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'''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. 

*[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Introduction to VLC|Introduction to VideoLAN and VLC]]

'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Overview and history of the VideoLAN project.''' 

*[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Installing VLC|Installation]]

'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Installation instructions for a variety of computers.'''<br> 

*[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use|VLC Usage]] 
**[[Documentation:Play_HowTo/Basic_Use/Open|Open Media]]
***How to play audio/video materials with the VLC media player. (For versions 0.9 and newer) 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Interface|Interface]]
***[[Documentation:Play_HowTo/Basic_Use/Interface_OSX|OSX 1.2 Interface]]
***Short introduction to the interface of the VLC Media Player
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Audio|Audio]] 
***Playing audio (e.g. visualization, selection of devices) 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Video|Video]] 
***Playing video (e.g. cropping, screen-/snapshots) 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Playback|Playback]] 
***Navigation through media files (e.g. chapters, bookmarks) 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Playlist|Playlist]] 
***Creating and managing playlists 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Subtitles|Subtitles]] 
***Selection of subtitles 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Video and Audio Filters|Video and Audio Filters]] 
***Usage of VLC's filters (equalizer, video filters) 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Snapshots|Snapshots]] 
***How to create snap-/screenshots 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Hotkeys|Hotkeys]] 
***Configuration of VLC's hotkeys 
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Basic troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]] 
***Solutions for some common problems 
*[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Advanced Use of VLC|Advanced Use]] 
**Advanced instruction on streams, filters, plug-ins and more. 
*[[Documentation:WebPlugin|Using VLC inside a webpage]] 
**How to build webpages that use the VLC Web plugin. 
*[[VLC Uninstall|Uninstallation]] 
**Uninstallation instructions.


*[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use 0.8| 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

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==See also==

*[[Documentation:Play_HowTo/Building Pages for the HTTP Interface|Building Pages for the HTTP Interface]]
*[[Documentation:Play_HowTo/Format String|Format String]]
*[[Documentation:Play_HowTo/Building Lua Playlist Scripts|Building Lua Playlist Scripts]]

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Copyright &copy; 2002-2009 the VideoLAN project.