1 README for vlc, the VideoLAN Client
7 The vlc is part of the VideoLAN project, a full MPEG2 client/server
8 solution. The VideoLAN Client can also be used as a standalone program
9 to play MPEG2 streams from a hard disk or a DVD.
12 Building, Installing and Running VideoLAN
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15 See the INSTALL file for this.
21 A mailing-list has been set up for support and discussion about the
26 To subscribe, send a mail to <listar@videolan.org> with the following
27 words in the mail body :
31 To unsubscribe, do the same with the words :
36 When reporting bugs, try to be as precise as possible (which OS, which
37 distribution, what plugins you were trying, and so on).
43 The VideoLAN web site at http://www.videolan.org/ is a good start for
44 information about MPEG and DVD playing. Have a look at the documentation
45 section, as well as the bookmarks.
47 You can also try the OpenDVD site at http://www.opendvd.org/ or the
48 the LiViD project at http://www.linuxvideo.org/. They have lots of
55 The following teachers were involved in the VideoLAN project :
57 Pierre Lecoy, teacher-cum-researcher at ECP,
58 Philippe Boutin, head of the LMI (MicroComputing Laboratory).
60 The following students were members of the VideoLAN team :
62 Pierre Almeras <almeras@via.ecp.fr>
63 Christophe Arnaud <christophe.arnaud@tps.fr>
64 Antoine Brenner <brenner@via.ecp.fr>
65 Régis Duchesne <regis@via.ecp.fr>
66 Alexandre Francois <francois@via.ecp.fr>
67 Christian Gross <gross@via.ecp.fr>
68 Hugo Haas <hugo@via.ecp.fr>
69 Mikael Journo <mj32@cornell.edu>
70 Michel Lespinasse <walken@wrs.com>
71 Christophe Ulses <mowgli@laotseu.via.ecp.fr>
72 Pierre Vandecasteele <pabv2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
73 Guillaume Vergnaud <vergnaud@via.ecp.fr>
75 Olivier Baxa <oli@via.ecp.fr>
76 Patrice Bazerque <patrice.bazerque@via.ecp.fr>
77 Arnaud Bienvenu <arnaud.bienvenu@via.ecp.fr>
78 Régis Clément <clement@via.ecp.fr>
79 Alexandre Duret <alex@via.ecp.fr>
80 Eric Estievenart <eric@via.ecp.fr>
81 Sébastien Kurz <seb@tao.via.ecp.fr>
82 Olivier Pomel <pomel@via.ecp.fr>
84 Pierre Baillet <octplane@via.ecp.fr>
85 Alban Fonrouge <alban@via.ecp.fr>
86 Jean-Philippe Grimaldi <jeanphi@via.ecp.fr>
87 Andres Krapf <dae@via.ecp.fr>
88 Christophe Massiot <massiot@via.ecp.fr>
89 Mathieu Poumeyrol <kaliban@via.ecp.fr>
90 Etienne Roy <etienne@via.ecp.fr>
91 Vincent Seguin <seguin@via.ecp.fr>
92 Benoit Steiner <benny@via.ecp.fr>
94 Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou <bozo@via.ecp.fr>
95 Jean-Marc Dressler <polux@via.ecp.fr>
96 Gaël Hendryckx <jimmy@via.ecp.fr>
97 Samuel Hocevar <sam@via.ecp.fr>
98 Brieuc Jeunhomme <bbp@via.ecp.fr>
99 Michel Kaempf <maxx@via.ecp.fr>
100 Florent Rougon <flo@via.ecp.fr>
102 Stéphane Borel <stef@via.ecp.fr>
103 Renaud Dartus <reno@via.ecp.fr>
104 Henri Fallon <henri@via.ecp.fr>
105 Jean-Michel Grimaldi <jm@via.ecp.fr>
106 Damien Lucas <nitrox@via.ecp.fr>
107 Rémi Peyronnet <remi@via.ecp.fr>
108 Laurent Rossier <gunther@via.ecp.fr>