-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
-===============
-
-Please check the file FAQ before doing any bug report.
-
-A mailing-list has been set up for support and discussion about the
-vlc. Its address is :
-
- <vlc@videolan.org>
-
-To subscribe, send a mail to <listar@videolan.org> 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 <almeras@via.ecp.fr>
- Christophe Arnaud <christophe.arnaud@tps.fr>
- Antoine Brenner <brenner@via.ecp.fr>
- Régis Duchesne <regis@via.ecp.fr>
- Alexandre Francois <francois@via.ecp.fr>
- Christian Gross <gross@via.ecp.fr>
- Hugo Haas <hugo@via.ecp.fr>
- Mikael Journo <mj32@cornell.edu>
- Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org>
- Christophe Ulses <mowgli@laotseu.via.ecp.fr>
- Pierre Vandecasteele <pabv2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
- Guillaume Vergnaud <vergnaud@via.ecp.fr>
-
-1997-1998:
- Olivier Baxa <oli@via.ecp.fr>
- Patrice Bazerque <patrice.bazerque@via.ecp.fr>
- Arnaud Bienvenu <arnaud.bienvenu@via.ecp.fr>
- Régis Clément <clement@via.ecp.fr>
- Alexandre Duret <alex@via.ecp.fr>
- Eric Estievenart <eric@via.ecp.fr>
- Sébastien Kurz <seb@tao.via.ecp.fr>
- Olivier Pomel <pomel@via.ecp.fr>
-
-1998-1999:
- Pierre Baillet <octplane@via.ecp.fr>
- Alban Fonrouge <alban@via.ecp.fr>
- Jean-Philippe Grimaldi <jeanphi@via.ecp.fr>
- Andres Krapf <dae@via.ecp.fr>
- Christophe Massiot <massiot@via.ecp.fr>
- Mathieu Poumeyrol <kaliban@via.ecp.fr>
- Etienne Roy <etienne@via.ecp.fr>
- Vincent Seguin <seguin@via.ecp.fr>
- Benoit Steiner <benny@via.ecp.fr>
-
-1999-2000:
- Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou <bozo@via.ecp.fr>
- Jean-Marc Dressler <polux@via.ecp.fr>
- Gaël Hendryckx <jimmy@via.ecp.fr>
- Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
- Brieuc Jeunhomme <bbp@via.ecp.fr>
- Michel Kaempf <maxx@via.ecp.fr>
- Florent Rougon <flo@via.ecp.fr>
-
-2000-2001:
- Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou <bozo@via.ecp.fr>
- Stéphane Borel <stef@via.ecp.fr>
- Renaud Dartus <reno@via.ecp.fr>
- Henri Fallon <henri@via.ecp.fr>
- Jean-Michel Grimaldi <jm@via.ecp.fr>
- Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
- Damien Lucas <nitrox@via.ecp.fr>
- Rémi Peyronnet <remi@via.ecp.fr>
- Laurent Rossier <gunther@via.ecp.fr>
-
+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.
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