# LibVLC Documentation {#libvlc}

## Introduction

[libVLC](@ref libvlc) is an embeddable engine for
3rd party applications and frameworks.

It runs on the same platforms as VLC <em>(and sometimes on more)</em>
and can provide playback, streaming and conversion of multimedia
files and streams.

[libVLC](@ref libvlc) has numerous bindings for
other languages, such as C++, Python, java, Objective-C and C#.

The generated documentation can be browsed from [here](@ref libvlc).

## License

[libVLC](@ref libvlc) is released under the LGPLv2
<em>(or later)</em> license. This allows embedding the engine in 3rd
party applications, while letting them to be licensed under other
licenses.

However, note that some plugins are under more restrictive licenses,
such as GPLv3 <em>(or later)</em>.

## Example

\snippet{lineno} example.c minimal example