Documentation:User Guide

This document is the complete user guide for the VLC media player.

Note that most of the documentation is for versions older than 0.9

User documentation for everyone.

• Introduction to VideoLAN and VLC

       Overview and history of the VideoLAN project.

• Installation

       Installation instructions for a variety of computers.

• VLC Usage
  • Open Media
    • How to play audio/video materials with the VLC media player. (For versions 0.9 and newer)
  • Interface
    • OSX 1.2 Interface
    • Windows 7 1.2 Interface
    • Short introduction to the interface of the VLC Media Player
  • Audio
    • Playing audio (e.g. visualization, selection of devices)
  • Video
    • 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 Usage 0.8. (versions older than 0.9)

Authors

• Alexis de Lattre
• Johan Bilien
• Anil Daoud
• Clément Stenac
• Jean-Paul Saman
• Jean-Baptiste Kempf

Copyright (c) 2002-2009 the VideoLAN project

This file is under the GNU General Public License (any version ever published).

See also

• Building Pages for the HTTP Interface
• Format String
• Building Lua Playlist Scripts

This page is part of official VLC media player Documentation (User Guide • Streaming HowTo • Hacker Guide • Modules)
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Copyright © 2002-2009 the VideoLAN project.