This page lists the directories in the source tree of VLC to give an overview of the code. Because VLC has evolved with not so much accumulation in mind, when a new coder looks at the code, s/he is terrified by the abundance of directories. This page was prepared to remedy that situation.
The directories are listed in alphabetical order, with an overview of their contents on the right.
| Directory Name
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Directory Explanation
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| bindings
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Java, CIL and Python bindings
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| contrib
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for required libraries (contains Makefiles to automatically download and compile (or cross-compile) and patch those). Please first attempt to get the development headers precompiled for your distribution.
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| doc
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Documentation (not up-to-date)
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| extras
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See below
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| include
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Header files for VLC
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| libs
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Contains the loader (win32 dmo codec loading on Linux) and a SRTP library
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| lxdialog
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Make menuconfig files
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| m4
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Macro files needed for automake and autoconf
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| modules
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The most important directory besides src/. See Modules source tree.
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| po
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i18n (language translation) files
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| projects
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Projects based on libvlc, Mozilla plugin, ActiveX plugin and Mac OS X Framework
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| share
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icons, scripts to make VLC the default player etc.
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| src
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The most important directory besides modules/. See src source tree.
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| test
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scripts to see if everything is OK
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| extras/analyser
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contains some code style editor (vim, emacs) macro and some valgrind suppressions
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| extras/buildsystem
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contains alternative buildsystems
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| extras/deprecated
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contains deprecated files
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| extras/misc
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contains files that don't fit into any other category
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| extras/package
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contains distribution specific files such as ipkg, different rpm spec files, win32 and Mac OS X installation files.
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