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Project Summary

VLC - the cross-platform media player and streaming server

VLC media player is a highly portable 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.

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aac ac3 ape apple application audio audiocd audioscrobbler avi blu_ray c cd client cross_platform dts dvb dvd flac h264 id3 id3v2 lastfm linux macosx matroska media_player mkv monkeys_audio mov movie movies mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg mpeg_1 mpeg_2 mpeg4 multimedia multi_platform musepack music ogg osx player plugin podcast pvr ripper rtp rtsp script server streaming theora upnp video videolan visualization vorbis wav wavpack windows wma xp

In a Nutshell, VLC media player...

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Project Security

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C
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C++
21%
Objective-C
6%
22 Other
12%

30 Day Summary

Nov 2 2024 — Dec 2 2024

12 Month Summary

Dec 2 2023 — Dec 2 2024
  • 4761 Commits
    Down -789 (14%) from previous 12 months
  • 59 Contributors
    Down -11 (15%) from previous 12 months

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