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|Short description=A cross-platform media player and streaming server
 
|Short description=A cross-platform media player and streaming server
 
|Full description=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.
 
|Full description=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.
 
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
 
|Is GNU=No
 
|Is GNU=No
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git; git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git; git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git
 
|Computer languages=C,C++,Assembly
 
|Computer languages=C,C++,Assembly
|Documentation note=User and hacker reference in at http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Documentation
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|Documentation note=User and hacker reference at http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Documentation
 
|Paid support=http://www.videolan.org/support/consultants.html
 
|Paid support=http://www.videolan.org/support/consultants.html
 
|Keywords=MPEG,DVD,svcd,mplayer,kmplayer,gnome-mplayer,mplay,mplayer-plugin,xmplayer
 
|Keywords=MPEG,DVD,svcd,mplayer,kmplayer,gnome-mplayer,mplay,mplayer-plugin,xmplayer
 
|Version identifier=1.1.12
 
|Version identifier=1.1.12
|Version date=2011/09/06
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|Version date=2011/10/06
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version download=http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.12/vlc-1.1.12.tar.bz2
 
|Version download=http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.12/vlc-1.1.12.tar.bz2

Revision as of 12:17, 28 November 2011


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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.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Deborah Nicholson

Verified on

10 June 2008




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
The VideoLAN Team Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
HelpE-mailmailto:videolan-announce@videolan.org
DeveloperBug Trackinghttps://trac.videolan.org/vlc/
SupportE-mailmailto:vlc@videolan.org
Debian (Ref) (R)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc
DeveloperMailing List Info/Archivehttp://developers.videolan.org/lists.html
UserForumhttp://forum.videolan.org/
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttp://git.videolan.org/


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