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<div style="font-size:162%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000">Welcome to [[Main_Page|Videolan's&nbsp;Wiki]],</div>
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*[[VLC|VLC media player]]
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* April 21: The students for [http://code.google.com/soc/2008 GSoC 2008] were selected. You can follow their projects [[SoC_2008_projects|here]].
 
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* April 2: '''0.8.6f''' is out and fixes security vulnerabilities in multiple plugins. [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Download it] and read the [[Changelog/0.8.6f|list of changes]].
 
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* February 28: '''0.8.6e''' is out and fixes security vulnerabilities. [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Download it] and read the [[Changelog/0.8.6e|list of changes]].
 
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What is VideoLAN?</h2>
 
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'''VideoLAN''' is an [[Open Source]] ''team'' and a ''community'' that develop and support video projects.
 
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'''VideoLAN''' produces free software projects under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License].
 
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* [[VLC|VLC media player]], the core and main program, is a complete video solution that is a player, a live transcoder and a streamer.
 
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'''[[VideoLAN]]''' is a ''[[VideoLAN Team|team]]'' and a ''[[Contribute|community]]'' that develop and support [[open source]] [[:Category:VideoLAN_projects|video projects]].
 
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{{VLC}} {{VLC:latest_version}} is a multimedia player which plays all media formats on all platforms.
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[[Category:VideoLAN Wiki]]

Latest revision as of 03:33, 21 November 2019


What is VideoLAN?

VideoLAN is a team and a community that develop and support open source video projects.

What is VLC?

VLC media player 3.0.12 is a multimedia player which plays all media formats on all platforms.

Download VLC!


Edit the Wiki!

This website is a Wiki, so please edit it! Please keep content appropriate and useful.

To modify the contents of this wiki, you need to create an account, which is very fast.

NOTE: This is not the place to report bugs or to request help.

Check out our VideoLAN wiki syntax and our test page.

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