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'''       Overview and history of the VideoLAN project.'''  
 
'''       Overview and history of the VideoLAN project.'''  
  
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'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Installation instructions for a variety of computers.'''<br>  
 
'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Installation instructions for a variety of computers.'''<br>  
  
*[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use|VLC Usage]]  
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**How to play audio/video materials with the VLC media player. (For versions 0.9 and newer)  
 
**How to play audio/video materials with the VLC media player. (For versions 0.9 and newer)  
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Interface|Interface]]  
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**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Interface|Interface]]&nbsp;[[Image:Default Interface Mac.PNG|100x100px]]  
 
***Short introduction to the interface of the VLC Media Player  
 
***Short introduction to the interface of the VLC Media Player  
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Audio|Audio]]  
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***Playing audio (e.g. visualization, selection of devices)  
 
***Playing audio (e.g. visualization, selection of devices)  
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Video|Video]]  
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***Playing video (e.g. cropping, screen-/snapshots)  
 
***Playing video (e.g. cropping, screen-/snapshots)  
 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Playback|Playback]]  
 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Playback|Playback]]  

Revision as of 02:03, 8 December 2011


The reference documentation on VideoLAN's projects.
Articles under the GNU General Public License only.

                                                                                                                        


Pages in the "Documentation" namespace are part of the official VLC media player documentation.

All pages in this namespace are licensed under the GNU General Public License.

Note: Parts of this documentation are currently outdated or incomplete. If you have good knowledge of a particular subject and feel that it could be documented better, please update the appropriate wiki page.

VLC Usage Documentation

User documentation for everyone.

  • VLC Interface 1.2 on Windows 7
  • Basic_Use/Interface_Windows                                                                                                                                                             LargeVLC.png
  • Basic_Use/Interface_OSX                                                                                                                                                                DOWNLOAD
  • Introduction to VideoLAN and VLC                                                                                        http://sourceforge.net/projects/vlc/files/1.1.11/win32/vlc-1.1.11-win32.exe/download                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

       Overview and history of the VideoLAN project.

       Installation instructions for a variety of computers.

  • VLC Usage  Interface1.png
    • How to play audio/video materials with the VLC media player. (For versions 0.9 and newer)
    • Interface Default Interface Mac.PNG
      • Short introduction to the interface of the VLC Media Player
    • Audio Basic audio stereomono.png
      • Playing audio (e.g. visualization, selection of devices)
    • Video Basic video fullscreen interface.png
      • Playing video (e.g. cropping, screen-/snapshots)
    • Playback
      • Navigation through media files (e.g. chapters, bookmarks)
    • Playlist
      • Creating and managing playlists
    • Subtitles
      • Selection of subtitles
    • Video and Audio Filters
      • Usage of VLC's filters (equalizer, video filters)
    • Snapshots
      • How to create snap-/screenshots
    • Hotkeys
      • Configuration of VLC's hotkeys
    • Troubleshooting
      • Solutions for some common problems
  • Advanced Use
    • Advanced instruction on streams, filters, plug-ins and more.
  • Using VLC inside a webpage
    • How to build webpages that use the VLC Web plugin.
  • Uninstallation
    • Uninstallation instructions.

VLC Streaming Documentation

This document explains how to stream, transcode and save streams using the VideoLAN solution. OUTDATED

NOTE: See Streaming HowTo New for more updated information regarding streaming (WIP).

The Hacker's Guide to VLC

This document will detail the inner workings of VLC and its source code.

The VLC Modules Index

This document references most of the VLC modules and their options as well as some example uses.


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