X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=vlc;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=8ece0f54287bd60b5b351ec4a42f86b5116d76c1;hp=56630a77c7a595b472366295e7c14d02c2bb3139;hb=HEAD;hpb=749c5adf5eea23d3c94ab2c91a9b7a329e3ae6f8 diff --git a/README b/README index 56630a77c7..8ece0f5428 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,120 +1,35 @@ -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 : - - - -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 +=============================== + +The VideoLAN web site . . . http://www.videolan.org/ +Documentation . . . . . . . http://www.videolan.org/doc/ +Support . . . . . . . . . . http://www.videolan.org/support/ +Forums . . . . . . . . . . http://forum.videolan.org/ +Wiki . . . . . . . . . . . http://wiki.videolan.org/ +The Developers site . . . . http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc.html + +ABOUT-NLS - Notes on the Free Translation Project. +AUTHORS - Main VLC authors. +COPYING - The GPL license. +ChangeLog - The VLC ChangeLog. +HACKING - Hacking VLC. +INSTALL - Installation instructions. +INSTALL.win32 - Installation instructions for the Win32 version of VLC. +NEWS - Important modifications between the releases. +README - This file. +THANKS - All VLC contributors. +bindings/ - Bindings around LibVLC. +extras/analyser - Code analyser and editor specific files. +extras/buildsystem - different buildsystems specific files. +extras/contrib - external libraries retrieving facilities for systems that + don't have package manager. +extras/deprecated - Now deprecated files. +extras/misc - Files that don't fit in the other extras/ categories. +extras/package - VLC packaging specific files such as spec files. +include/ - Include files +doc/ - Miscellaneous documentation. +libs/ - libraries that we host. +po/ - languages related files. +projects/ - projects that uses libVLC such as the web browsers plugin. +share/ - Common Resources files. +src/ - VLC and libvlc source code.