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This is the user guide for the VLC media player.

*[[Documentation:Quick_start_guide|Quick start guide]]: How to start with VLC.
*[[Documentation:Installing VLC|Installation]]: Installation instructions for several systems.
*[[Documentation:History|History]]: Overview and history of the VideoLAN project.
*[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use|Basic use]].
**[[Documentation:Play_HowTo/Basic_Use/Open|Open Media]]: How to play audio and video with VLC.
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Interface|Interfaces]]. Short introduction to the interface of the VLC Media Player.
***[[Documentation:Play_HowTo/Basic_Use/Interface_OSX|OSX 1.2 Interface]]
***[[Documentation:Play_HowTo/Basic_Use/Interface_Windows|Windows 7 1.2 Interface]]
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Audio|Playing audio]] (e.g. visualization, selection of devices).
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/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]].
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Video and Audio Filters|Video and Audio Filters]].
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Snapshots|Snapshots]]: How to create snapshots and screenshots.
**[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use/Hotkeys|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 create webpages that use the VLC Web plugin.
*[[VLC Uninstall|Uninstallation]].
*[[Documentation:Play HowTo/Basic Use 0.8| VLC Use 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.