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''Download VLC from '''[http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC's Homepage]''' ''
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:''Download VLC from '''[http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC's Homepage]''' ''
VLC media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats ([[MPEG]], [[DivX]], [[Ogg]], and ''many'' more) as well as [[DVD]]s, [[VCD]]s, and various [[stream]]ing protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.
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'''VLC media player''' ([[History|initially]] VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats ([[MPEG]], [[DivX]]/[[Xvid]], [[Ogg]], and ''many'' more) as well as [[DVD]]s, [[VCD]]s, and various [[stream]]ing protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.
  
 
It started as a student project at the French [http://www.ecp.fr/index_html_en École Centrale, Paris] but is now a worldwide project with developers from 20 countries. ([[History|more]]).
 
It started as a student project at the French [http://www.ecp.fr/index_html_en École Centrale, Paris] but is now a worldwide project with developers from 20 countries. ([[History|more]]).
  
 
VLC is built in a modular way. This means that you can choose from a range of different [[modules]] to decide how to [[Interface|control]] VLC and how to display the [[video output]].
 
VLC is built in a modular way. This means that you can choose from a range of different [[modules]] to decide how to [[Interface|control]] VLC and how to display the [[video output]].
 
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Check the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player VLC] article on Wikipedia that has been partly written by the team.
 
 
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Check the [http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/NEWS NEWS]
 
Check the [http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/NEWS NEWS]
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=== Other OS ===
 
=== Other OS ===
* [[MacOSX|Mac OS X]]
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* [[Mac OS X]]
 
* [[Windows]]
 
* [[Windows]]
 
* [[BeOS]]
 
* [[BeOS]]
 
* [[FreeBSD]]
 
* [[FreeBSD]]
* [[WinCE]]
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== Related Links ==
 
== Related Links ==

Revision as of 02:24, 8 June 2008

Download VLC from VLC's Homepage

VLC media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX/Xvid, Ogg, and many more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.

It started as a student project at the French École Centrale, Paris but is now a worldwide project with developers from 20 countries. (more).

VLC is built in a modular way. This means that you can choose from a range of different modules to decide how to control VLC and how to display the video output.

Check the NEWS

Use VLC on your OS

Linux

Other OS

Related Links