The
VideoLAN client (VLC) is an application available on several platforms,
capable of playing DVDs.
The project was started by students of the École
Centrale Paris and today has developers from all over the world.
The VideoLAN client is a multimedia player for various audio and
video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well
as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used
as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on
a high-bandwidth network.
VideoLAN software is released under the GNU
General Public Licence, and can be used and distributed freely,
according to the terms of this licence.
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