<s>
VideoLAN	B-Application
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
which	O
develops	O
software	O
for	O
playing	O
video	O
and	O
other	O
media	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originally	O
developed	O
two	O
programs	B-Application
for	O
media	O
streaming	O
,	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
Client	I-Application
(	O
VLC	O
)	O
and	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
Server	O
(	O
VLS	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
VLS	O
have	O
been	O
incorporated	O
into	O
VLC	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
result	O
renamed	O
VLC	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
project	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
student	O
endeavor	O
at	O
École	O
Centrale	O
Paris	O
(	O
France	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
after	O
releasing	O
the	O
software	O
under	O
the	O
free	O
software/open	O
source	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
now	O
multinational	O
with	O
a	O
development	O
team	O
spanning	O
40	O
nations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
non-profit	O
organization	O
is	O
Jean-Baptiste	B-Application
Kempf	I-Application
,	O
who	O
is	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VLC	O
(	O
standing	O
for	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
Client	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
portable	O
multimedia	O
player	O
,	O
encoder	O
,	O
and	O
streamer	O
supporting	O
many	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
and	O
file	O
formats	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
DVDs	O
,	O
VCDs	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
streaming	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
stream	O
over	O
networks	B-Architecture
and	O
to	O
transcode	O
multimedia	O
files	O
and	O
save	O
them	O
into	O
various	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
platform-independent	O
players	O
available	O
,	O
with	O
versions	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
is	O
widely	O
used	O
with	O
over	O
4.2	O
billion	O
downloads	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VLMC	O
(	O
standing	O
for	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
Movie	O
Creator	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
,	O
non-linear	O
,	O
video	O
editing	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
VLC	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VLS	O
(	O
standing	O
for	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
Server	O
)	O
project	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
server	O
for	O
streaming	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
project	O
also	O
hosts	O
several	O
audio/video	O
decoding	B-General_Concept
and	O
decryption	O
libraries	B-Library
,	O
such	O
as	O
libdvdcss	B-Language
which	O
allows	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
CSS	B-Algorithm
protected	O
DVDs	O
to	O
be	O
unscrambled	O
,	O
x264	B-Language
which	O
can	O
encode	O
H.264/MPEG	B-Application
-4	I-Application
AVC	I-Application
video	O
,	O
x265	B-Language
which	O
can	O
encode	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
video	O
,	O
x262	O
which	O
can	O
encode	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
video	I-Algorithm
,	O
dav1d	O
which	O
can	O
decode	O
AV1	B-Application
video	O
,	O
libdca	B-Language
which	O
can	O
decode	O
DTS	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
git	B-Application
repository	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
multimedia	B-Library
framework	I-Library
FFmpeg	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
,	O
called	O
VLMa	O
(	O
standing	O
for	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
Manager	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VLMa	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
like	O
VLC	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VLC	O
Skin	O
Editor	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
program	O
developed	O
by	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
simple	O
interface	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
skins	O
for	O
the	O
VLC	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
without	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
VLC	O
Skins2	O
XML	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Neuros	O
Technology	O
and	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
to	O
their	O
next	O
generation	O
open	O
set-top	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VLC	O
is	O
currently	O
used	O
in	O
products	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
libVLC	O
and	O
also	O
as	O
raw	O
or	O
customized	O
VLC	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
versions	O
on	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VideoLAN	B-Application
developers	O
have	O
expressed	O
dismay	O
at	O
how	O
users	O
searching	O
for	O
their	O
products	O
see	O
search	O
advertising	O
from	O
websites	O
that	O
use	O
unwanted	B-Application
software	I-Application
bundling	I-Application
to	O
modify	O
official	O
download	O
files	O
with	O
wrappers	O
that	O
include	O
unwanted	O
programs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VideoLAN	B-Application
does	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
resources	O
to	O
sue	O
the	O
many	O
companies	O
abusing	O
their	O
trademarks	O
.	O
</s>
