Documentation:User Guide

This is the user guide for the VLC media player.

VLC User Guide

• Quick start guide: How to start with VLC.
• History: Overview and history of the VideoLAN project.

Usage

• Installation: Installation instructions for several systems.
• Interface: The main interface of VLC media player.
  • OSX Interface
  • Windows/Linux Interface
• Open Media: Open every media you want, the way you want.
• Audio: Visualization, selection of devices...
• Video: Cropping, snapshots and screenshots...
• 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 snapshots and screenshots.
• Hotkeys: Configuration of VLC's hotkeys
• Uninstallation: Uninstallation instructions.
• Troubleshooting: The VLC Support Guide, an informal, step-by-step guide for troubleshooting most common issues with VLC.

Advanced Usage

• Using VLC inside a webpage: How to create webpages that use the VLC Web plugin.
• Command line: Main command line instructions.
• Alternative Interfaces : HTTP interface and other control interface.
• Misc : Miscellaneous other things.

Appendix

• Building Pages for the HTTP Interface
• Format String
• Building Lua Playlist Scripts
• VLC Use 0.8. (Versions older than 0.9).

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.

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