VLC media player
VLC media player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
A cross-platform media player and streaming server
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
http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Documentation
Download
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/#download
version 3.0.1
(stable)
released on 28 February 2018
User level
Beginner
Paid support
http://www.videolan.org/support/consultants.htmlVCS Checkout
git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git; git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.gitCategories
- Audio:cd-playing
- Audio:mp3
- Audio:ogg-vorbis
- Interface:x-window-system
- Programming-language:C
- Programming-language:C++
- Programming-language:lua
- Runs-on:Windows
- Runs-on:BSD
- Runs-on:OS X
- Runs-on:GNU/Linux
- Runs-on:iOS
- UI Toolkit:qt
- Use:video
- Video:viewing
- Works-with:video
- Works-with:audio
- Works-with-format:mp3
- Works-with-format:ogg-vorbis
- Works-with-format:speex
- Works-with-format:ogg-theora
- Works-with-format:opus
- Works-with-format:webm
- Works-with-format:flv
Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| License:GPLv2orlater | Deborah Nicholson | 10 June 2008 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| The VideoLAN Team | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Help | mailto:videolan-announce@videolan.org | |
| Debian (Ref) (R) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc | |
| Support | mailto:vlc@videolan.org | |
| Developer | Mailing List Info/Archive | http://developers.videolan.org/lists.html |
| Developer | VCS Repository Webview | http://git.videolan.org/ |
| Developer | Bug Tracking | https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ |
| User | Forum | http://forum.videolan.org/ |
Software prerequisites
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 29 March 2018.
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