VLC media player
VLC media player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, WebM, WMV, mp3, ogg, as well as numerous others) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
Documentation
User and hacker reference at http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Documentation
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version 1.1.12
(stable)
released on 6 October 2011
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPLv2orlater | Deborah Nicholson | 10 June 2008 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
 The VideoLAN Team | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking | Homepage | http://www.videolan.org/support/bug-reporting.html |
| Developer | Mailing List Info/Archive | http://developers.videolan.org/lists.html |
| Bug Tracking | VCS Repository Webview | http://forum.videolan.org/ |
| Developer | VCS Repository Webview | http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/ |
| Help | mailto:videolan-announce@videolan.org | |
| Support | mailto:vlc@videolan.org |
Software prerequisites
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