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README for the VLC media player
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VLC is a popular libre and open source media player and multimedia engine,
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used by a large number of individuals, professionals, companies and
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institutions. Using open source technologies and libraries, VLC has been
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ported to most computing platforms, including GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X,
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BSD, iOS and Android.
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VLC can play most multimedia files, discs, streams, allows playback from
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devices, and is able to convert to or stream in various formats.
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The VideoLAN project was started at the university École Centrale Paris who
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relicensed VLC under the GPLv2 license in February 2001. Since then, VLC has
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been downloaded close to one billion times.
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Links:
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The VLC web site . . . . . http://www.videolan.org/
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Support . . . . . . . . . . http://www.videolan.org/support/
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Forums . . . . . . . . . . http://forum.videolan.org/
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Wiki . . . . . . . . . . . http://wiki.videolan.org/
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The Developers site . . . . http://wiki.videolan.org/Developers_Corner
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VLC hacking guide . . . . . http://wiki.videolan.org/Hacker_Guide
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Bugtracker . . . . . . . . http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/
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The VideoLAN web site . . . http://www.videolan.org/
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Source Code Content:
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ABOUT-NLS - Notes on the Free Translation Project.
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AUTHORS - VLC authors.
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COPYING - The GPL license.
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COPYING.LIB - The LGPL license.
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INSTALL - Installation and building instructions.
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NEWS - Important modifications between the releases.
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README - This file.
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THANKS - VLC contributors.
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bin/ - VLC binaries.
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bindings/ - libVLC bindings to other languages.
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compat/ - compatibility library for operating systems missing
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essential functionalities.
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contrib/ - Facilities for retrieving external libraries and building
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them for systems that don't have the right versions.
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doc/ - Miscellaneous documentation.
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extras/analyser - Code analyser and editor specific files.
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extras/buildsystem - different buildsystems specific files.
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extras/misc - Files that don't fit in the other extras/ categories.
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extras/package - VLC packaging specific files such as spec files.
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extras/tools/ - Facilities for retrieving external building tools needed
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for systems that don't have the right versions.
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include/ - Header files.
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lib/ - libVLC source code.
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modules/ - VLC plugins and modules. Most of the code is here.
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po/ - VLC translations.
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share/ - Common Resources files.
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src/ - libvlccore source code.
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test/ - testing system.
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