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<p>Poldy: </p> <hr /> <div>{{RightMenu|Documentation TOC}} [[Image:Interface 2.PNG|thumb|194x150px|[[VLC]] 2.0 default interface, [[Windows]]]] <br /> <br /> == Overview of the VideoLAN project ==<br /> VideoLAN was a complete software solution for video streaming and playback, developed by students of the [http://www.ecp.fr Ecole Centrale Paris] and developers from all over the world, under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License] (GPL). <br /> <br /> Originally VideoLAN was designed to stream MPEG videos on high-bandwidth networks, but VideoLAN's main software, VLC media player, has evolved to become a full-featured, cross-platform media player. <br /> <br /> Now the Non-Profit Organisation developing and offering the VLC media player is called: VideoLAN Organisation <br /> <br /> More details about the project can be found on the [http://www.videolan.org/ VideoLAN Web site]. <br /> <br /> == VLC Media Player ==<br /> Originally called ''VideoLAN Client'', VLC media player is VideoLAN's main software product. <br /> <br /> VLC media player works on many platforms: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, BSD, Solaris, Android, iOS, QNX and many more...<br /> It supports the following video and audio formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX, h264, webm, mkv, DVDs, VCDs, Audio CDs, wmv and wma.<br /> <br /> It can also play from external sources:<br /> * Satellite.<br /> * Cable.<br /> * Digital TV cards (DVB-S, DVB-T).<br /> * Several types of network streams: UDP/RTP Unicast, UDP/RTP Multicast, HTTP, RTSP, MMS, etc. <br /> * Acquisition or encoding cards. <br /> * Webcams and other devices.<br /> <br /> VLC can also be used as a streaming server. This feature is described in the [[Documentation:Streaming HowTo|Streaming HowTo]]. <br /> <br /> This guide describes all the playback (client) aspects of VLC media player.<br /> <br /> {{Documentation}}</div>

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