<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE > How can I use VideoLAN ? </TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="VideoLAN HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE=" What is a codec ? " HREF="x130.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE=" Command line usage " HREF="x198.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >VideoLAN HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x130.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 1. Introduction</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x198.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN155" ></A >1.3. How can I use VideoLAN ?</H1 ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN157" ></A >1.3.1. Documentation</H2 ><P > The user documentation of VideoLAN is made up of 4 documents : </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > the <EM >VideoLAN Quickstart</EM >. This document will give you a quick overview of of VLC, VLC's stream output, the Video On Demand solution and the channel information service system. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > the <EM >VideoLAN HOWTO</EM >. This document is the complete guide of the VideoLAN streaming solution. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > the <EM >VLC user guide</EM >. This document is the complete guide for VLC. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > the <EM >VLS user guide</EM >. This document is the complete guide for VLS. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > the <EM >VideoLAN FAQ</EM >. This document contains Frequently Asked Questions about VideoLAN. </P ></LI ></UL ><P > The latest version of these documents can be found on the <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/doc/" TARGET="_top" >documentation page</A > .</P ><P > You can also have a look at the <A HREF="http://wiki.videolan.org" TARGET="_top" >VideoLAN Wiki</A >. This is a website that everyone can change. We use it to document everything that is not in the "official" documentation: the tips and tricks for each O.S., the graphical interfaces, etc... </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN180" ></A >1.3.2. User support</H2 ><P > If you have problems using VideoLAN, and if you don't find the answer to your problems in the documentation, please look at the <A HREF="http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/videolan/index-en.html" TARGET="_top" >online archive of the mailing-lists</A >. There are two English-speaking mailing-lists for the users : </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><EM >vlc@videolan.org</EM > for the questions on VLC ,</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><EM >streaming@videolan.org</EM > for the questions on VLS, mini-SAP-server and the network .</P ></LI ></UL ><P > If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe to the mailing-lists, please go to the <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html" TARGET="_top" > mailing-list page</A >. </P ><P > You can also talk with VideoLAN users and developers on IRC : server <EM >irc.freenode.net</EM >, channel <EM >#videolan</EM > .</P ><P > If you find a bug, please follow the instructions on the <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/support/bug-reporting.html" TARGET="_top" > bug reporting page</A > .</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x130.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x198.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >What is a codec ?</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Command line usage</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >