X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=22222ea167c7c40ed18c363c0f600bb863a55af3;hb=d6ca8ac696ebc4b4db58dd15977bc938d83b4981;hp=b6c61b5665eb9143b821031989bc8a945d5e8f4e;hpb=543556379d3748bc9e724cbbcdd4b7c100fca3dc;p=vlc diff --git a/README b/README index b6c61b5665..22222ea167 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,118 +1,57 @@ -README for vlc, the VideoLAN Client - - -Introduction -============ - -The vlc is part of the VideoLAN project, a full MPEG2 client/server -solution. The VideoLAN Client can also be used as a standalone program -to play MPEG2 streams from a hard disk or a DVD. - - -Building, Installing and Running VideoLAN -========================================= - -See the INSTALL file for this. - - -Troubleshooting -=============== - -A mailing-list has been set up for support and discussion about the -vlc. Its address is : - - - -To subscribe, send a mail to with the following -words in the mail body : - - subscribe vlc - -To unsubscribe, do the same with the words : - - unsubscribe vlc - - -When reporting bugs, try to be as precise as possible (which OS, which -distribution, what plugins you were trying, and so on). - - -Resources -========= - -The VideoLAN web site at http://www.videolan.org/ is a good start for -information about MPEG and DVD playing. Have a look at the documentation -section, as well as the bookmarks. - -You can also try the OpenDVD site at http://www.opendvd.org/ or the -the LiViD project at http://www.linuxvideo.org/. They have lots of -information, too. - - -The team -======== - -See the AUTHORS file for a list of the vlc authors and contributors. - -The following teachers were involved in the VideoLAN project : - - Pierre Lecoy, teacher-cum-researcher at ECP, - Philippe Boutin, head of the LMI (MicroComputing Laboratory). - -The following students were members of the VideoLAN team : - -1996-1997: - Pierre Almeras - Christophe Arnaud - Antoine Brenner - Régis Duchesne - Alexandre Francois - Christian Gross - Hugo Haas - Mikael Journo - Michel Lespinasse - Christophe Ulses - Pierre Vandecasteele - Guillaume Vergnaud - -1997-1998: - Olivier Baxa - Patrice Bazerque - Arnaud Bienvenu - Régis Clément - Alexandre Duret - Eric Estievenart - Sébastien Kurz - Olivier Pomel - -1998-1999: - Pierre Baillet - Alban Fonrouge - Jean-Philippe Grimaldi - Andres Krapf - Christophe Massiot - Mathieu Poumeyrol - Etienne Roy - Vincent Seguin - Benoit Steiner - -1999-2000: - Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou - Jean-Marc Dressler - Gaël Hendryckx - Samuel Hocevar - Brieuc Jeunhomme - Michel Kaempf - Florent Rougon - -2000-2001: - Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou - Stéphane Borel - Renaud Dartus - Henri Fallon - Jean-Michel Grimaldi - Samuel Hocevar - Damien Lucas - Rémi Peyronnet - Laurent Rossier - +README for the VLC media player +=============================== + +VLC is a popular libre and open source media player and multimedia engine, +used by a large number of individuals, professionals, companies and +institutions. Using open source technologies and libraries, VLC has been +ported to most computing platforms, including GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, +BSD, iOS and Android. +VLC can play most multimedia files, discs, streams, allows playback from +devices, and is able to convert to or stream in various formats. +The VideoLAN project was started at the university École Centrale Paris who +relicensed VLC under the GPLv2 license in February 2001. Since then, VLC has +been downloaded close to one billion times. + +Links: +====== + +The VLC web site . . . . . http://www.videolan.org/ +Support . . . . . . . . . . http://www.videolan.org/support/ +Forums . . . . . . . . . . http://forum.videolan.org/ +Wiki . . . . . . . . . . . http://wiki.videolan.org/ +The Developers site . . . . http://wiki.videolan.org/Developers_Corner +VLC hacking guide . . . . . http://wiki.videolan.org/Hacker_Guide +Bugtracker . . . . . . . . http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ +The VideoLAN web site . . . http://www.videolan.org/ + +Source Code Content: +=================== +ABOUT-NLS - Notes on the Free Translation Project. +AUTHORS - VLC authors. +COPYING - The GPL license. +COPYING.LIB - The LGPL license. +INSTALL - Installation and building instructions. +NEWS - Important modifications between the releases. +README - This file. +THANKS - VLC contributors. + +bin/ - VLC binaries. +bindings/ - libVLC bindings to other languages. +compat/ - compatibility library for operating systems missing + essential functionalities. +contrib/ - Facilities for retrieving external libraries and building + them for systems that don't have the right versions. +doc/ - Miscellaneous documentation. +extras/analyser - Code analyser and editor specific files. +extras/buildsystem - different buildsystems specific files. +extras/misc - Files that don't fit in the other extras/ categories. +extras/package - VLC packaging specific files such as spec files. +extras/tools/ - Facilities for retrieving external building tools needed + for systems that don't have the right versions. +include/ - Header files. +lib/ - libVLC source code. +modules/ - VLC plugins and modules. Most of the code is here. +po/ - VLC translations. +share/ - Common Resources files. +src/ - libvlccore source code. +test/ - testing system.