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Quality

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=Quality Assurance=

This section of this wiki is about helping to increase the quality of different versions of VideoLAN's products, and mainly [[VLC media player]].

==Why this page ?==
===Main idea===
There is not much yet on this page, but the idea is to develop ''test protocols'', regroup ''test files'', and at the end improve the whole quality of VLC, to avoid ''regressions'' and check ''roadmaps.''

===Who is concerned===
The community of VideoLAN's numerous users and developers can enforce the project by doing systematic tests and report bugs and regressions. Some projects rely on a lot of external code that evolves a lot. Being '''numerous''' can help to make it better.

===Bugs===
The '''bugs''' should be tracked down and killed using [http://trac.videolan.org '''trac'''

==Why should you get involved ?==
The '''more''' we are, the more bugs are spotted, the best VLC is !
Easy, ain't it ?

So if '''you''' help, everyone will be a winner.

==How can you get involved ?==
Use this talk page or contact; for a start [[User_talk:J-b]] (this will change).
Then, just run the tests and modify this wiki's pages.

===Bug reporting===
Use trac to do these.

==Urgent==
* Prepare the tests for VLC 0.8.6
* Gather original and references video and audio files

=VLC=
Motto: ''Let's improve VLC !!!''

==Tests to run==
You want to help testing VLC ? There are a few tests that you can handle:

* VLC playback tests (codecs and files related) Win32 and MacOS focused.

* VLC functionality tests

* VLC transcode and streaming tests

==Files==
=== Official files ===
All those files should be tested inside the reference FTP.

ftp://streams.videolan.org/streams-videolan/reference/

Use that structure to create the reports.

=== More files ===
Where to search for more files:
* MPlayer's [http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/ MPlayer's FTP]
* References codecs pages usually, linking to those should be enough...

==Versions roadmaps==

=== 0.9.0 ===
0.9.0 should be the first version to review now.

==== NB ====
Use the latest NB, 20070425 or newer to run your tests And report.
[http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Here] you can download experimental versions of VLC.

=MiniSAPServers=

=VLS=

VideoLAN Design

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== VideoLAN ==
* [http://www.videolan.org/goodies.html Official Goodies]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php Official skins]

== Design contests ==
You will find here a few contests for the team.

* [[T-Shirt_Design_Contest| T-Shirts design results]]
* [[WebsiteRedesign| Website redesign rules]]
* [[WebsiteDesign | Webiste design results]]
* [[DefaultSkinRequirements]]

== Extra goodies ==
Please add here all the images, goodies, banners, icons you made for VLC.

=== Icons, banners ===
==== Contributions of altglass ====
:'''3D cones:'''

:[http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/cone_altglass.png http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/cone_altglass_128.png] :[http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/cone_altglass_2.png http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/cone_altglass_2_128.png]

:Click on the cones to view them in 500x500 px size.

:[http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/cone_altglass.ico 1st cone as Windows icon (incl. new Vista format)]
:[http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/cone_altglass_2.ico 2nd cone as Windows icon (incl. new Vista format)]

:[http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/cone_altglass.blend Blender file of 1st cone]
:[http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/cone_altglass_2.blend Blender file of 2nd cone]

:'''Nightly build cone:'''

:http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/nightly_notext.png

:[http://d-gfx.kognetwork.ch/VLC/nightly_notext.ico Windows icon]

:'''Dynamic Sloganizer-like signature:'''

:http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9109/sloganizerphpqr7.png

:Include this into your signature: <code>[img]http://altglass.al.funpic.de/sloganizer.php[/img]</code>

:Source code: http://altglass.al.funpic.de/vlc_sloganizer.zip

=== Screenshots ===

=== Other goodies ===
needs updating

Documentation:VLC for dummies

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= VLC for dummies =

== Introduction ==
Thank you for visiting this page to find out what VLC is about. Please note that this page is in construction and might change in a near future.
VLC media player (or VLC for short) is an free and open source software media player. Features that make VLC the preferred media player for a lot of people is its excellent support for various audio and video codecs, the fact that it is cross platform and the open way of development.

This page will describe the steps to perform the basic steps of using VLC. For more advanced uses see the [[Documentation:Play HowTo|VLC Play HowTo]] for a complete user guide, or [[Documentation:Streaming HowTo|VLC Streaming HowTo]] for the advanced streaming features that VLC is capable of.

== Understanding the VLC interface (in progress) ==
When you start VLC, two things will change on you screen. First there will appear a small icon in your taskbar (note that these screenshots are taken from the MS Windows XP version, on other systems they might appear slightly different):

[[Image:Vlc-win-taskbar.png]]

The other, more prominent change to your screen will be the appearance of the main interface:

[[Image:Vlc-en.png]]

The icon in your taskbar can switch the main interface on or off by left clicking on to it. Also, if you close the main interface by using the close button in the window, you will be able to open the screen again by using the icon in the taskbar. Features like stopping or pausing playback or change track are also possible by right clicking the icon. This will give a popup menu where you can perform your wanted action.

The main interface contains a couple of sections:

'''Menu bar'''

The menu bar in the top provides easy access to all features that VLC is capable of.

'''Track slider'''

Just below the menu bar is the track slider. It will progress during playback of a song or video from left to right. When playing a video, the video will be displayed between the menu bar and track slider. When reading a stream the track slider will not progress as VLC can't know how long the stream will take.

'''Control buttons'''

Below the slider, to the left of the interface, are the control buttons for play/pause, previous track, stop, next track, fullscreen mode, playlist and extended options.

'''Volume control'''

To the right of the control buttons is the volume control. The small speaker icon is a button to quickly mute or un-mute all sound. The slider to the right of it allows you to modify the volume to louder or softer. The percentage gives the amount of amplification.

'''Data field'''

In the bottom of the window, some additional information, like track name and length of the track, will be displayed for convenience.

== Playing a media file (to be written) ==
Basic steps to play an audio file or movie is really simple.

Firstly open VLC media player by double clicking the program on the desktop or from the start menu.
Secondly click on the menu button on the top left of the program and choose the first four options,
all of options allow you to play media or audio files.

The first option is the simple one.
The second is the advanced one.
The third is just like the first one but with less options to choose from
The forth one allows you to play media and audio files straight from the CD or DVD

By --[[User:Nemo|Nemo]] 17:08, 29 November 2008 (CET)Nemo

Documentation:VLC for dummies

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