(Cisco)''
|-
| '''14:40 - 15:00''' || '''How to optimize press coverage for FLOSS projects''' by Sebastian Grüner ''(golem.de)''
|-
| '''15:00 - 15:20''' || '''VP9 encoding/decoding performance vs. H.264/HEVC''' by Ronald Bultje ''(FFmpeg)''
|-
| '''15:30 - 18:00''' || ''Break-out sessions''
|}

==== Break-out sessions, Saturday ====
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center"
|-
! style="width: 10%;"| Time
! style="width: 18%;"| Auditorium
! style="width: 18%;"| Room 1
! style="width: 18%;"| Room 2
! style="width: 18%;"| Room 3
! style="width: 18%;"| Room 4
|-
! 15:30 - 16:45
|
| '''VLC technical discussion'''
|
|
|
|-
! 16:45 - 17:00
| colspan="5" | ''Coffee Break''
|-
! 17:00 - 18:00
|
| VLC Mobile Ports discussion
|
|
|
|-
! 18:00 - 19:30
|
| '''VideoLAN annual meeting''' Assemblée Générale Ordinaire, Assemblée Générale Extraordinaire && Réunion 
This is for '''VideoLAN non-profit''' members.
|
|
|
|}

=== Dinner ===
Dinner is at '''20:00''' next to the place, at The Royal Trinité.

59 Rue de Châteaudun, 75009 Paris, France

[https://goo.gl/maps/30dCb Royal Trinité]

You '''must''' choose your food before, by [http://goo.gl/forms/4yZx5l8bZg selecting here].

== Sunday, September 20th 2015 ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center"
|-
! style="width: 10%;"| Time
! style="width: 18%;"| Auditorium
! style="width: 18%;"| Room 1
! style="width: 18%;"| Room 2
! style="width: 18%;"| Room 3
! style="width: 18%;"| Room 4
|-
! 9:30 - 10:00
| colspan="5" | ''Breakfast''
|-
! 10:00 - 10:45
|
| VLC/iOS meetup
|
|
|
|-
! 10:45 - 11:30
|
| VLC/Android meetup
|
|
|
|-
! 11:30 - 11:45
| colspan="5" | ''Coffee break''
|-
! 11:45 - 12:45
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! 12:45 - 14:00
| colspan="5" | ''Lunch break''
|-
! 14:00 - 14:45
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! 14:45 - 15:30
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! 15:30 - 15:45
| '''Closing Remarks''' by Jean-Baptiste Kempf ''(VideoLAN)''
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! 15:45 - 17:00
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! 17:00 - 18:00
|
|
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| VideoLAN '''roots''' meeting
|
|}

= Practical information =

== Emergency situation ==
In case of emergency, call the European emergency number '''112'''.

== Location / main venue ==
The venue is in Paris (France), 9th district, near St Lazare:

Criteo 
32 rue Blanche 
75009 Paris, France

[https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Criteo/@48.878914,2.3315591,17z/data=!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x47e66e04d509ec8f:0xbf35e94464e752f7!2sCriteo!3m1!1s0x47e66e04d509ec8f:0xbf35e94464e752f7 Google Maps]

== Accomodation / Hotel ==
For sponsored participants, the hotel is:

Timhotel Berthier Paris 17 
4 Boulevard Berthier 
75017 Paris, France

http://www.timhotel-berthier-paris-17.com/ 
[https://www.google.fi/maps/place/Timhotel+Berthier+Paris+17/@48.894398,2.312611,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e66f9878ba126d:0x24a180f7131eebe5 Google Maps]

== Payment ==
The local currency is the Euro. Merchants are forbidden from accepting other currencies (except exchange).

Most venues will accept EMV credit and debit cards (i.e. Chip & PIN), at least VISA and MasterCard. Swipe-only cards can be more tricky (it has been illegal for banks to issue them for years in France, so only foreign visitors use them). American Express is widely but not universally accepted. Diners/Discovery, UnionPay, JCB, etc. are mostly only accepted in shops catering to tourists.

Best change rates are close to the Hotel, Metro Bourse, Vivienne Street.

== Transportation ==

* Public transport: [http://www.ratp.fr/itineraires/en/ratp/recherche-avancee RATP]
* Attendees arrival & departure list: [[VDD15/Attendees]]

'''NOTE''': VideoLAN does not refund taxi expenses nor car rentals.

=== Paris-CDG / Roissy airport ===

'''Important note:''' there are works on the RER B line at night until Friday, included. The RER B service is interrupted between the airport and the Aulnay-sous-Bois station at 11pm. There is a replacement bus available but this incurs a much higher trip time. More information: http://www.transilien.com/contents/fr/Docs---PDF/Travaux/20150720-B-Roissy-2007au3010bis.pdf

[[Image:Paris_Metro_box.jpg|thumb|175px|Ticket vending machines]]

* Upon landing, follow the signs for local trains. There is one station for T1/T3 and one for T2 (A-G).
* At the station, look for '''red/green''' ticket vending machines.
** Do not use the yellow/grey machines (at terminal 2), those are for long distance trains only.
* Buy a ticket for zones 1-5 (to Paris). The cost is 10€ one way. Credit cards are accepted.
** If you only have cash, you have to queue at the staffed ticketing booth ("''Billeterie''" in French)
* Take the regional express(RER) line B (blue). You can use any train toward Paris.
* Alight at ''Gare du Nord''.
* See below from Gare du Nord.

* 2€ Alternative From/To ''Palais Royal /Louvre'': http://www.easybus.com/fr/paris-cdg (online booking), takes 50min

=== Orly (ORY) airport ===
* Upon landing, follow the signs for Orlyval.
* At the station, buy the ticket from the vending machines, before boarding.
* Buy a ticket for Paris. The cost is 12€ one way. Credit cards are accepted.
** If you only have cash, you have to queue at the staffed ticketing booth ("''Billeterie''" in French)
* Take the Orlyval to Antony. Then take the regional express(RER) line B (blue) to Paris (Direction Charles de Gaulle Airport).
* Alight at ''Gare du Nord''.
* See below from Gare du Nord.

=== Beauvais (BVA) airport ===
We feel sorry for you. Take the bus.

=== Gare du Nord (North railway station) ===

If you arrive at Gare du Nord or Gare de l'Est, you need to buy a zone 1 / Paris ticket. It is valid on the subway, the tramway, busses and, '''within the Paris city limits''', on the regional express trains (RER).

==== To the conference venue ====
* Transfer to regional express train (RER) line E (magenta) toward ''Haussmann St Lazare''.
* Alight at the final stop, ''Haussman St Lazare''.

Walking route:
[https://www.google.fr/maps/dir/32+Rue+Blanche,+75009+Paris,+France/Haussmann+-+Saint-Lazare,+France/@48.8767778,2.3281097,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x47e66e49a8a4ba55:0x95f959c0c70dfded!2m2!1d2.3316096!2d48.8788866!1m5!1m1!1s0x47e66e35df16346b:0x5b4b229d8b94e143!2m2!1d2.329037!2d48.875188!3e2 Google Maps]

==== To the sponsored hotel ====
* Continue from ''Haussman Saint Lazare'' (2 stops) above
* Transfer to subway(M) '''line 13''' toward ''Asnières'' or ''Gennevilliers''.
** Check the metro destination, as there are two branches on the line. DO NOT go toward Saint Denis.
* Get off at '''Porte de Clichy''' (6 stops)

The hotel is just around the corner.

=== Gare de l'Est (East railway station) ===
Routes are essentially the same as from Gare du Nord. The Magenta express train station is located between Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est. See above.

=== Gare de Lyon (South/East railway station) ===
If you arrive at Gare de Lyon, you need to buy a zone 1 / Paris ticket. It is valid on the subway, the tramway, busses and, '''within the Paris city limits''', on the regional express trains (RER).

==== To the conference venue ====

* Take subway(M) '''line 14''' toward ''Saint Lazare''
* Alight at the final stop '''Saint Lazare''' (5 stops)

Walking route:
[https://www.google.fr/maps/dir/32+Rue+Blanche,+75009+Paris,+France/Haussmann+-+Saint-Lazare,+France/@48.8767778,2.3281097,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x47e66e49a8a4ba55:0x95f959c0c70dfded!2m2!1d2.3316096!2d48.8788866!1m5!1m1!1s0x47e66e35df16346b:0x5b4b229d8b94e143!2m2!1d2.329037!2d48.875188!3e2 Google Maps]

==== To the sponsored hotel ====
* Continue from ''Haussman Saint Lazare'' (2 stops) above
* Transfer to subway(M) '''line 13''' toward ''Asnières'' or ''Gennevilliers''.
* Get off at '''Porte de Clichy''' (6 stops)

The hotel is just around the corner.

=== Other? ===

== From the hotel to the conference ==
* Take subway(M) line 13 toward ''Chatillon-Montrouge''
* Get off at ''Liège'' and walk

Feel free to ask for advice on the mailing list if your station is missing.

== Connectivity ==

=== Power supply ===

The AC power sockets are "French" '''IEC type E'''. Connectors from "German" '''IEC type F''' countries should fit safely, as they are usually bi-standards. There should have a hole for the French-style ground pin.

The electrical system is '''220V / 50Hz'''. If you come from outside Europe, please make sure your devices are compatible beforehand.

=== Internet ===
Hopefully, there will be Wi-Fi.

== Weather forecast ==

:Fri Sep 18 Occasional rain 20°C Low 12°C
:Sat Sep 19 Occasional rain 19°C Low 10°C
:Sun Sep 20 Fog 20°C Low 12°C
:Mon Sep 21 Mostly cloudy 18°C Low 12°C

In Fahrenheit, this is a high of 64°F-66°F and a low of 50°F.

[[Category:About VideoLAN]]

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Documentation which is mobile-related.

[[Category:Documentation]]

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Documentation:Android

2014-08-01T14:11:07Z

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Tutorial for gdb debug under Win32

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= Editing Tutorial for gdb debug under Win32 =
The point of this page is to show you how to get VLC related crash info with a tool called '''gdb'''.

This crash info is '''VERY''' useful when tracking down the reason for the crash, so if you can provide us with this info, the likelihood of getting your bug fixed is much higher.

== What you need ==
* Windows computer
* 32-bit VLC build (this tutorial isn't for 64-bit VLC builds, but it will work for 64-bit Windows versions that run 32-bit VLC).
* A way to crash VLC (freezes aren't useful unfortunately)

== What you have to do ==

1. Download latest nightly debug build of VLC from http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/?C=M;O=D

*'''Trunk''' folders are current development (unstable) version, '''Branch''' folders are current/next stable versions (usually you want latest branch folder)
*Make sure you take the debug version. It is usually named as vlc-x.y.z-something-date-randomnumber-win32-'''debug'''.7z or vlc-x.y.z-something-date-randomnumber-win32-'''debug'''.zip

[[File:Vlc_gdb_nightly.png‎]]

2. Extract the .zip/.7z to somewhere (like in your desktop)

*Tool called 7-Zip can be used to extract .7z packages
*Folder doesn't really matter. So you '''don't''' have to uninstall your current VLC version. And you can have multiple VLC versions in your computer.

[[File:Vlc_gdb_nofolder.png‎‎]]

3. Run vlc.exe from that folder and see if you can replicate the issue that is causing your current VLC to crash.

*Some issues might be already fixed, so it might not be possible to replicate the crash

4. If you can replicate the issue, next step is to download gdb debugger from ftp://ftp.equation.com/gdb/32/gdb.exe

5. Copy the gdb.exe to the same directory where you extracted the VLC debug build

[[File:Vlc_gdb_folder.png‎‎]]

6. Launch gdb.exe by double clicking it

*You can also launch it via .bat or by other method

7. Type in ''target exec vlc'' and press enter

*gdb takes commands via this terminal

[[File:Vlc_gdb_target_exec.png‎‎‎‎]]

8. Type in ''run'' and VLC should start after few moments

*first vlc.exe startup might take some time, so please wait

[[File:Vlc_gdb_run.png‎]]

9. After vlc.exe is launched, repeat the actions that crash VLC

*certain crashes might not happen when vlc.exe is run via gdb.exe, so crash might not happen
*crashes can be noticed from gdb console, which shows "Program received signal..." message

[[File:Vlc_gdb_signal.png‎]]

10. Once vlc.exe has crashed, type in ''bt'' to the gdb console

*bt is short for backtrace

[[File:Vlc_gdb_bt.png‎‎‎]]

11. Share us the info that bt command gave

*right click the gdb window and select Edit -> Mark to mark the text you want to copy, and then left click to select area, then right click to copy it to clipboard
*you can share us info via trac, via IRC, via forums etc.

[[File:Vlc_gdb_marked.png‎‎‎‎]]

12. You can close the gdb by typing ''quit''

*you can answer ''y'' to the question

[[File:Vlc_gdb_quit.png‎‎‎‎‎]]

[[Category:Building]][[Category:Coding]]

Documentation:Android

2014-08-01T14:05:39Z

Edwardw: /* Preliminary Note */

[[Category:Mobile Device]]

<big>------ Work in progress ------</big>

Here is the documentation of the Android port of VLC media player.

== Preliminary notes ==

== Installation ==

=== From the Play Store ===

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon

(ARMv7 and x86 processors only)

=== From VideoLAN ===
-Enable 'Unknown Sources'

-Find processor architecture

-Grab correct APK

== Interface ==
== Your Media Library ==
== Playback ==
== Settings ==

Documentation:Android

2014-08-01T14:04:50Z

Edwardw: /* Installation */

[[Category:Mobile Device]]

<big>------ Work in progress ------</big>

Here is the documentation of the Android port of VLC media player.

== Preliminary Note ==
== Installation ==

=== From the Play Store ===

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon

(ARMv7 and x86 processors only)

=== From VideoLAN ===
-Enable 'Unknown Sources'

-Find processor architecture

-Grab correct APK

== Interface ==
== Your Media Library ==
== Playback ==
== Settings ==

2014-07-25T04:18:18Z

Edwardw:

User talk:Edward27821

2014-07-23T14:41:13Z

Edwardw: direct to forums

==Support==
Hi there. Please use the [http://forum.videolan.org/ VideoLAN forum] for support. [[User:Edwardw|Edwardw]] ([[User talk:Edwardw|talk]]) 16:41, 23 July 2014 (CEST)

User talk:Oalbahar

2014-07-23T14:40:04Z

Edwardw:

== how to add icon Beside addplaylist tab or palywith tab ==

hi

icon not show Beside addplaylist tab or palywith tab when i want to open vedio for Example see the photo please ...

[url=http://www.gulfup.com/?mqz7HG][img]http://im72.gulfup.com/ALqtSx.jpg[/img][/url]

but icon show only when i open folder for Example see the photo please ...

[url=http://www.gulfup.com/?ZvcPcp][img]http://im51.gulfup.com/OZiWRK.jpg[/img][/url]

:Hi. The VideoLAN Wiki is not really a support forum. Please use http://forum.videolan.org/ to get support. [[User:Edwardw|Edwardw]] ([[User talk:Edwardw|talk]]) 16:40, 23 July 2014 (CEST)

Midi

2014-07-23T14:38:01Z

Edwardw: reflect actual reason why it is missing from Windows

{{wikipedia|Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface#Standard MIDI files|Midi files}}
{{Module|name=fluidsynth|type=Codec|description=SMF files playback through fluidsynth library|first_version=0.9.0|last_version=2.0.8 (on Windows)}}

Standard MIDI Files (SMF) contain sounds events that indicate the notes and instruments in a musical performance, but do not include the digital waveform of the audio.
They usually have the extension <tt>.mid</tt> or <tt>.midi</tt>.
To play a MIDI file, software has to synthesize the music, which usually requires reading digital samples of musical instruments from a large file.

== Play .midi files in VLC ==
{{VLC}} can play Standard MIDI File (.MID) and RIFF MIDI (.RMI) files since version 0.9.0.

Windows binary builds included MIDI support only in versions {{VLC}} from 1.1.0 through 2.0.8. Starting from version 2.1.0, support was dropped due to [https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/9486 security issues].

=== SoundFonts file ===
To playback MIDI files, you need a [[wikipedia:SoundFont|SoundFont]] file (with extension <tt>.sf2</tt>).
You can download them from either of these two places:

* http://www.schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php
* http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/wiki/SoundFont

=== Configure SoundFont in VLC ===
You need to open VLC's preferences. The preferences window has two display modes called '''Simple''' and '''All'''. Choose the display mode called '''All''', then go to '''Codecs''', '''Audio codecs''', '''FluidSynth'''.

You select the .sf2 file with the preferences select button. Due to a bug in the software it may ask if you want to replace the file you selected. Choose "Yes" to continue (your file remains intact).

=== Linux ===
If the '''FluidSynth''' codec is not shown in VLC's preferences, you have to install it as well as sound fonts.
E.g. on [[Ubuntu]] 13.04 it is in the '''vlc-plugin-fluidsynth''' package, while the '''fluid-soundfont-gs''' and '''fluid-soundfont-gm''' packages install some sound fonts in <code>/usr/share/sounds/sf2</code>.

Talk:Knowledge Base

2014-07-07T13:28:58Z

Edwardw:

If a video is saved in the Video Lan format, how come when I play it with Windows Media Player there is no sound?
: There is not "VideoLAN format". VLC media player only deal with known formats, not a closed private one.
: I don't think Windows Media Player is able to play a lot of files/codecs (I never use it). Maybe it can't manage your audio codec.

== subtitles ==

Question: How to manage the external subtitles in the moviefile when i´m broadcasting over public streamnetwork as Veetle.com channel....
VLC player plays the sub. correctly on my broadcast playback... But! My wievers can´t see any subs! Help PLS!
Ps. Need more preciasly instruction... I´m only amateur..
Ds. Enigma

* You should post your question in the appropriate [http://forum.videolan.org forum]. You can find informations on [[Documentation:Streaming_HowTo]] page if you are a [[command line]] user, there is a transcode option to burn subtitles in the video for example I think.

== VLC Media Player ==

Hi. I'm thrilled to have VLC Media Player on my Ubuntu O.S. However, I'm having an issue that I can't seem to solve. Whenever I try to view a DVD I get an error message that the movie can't be read. It lists the title of the DVD, but won't read it. I've tried everything I know to do, but obviously there's something I don't know. Can you help me? I'm desperate.
Thank you.
Fred Broder
:We don't monitor the wiki for questions. You should post it on the [http://forum.videolan.org forum] instead. [[User:Edwardw|Edwardw]] ([[User talk:Edwardw|talk]]) 15:28, 7 July 2014 (CEST)