VLC Source code
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Releases Sources
Latest Source
VLC media player Source Code can be downloaded here (3.0.12)
Older Source
You can get all the versions of VLC, using the VLC FTP Archive.
Development Sources
How to get VLC media player's latest source tree
This is the recommended way if you are working on VLC media player
You need to use Git to download the latest, live snapshot of the development tree.
Start by reading the Git page and then use the repository located at:
git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git
To get the VLC stable branch, you should take it from:
git://git.videolan.org/vlc/vlc-2.0.git
Please note that this will download the entire git repository. If you are only interested in the latest development build then use the link under Latest source packages.
Latest source packages
If you want to get the latest bleeding edge development source package then go to this link:
http://repo.or.cz/w/vlc.git
and download the first listed tar.gz or .zip file. Or you can check it out by using Git.
If you want the entire source tree then look under How to get VLC media player's latest source tree.
Get the nightly snapshots
You can download nightly source snapshots from the nightlies website.
Compiling VLC
OK! You've got the source. Here's how to Compile VLC
