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|description=A directory of everything to do with the development of VideoLAN's projects.<br />
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Check [[VLC media player|VLC's page]] to get info on VLC.
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* [[VideoLAN]]
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* [[VLC media player]]
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** [https://addons.videolan.org Add-ons]
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* [[Documentation:Documentation|Documentation]]
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* [[VideoLAN_Sites#Developers|Developers' Sites]]
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* [https://www.videolan.org/developers Developer Zone]
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* [https://nightlies.videolan.org Nightly builds]
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* [https://jenkins.videolan.org Automatic builds]
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* [https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues bugs, features, roadmap]
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* [https://www.videolan.org/videolan/mirrors.html Mirrors check]
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* [ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/ Main FTP]
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== Coding on VLC ==
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* [[Getting Started At Coding|Get started at coding on VLC]]
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* Get the [[GetTheSource|Source Code]] and [[Compile VLC]]
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* You might be interested in our [[Mini Projects]] or [[GCodeIn_Ideas|Janitorial projects]]
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* Read our [[Hacker_Guide|Hacker's Guide]]
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| style="width: 280px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" | <div style="font-size: 162%; border: medium none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Welcome to [[Developers Corner|VideoLAN Developers Corner]],</div> <div style="top: 0.2em; font-size: 95%;">This is a directory of everything to do with the development of VideoLAN's projects.<br>
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** [[Hacker_Guide/Core|Introduction to VLC's core]]
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Check [[VLC|VLC's page]] to get info on VLC.
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** [[Hacker Guide/How To Write a Module|How to write a module]]
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</div> <div style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: 85%;" id="articlecount">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles</div>
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** [[Documentation:VLC_Modules_Loading|How VLC modules load]]
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* [https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/doc/doxygen/html/ Code documentation]
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* [[Code Conventions]]
  
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=== VLC development links ===
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*[[VideoLAN|VideoLAN]]  
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* [https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/ GitLab] list of bugs
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*[[VLC|VLC media player]]  
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* vlc-devel [https://www.videolan.org/developers/lists.html mailing list], mailing list.
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*[[Documentation:Documentation|Documentation]]  
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* [https://www.videolan.org/developers/i18n/ Translation information and stats]
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*[[VideoLAN Sites#Developers|Developers' Websites]]
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* [https://www.openhub.net/p/vlc Open Hub] statistics
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* [https://jenkins.videolan.org Jenkins] (Automatic builds)
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* [[Nightly build]]s
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* Launchpad ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bugs?field.searchtext=vlc&orderby=-date_last_updated&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=Unconfirmed&field.status%3Alist=Confirmed&field.status%3Alist=In+Progress&field.status%3Alist=Needs+Info&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Committed&field.assignee=&field.owner=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package= recent bug changes]) ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bugs all bugs])
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* [https://code.videolan.org/ code.videolan.org]
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* [https://git.videolan.org/ git.videolan.org]
  
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== Current technical discussions on VLC ==
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*[http://developers.videolan.org Main Developers Site]  
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* [[Usability Complaints]]
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*[http://nightlies.videolan.org Nightly builds]  
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* [[WaylandIntegration|Wayland integration]]
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*[http://buildbot.videolan.org Buildbot for Automatic Builds]
 
  
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=== Past discussions ===
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*[http://trac.videolan.org Trac, bugs, features, roadmap]  
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* [[VoutRework|Vout Rework]] - improving the video output subsystem.
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*[http://mirrors.videolan.org Mirrors check]  
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* [[telnet rc rewrite]] - Merging the "telnet" and "rc" controls.
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*[ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/ Main FTP]
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* [[SimplePreferences|Simple Preferences]] - We wish to add a "simple" preferences mode, additionally to the full mode we already have.
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* [[QtIntfTODO|Qt Interface TODO]] - A brand new qt4 interface ... in order to get rid of wxWidgets.
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** [[QtIntfMockups]]
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*** [[QtImageset]]
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*** [[QtIntfMockups-DericksIdea]]
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* [[Qt and GTK]]
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* [[DBus-spec]] - Specification for a Common, Desktop neutral, Media Player D-Bus interface.
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* [[StatsSystem |Stats System]]
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* [[InteractionSystem]] - Interaction System
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* [[MediaControlAPI|Media Control API]] - an '''OUTDATED''' high level player-independent media API
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* [[0.8.5StringReview]]
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* [[2005StringsReview]]
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* [[Libavcodec regressions]]
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* [[Mobile Features]]
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* [[AndroidTODO]] - moved to [https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name[]=Component%3A%3APort%3A%20Android Gitlab Android Component] and [https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name[]=Component%3A%3AInterface%3A%20Android Gitlab Android Interface Component]
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* [[SDI API]] - Linux-related: regarding [[wikipedia:Serial digital interface|SDI]] cards for [[V4l2]]
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* [[Newplaylist]]
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* [[Newsoundslider]]
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* [[BOMM3U]] - [[wikipedia:Byte order mark|Byte order mark]] for [[M3U]] playlists. <code>#EXTM3U</code> means [[wikipedia:M3U#Extended_M3U|Extended M3U]]
  
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=== Design ===
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* [[WebsiteRedesign|Website Redesign]] and [[WebsiteDesign|Design Proposals]]
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* [[DefaultSkinRequirements|Default Skin Requirements]] - Specifications of an eligible skin for default skin.
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== Build VLC media player ==
 
  
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Check the [http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS Changelog].
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[[Category:Development]]
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Check the [[Compile VLC|generic compile HOWTO]].
 
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To build VLC, you first need to get the [[GetTheSource|Source Code]].
 
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*[[Win32Compile|How to compile for Windows]] ([[Win32CompileMSYSNew|MSYS]], [[Win32CompileCygwinNew|Cygwin]])
 
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*[[OSXCompile|How to compile on Mac OS X]]
 
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*[[UnixCompile|How to compile on Unix/Linux]]
 
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*[[ARM-XCompile|How to cross-compile for ARM]]
 
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*[[BeOSCompile|How to compile on BeOS (outdated)]]
 
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*[[OutOfTreeCompile|How to compile a module outside of VLC source tree]]
 
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*[[DirectFB Compile|Compile DirectFB plugin]]
 
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*[[Contrib Status|Contrib Status]] - 3rd party libraries status.
 
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*[[Packagers|Links to the packaging in various distros]]
 
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== Build an application on libVLC ==
 
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There are several ways to build an application that uses VLC. Some are listed here.
 
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*Build a GPL application using [[Libvlc]], in C/C++/[[C Sharp|C#]]
 
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*Use the [[Python bindings]] [[MediaControlIDL]]
 
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*Use the [[Java bindings]]
 
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*Use the [[ActiveX Controls]]
 
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*Use the [[JavaScript API]]
 
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*Talk to VLC through the [[DBus]] communication
 
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== Code VLC ==
 
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=== Start coding on VLC  ===
 
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*[[Getting Started At Coding|Get started at coding on VLC]].
 
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*You might be interested in our [[Mini Projects|Mini Projects]], which are some easy tasks that do not require a lot of VLC Code Knowledge.
 
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*It is recommended that you join the vlc-devel [http://developers.videolan.org/lists.html mailing list], where all commits are archived.
 
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=== VLC Code  ===
 
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*[[Unicode and Strings]]
 
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*[[Code Conventions]]
 
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*[[Documentation:Hacker's Guide|Hacker's Guide]]
 
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*[http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/doc/doxygen/html/ Code documentation]
 
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*[[VLC variables help]]
 
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*[[Contrib Status|Contrib Status]] - Contrib Libraries Status
 
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*[http://trac.videolan.org/vlc Trac] list of bugs, todo's and history of commits.
 
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*[https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bugs VLC bugs in Ubuntu]
 
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*[http://www.videolan.org/developers/i18n/ Translation information and stats]
 
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*[http://cia.navi.cx/stats/project/vlc CIA commit statistics]
 
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*[http://vlc.pastebin.com Pasteboard]
 
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*[http://buildbot.videolan.org Buildbot]
 
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*[http://planet.videolan.org Developer weblog]
 
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== Development discussions under work ==
 
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== Current Development  ==
 
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[[Next changes|Changes in the current version]]
 
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== Current discussions  ==
 
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*[[VoutRework|Vout Rework]] - improving the video output subsystem.
 
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*[[Telnet rc rewrite]] - Merging the "telnet" and "rc" controls.
 
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*[[Usability Complaints]]
 
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=== Design  ===
 
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*[[DefaultSkinRequirements|Default Skin Requirements]] - Specifications of an eligible skin for default skin.
 
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== Past discussions  ==
 
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*[[DBus-spec]] - Specification for a Common, Desktop neutral, Media Player D-Bus interface.
 
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*[[SimplePreferences|Simple Preferences]] - We wish to add a "simple" preferences mode, additionally to the full mode we already have.
 
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*[[QtIntfTODO|Qt Interface TODO]] - A brand new qt4 interface ... in order to get rid of wxWidgets.
 
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*[[StatsSystem|Stats Sytem]]
 
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*[[Browser Plugin Spec]]
 
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*[[0.9.0PlaylistTODO|0.9.0 Playlist TODO]] - Major changes in the upcoming version
 
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*[[InteractionSystem]] - Interaction System
 
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*[[ExternalAPI|External API]] - improving the external API to vlc
 
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*[[MediaControlAPI|Media Control API]] - an high level player-independent media API, wrapping around our [[ExternalAPI|External API]]
 
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*[[0.8.5StringReview]]
 
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*[[2005StringsReview]]
 
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*[[WebsiteRedesign|Website Redesign]] and [[WebsiteDesign|Design Proposals]]
 
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== VideoLAN's Administration ==
 
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*[[Bugday|VideoLAN bugdays]]
 
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*[[Calendar|VideoLAN calendar]]
 
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*[[Admin TODO]]
 
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*[[Skanda migration]]
 
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*[[VideoLAN Servers]]
 
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*[[Add a skin|How to add a skin on the skins download page]]
 
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*[http://mirrors.videolan.org Download mirrors integrity tests]
 
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*[{{SERVER}}/Special:Listusers?group=sysop Admins list]
 
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*[[SpamBlacklist]]
 
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*[[VideoLAN Wiki:TODO|TODO]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:45, 7 December 2023

Coding on VLC

VLC development links

Current technical discussions on VLC

Past discussions

Design

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