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*[[VideoLAN|VideoLAN]]
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*[[VLC|VLC media player]]
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*[[Documentation:Documentation|Documentation]]
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*<span class=plainlinks>[http://videolan.org Main Site]</span>
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* [[Documentation:Documentation|Documentation]]
*<span class=plainlinks>[http://forum.videolan.org Forum]</span>
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* [[VSG:Main|VLC Support Guide]]
*<span class=plainlinks>[http://planet.videolan.org News from developers]</span>
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* [[Knowledge Base]]
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* [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]]
*<span class=plainlinks>[http://videolan.org/developers/ Developer's website]</span>
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* [[Report_Bugs|Report a bug]]
*<span class=plainlinks>[http://nightlies.videolan.org Latest builds]</span>
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* [[Help VideoLAN|Join the project]]
*<span class=plainlinks>[http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ Trac, Bugs, SVN and roadmap]</span>
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[[Documentation:Documentation|Documentation]]
 
 
 
[[VSG:Main|Troubleshooting Guide]]
 
 
 
[[Knowledge_Base|Knowledge Base]]
 
 
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* [[:Category:Building|Compile VLC]]
[[Compile_VLC|Compile VLC]]
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[[VLC|Develop on VLC]]
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[[Knowledge_Base|Control VLC]]
 
 
 
 
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What is VideoLAN?</h2>
 
 
'''[[VideoLAN]]''' is an [[Open source|Open Source]] ''team'' and a ''community'' that develop and support video projects.
 
 
'''[[VideoLAN]]''' produces free software projects under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License].
 
 
== VideoLAN Information ==
 
See how you can [[contact VideoLAN|contact]] the [[VideoLAN Team|team]].
 
 
* [[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 ===
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss libdvdcss], a C library to access DVDs without having to bother about the decryption.
 
* [http://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]].
 
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'''[http://videolan.org/vlc/ Download VLC!]'''
 
 
[[VLC|What is VLC?]]
 
 
* Check out all the ''possibilities'' of [[What can VLC do?|what VLC can do]]
 
 
* Want to know [[how to|HOW TO]] do things with VLC?
 
* Get help with some [[Common Problems]]
 
* View some of VLC's [[Awards]]
 
 
== VLC on your platform... ==
 
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* [[Android]]
 
* [[BeOS]]
 
* [[Documentation:IOS|iOS]]
 
 
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== Tips and Tricks ==
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* Add different [[Interface | 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]]
 
* [[Notes about other clients]] (Interoperability)
 
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=== [[Documentation:Documentation|Official Documentation]] ===
 
 
=== Knowledge Base ===
 
 
Our [[Knowledge Base]] has information on
 
* [[Codec]]s
 
* [[Fileformat|Files]]
 
* [[Dictionary]]
 
* [[Knowledge Base|more &raquo;]]
 
 
=== [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]] ===
 
 
[[Report Bugs]]
 
  
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'''[[VideoLAN]]''' is a ''[[VideoLAN Team|team]]'' and a ''[[Contribute|community]]'' that develop and support [[open source]] [[:Category:VideoLAN_projects|video projects]].
 
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<h2 style="margin:0; background-color:#FFA8D3;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em .4em;"> Help the project</h2>
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{{VLC}} {{VLC:latest_version}} is a multimedia player which plays all media formats on all platforms.
In this section, you can find how you can help and participate to the VideoLAN project, you being a programmer or not.
 
 
 
* [[Help VideoLAN]]
 
* [http://forum.videolan.org/viewforum.php?f=18 Help topic on the forum]
 
* [[Quality | Quality Team]]
 
  
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=== Edit the Wiki! ===
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This website is a [[wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]], so please edit it! Please keep content appropriate and useful.
  
VideoLAN is also a development community that you can join.  
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To modify the contents of this wiki, you need to [[Special:CreateAccount|create an account]], which is very fast.
  
You can help VideoLAN by developing, doing artwork, doing translations ...
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'''NOTE:''' This is not the place to [[report bugs]] or to [https://forum.videolan.org request help].
  
The [[Developers Corner]] contains various information relative to development: Howtos, work in progress, ...
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''Check out our [[VideoLAN Wiki:Syntax|VideoLAN wiki syntax]] and our [[Sandbox|test page]].''
 
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== Edit the Wiki! ==
 
Please note that to modify the content of the Wiki, or to submit articles or FAQ questions, you need to be identified.
 
Please create an account, this is very fast.
 
 
'''Check out the special [[VideoLAN Wiki:Syntax|VideoLAN wiki syntax]] for this wiki.'''
 
 
Feel free to add to this site, however, keep content appropriate and useful. This is not the place to report bugs or to request help.
 
[http://videolan.org/support/bug-reporting.html See our info on bug reporting].
 
  
You can try the wiki syntax in the [[Sandbox]], the test page.
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Latest revision as of 03:33, 21 November 2019



What is VideoLAN?

VideoLAN is a team and a community that develop and support open source video projects.

What is VLC?

VLC media player 3.0.12 is a multimedia player which plays all media formats on all platforms.

Download VLC!


Edit the Wiki!

This website is a Wiki, so please edit it! Please keep content appropriate and useful.

To modify the contents of this wiki, you need to create an account, which is very fast.

NOTE: This is not the place to report bugs or to request help.

Check out our VideoLAN wiki syntax and our test page.