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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

Advice for VLC on your platform...

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Official Documentation

Knowledge Base

Our Knowledge Base has information on


Tips and Tricks

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.

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