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README for the VLC media player
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-The VideoLAN web site . . . http://www.videolan.org/
-Documentation . . . . . . . http://www.videolan.org/doc/
+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://developers.videolan.org/vlc/
+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 - Main VLC authors.
+AUTHORS - VLC authors.
COPYING - The GPL license.
-ChangeLog - The vlc ChangeLog.
-FAQ - Commonly asked questions.
-HACKING - Hacking vlc.
-INSTALL - Installation instructions.
-INSTALL.win32 - Installation instructions for the Win32 version of vlc.
+COPYING.LIB - The LGPL license.
+INSTALL - Installation and building instructions.
+NEWS - Important modifications between the releases.
README - This file.
-README.MacOSX.rtf - Information specific to the MacOS X port.
-THANKS - All VLC contributors.
+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.