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'''VLC media player''' ([[History|initially]] [[VideoLAN]] Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats ([[MPEG]], [[DivX]]/[[Xvid]], [[Ogg]], and ''many'' more) as well as [[DVD]]s, [[VCD]]s, and various [[stream]]ing protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet. VLC is made by the non-profit foundation [[VideoLAN]].

It started as a student project at the French [http://www.ecp.fr/index_html_en École Centrale, Paris] but is now a worldwide project with developers from 20 countries. ([[History|more]]).

VLC is built in a modular way. This means that you can choose from a range of different [[modules]] to decide how to [[Interface|control]] VLC and how to display the [[video output]].

== Use VLC on your platform ==

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=== Operating Systems ===
* [[Windows]] 
* [[Mac OS X]] 
* [[BeOS]] 
* [[FreeBSD]] 
* [[Windows CE]]
* [[iOS]]
* [[Android]]
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=== [[Linux|GNU/Linux]] ===
* [[GNU/Linux Debian]] 
* [[Ubuntu|GNU/Linux Ubuntu]] 
* [[RedHat|GNU/Linux RedHat]] 
* [[Mandriva|GNU/Linux Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)]] 
* [[Gentoo|GNU/Linux Gentoo]] 
* [[SuSe|GNU/Linux SuSe]] 
* [[Slackware|Slackware GNU/Linux]] 
* [[Pardus|GNU/Linux Pardus]] 
* [[Distros|GNU/Linux distros]]
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== Related Links ==
* [[History|History of the project]]
* [[VLC CodeNames]]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC Home page]
* [[VLC Features]]
* [[Main Page|VideoLAN Wiki Home]]

== HOW to ==
* Check out all the ''possibilities'' of [[What can VLC do?|what VLC can do]]

* Want to know [[how to|HOW TO]] do things with VLC?
* Get help with some [[Common Problems]]
* View some of VLC's [[Awards]]



== Tips and Tricks ==
* You can download extra [[Skins]] for VLC
* Add different [[Interface | interfaces]] to control VLC in different ways, such as from [[Mouse Gestures|mouse gestures]] or even [[Web_Interface|through the internet]].
* [[Uncommon uses|Mad things you can do with VLC]]
* [[Notes about other clients]] (Interoperability)


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