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What is VideoLAN Project ?</h2>
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|style="color:#000"| VideoLAN is an Open Source team and a community that develop and support video projects.
 
|style="color:#000"| VideoLAN is an Open Source team and a community that develop and support video projects.
 
VideoLAN produces free software projects under the GNU GPL Licence.
 
VideoLAN produces free software projects under the GNU GPL Licence.
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== Project infos ==
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See how you can [[contact]] the team.
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[[Intellectual Properties]]
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[[FAQ]]
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* Find out [[We Use VideoLAN|who uses VideoLAN]]
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* View VideoLAN's [[Awards]]
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* [[VideoLAN in the News]]
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== VideoLAN's projects ==
 
Here is a short list of the projects linked more or less closely to the VideoLAN project:
 
Here is a short list of the projects linked more or less closely to the VideoLAN project:
 
* [[VLC| VLC media player]], the core and main program, is a complete video solution that can play many types of media files and streamed media. It can also create media streams, save and transcode media files in different formats and quality than the original file.
 
* [[VLC| VLC media player]], the core and main program, is a complete video solution that can play many types of media files and streamed media. It can also create media streams, save and transcode media files in different formats and quality than the original file.
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* [[libdca]], a DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder.
 
* [[libdca]], a DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder.
 
* [[libdvdplay]], a DVD navigation library.
 
* [[libdvdplay]], a DVD navigation library.
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* Add [[Additional Interfaces]] to control VLC in different ways, such as from [[Mouse Gestures|mouse gestures]] or even [[Web_Interface|through the internet]].
 
* Add [[Additional Interfaces]] to control VLC in different ways, such as from [[Mouse Gestures|mouse gestures]] or even [[Web_Interface|through the internet]].
 
* [[Uncommon uses|Mad things you can do with VLC]]
 
* [[Uncommon uses|Mad things you can do with VLC]]
* Find out [[We Use VideoLAN|who uses VideoLAN]]
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* [[Notes about other clients]] (Interoperability)
 
* [[Notes about other clients]] (Interoperability)
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Revision as of 02:32, 14 December 2006

Welcome to Videolan's Wiki,
The reference documentation and tips on VideoLAN's projects.
761 articles in English

What is VideoLAN Project ?

VideoLAN is an Open Source team and a community that develop and support video projects.

VideoLAN produces free software projects under the GNU GPL Licence.

Project infos

See how you can contact the team. Intellectual Properties FAQ

VideoLAN's projects

Here is a short list of the projects linked more or less closely to the VideoLAN project:

  • VLC media player, the core and main program, is a complete video solution that can play many types of media files and streamed media. It can also create media streams, save and transcode media files in different formats and quality than the original file.
  • VLS is a streaming server, used for professional streaming solutions. It shares some features with VLC. It is deprecated and unmaintained.
  • VLCS It is deprecated and unmaintained.
  • VLMS It is deprecated and unmaintained.
  • libdvdcss, a C library to access DVDs without having to bother about the decryption.
  • libdvbpsi, a C library to decode and generate MPEG TS and DVB PSI tables.
  • x264, a H264 / AVC encoder, that is still under heavy development.
  • libdca, a DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder.
  • libdvdplay, a DVD navigation library.

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