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Welcome to Videolan's Wiki, The reference documentation and tips on VideoLAN's projects. 762 articles in English VideoLAN WIKI Welcome to the Wiki site for VideoLAN! The purpose of this Wiki is to provide a documentation that does not cover the whole streaming solution, but provides answers to problems that the users frequently have. VideoLAN non-wiki website What is VideoLAN VideoLAN is made up of two programs: VLC, the more common program, plays many types of media files and streamed media. It can create media streams and save 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. VLC media player Want to know how to do things with VLC? Get help with some Common Problems Advice for VLC on your platform... Mac OS X Windows BeOS GNU/Linux FreeBSD Get VLC! Official Documentation Knowledge Base Our Knowledge Base has information on Codecs Files Dictionary more » Tips and Tricks You can download extra Skins for VLC Add Additional Interfaces to control VLC in different ways, such as from mouse gestures or even through the internet. Mad things you can do with VLC Find out who uses VideoLAN View VideoLAN's Awards Developers Corner VideoLAN is also a development community that you can join. You can help videolan by developing, doing artwork, promoting us, ... The Developers Corner contains various information relative to development: Howtos, work in progress, ... 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. 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. See our info on bug reporting. More on... T-Shirt Design Contest Channel Information Service Notes about other clients (Interoperability) VideoLAN in the News