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 :

   <[email protected]>

To subscribe, send a mail to <[email protected]> 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 :

  Pierre Almeras <[email protected]>
  Christophe Arnaud <[email protected]>
  Antoine Brenner <[email protected]>
  Régis Duchesne <[email protected]>
  Alexandre Francois <[email protected]>
  Christian Gross <[email protected]>
  Hugo Haas <[email protected]>
  Mikael Journo <[email protected]>
  Michel Lespinasse <[email protected]>
  Christophe Ulses <[email protected]>
  Pierre Vandecasteele <[email protected]>
  Guillaume Vergnaud <[email protected]>

  Olivier Baxa <[email protected]>
  Patrice Bazerque <[email protected]>
  Arnaud Bienvenu <[email protected]>
  Régis Clément <[email protected]>
  Alexandre Duret <[email protected]>
  Eric Estievenart <[email protected]>
  Sébastien Kurz <[email protected]>
  Olivier Pomel <[email protected]>

  Pierre Baillet <[email protected]>
  Alban Fonrouge <[email protected]>
  Jean-Philippe Grimaldi <[email protected]>
  Andres Krapf <[email protected]>
  Christophe Massiot <[email protected]>
  Mathieu Poumeyrol <[email protected]>
  Etienne Roy <[email protected]>
  Vincent Seguin <[email protected]>
  Benoit Steiner <[email protected]>

  Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou <[email protected]>
  Jean-Marc Dressler <[email protected]>
  Gaël Hendryckx <[email protected]>
  Samuel Hocevar <[email protected]>
  Brieuc Jeunhomme <[email protected]>
  Michel Kaempf <[email protected]>
  Florent Rougon <[email protected]>

  Stéphane Borel <[email protected]>
  Renaud Dartus <[email protected]>
  Henri Fallon <[email protected]>
  Jean-Michel Grimaldi <[email protected]>
  Damien Lucas <[email protected]>
  Rémi Peyronnet <[email protected]>
  Laurent Rossier <[email protected]>