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<chapter id="vlc"><title id="tvlc">VLC, the universal media player</title>
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<sect1><title>Installing VLC</title>
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&install-vlc;
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</sect1>
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<sect1><title>Running VLC</title>
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<sect2><title>Read a File</title>
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<para>
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Start VLC : under Windows, Mac OS X or BeOS, double-clic on the icone and under Unix or Linux, use the command <command>vlc</command>.
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</para>
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<para>
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To read an MPEG-1 MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 / DivX file stored on a hard drive
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or a CD-ROM, click on the <emphasis>File</emphasis> icon or select in the
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menu <emphasis>File / Open file</emphasis> and select the file you want
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to play.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2><title>Read a DVD</title>
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<para>
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To read a DVD or a VCD, click on the <emphasis>disc</emphasis> icon or
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select in the menu <emphasis>File / Open disk</emphasis> and enter the
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device name of your DVD drive.
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</para>
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<note><para>
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If you are running Linux, you must have write access to the device
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corresponding to your DVD drive. For that, you should be in the
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<emphasis>disk</emphasis> or <emphasis>cdrom</emphasis> group (look
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at the permissions in <filename>/dev</filename>). If you're not, add
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yourself to the group :
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</para>
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<screen>
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<prompt># </prompt><userinput>adduser your_login disk_or_cdrom</userinput>
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</screen>
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<para>and then restart your session.</para>
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</note>
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</sect2>
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<sect2><title>Troubleshooting</title>
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<para>If VLC doesn't work for you, open the message window from the menu
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<emphasis>View / Messages</emphasis> and try to spot an error message
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that could explain your problem.</para>
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<para>Then, read the <ulink
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url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq-vlc/faq/">vlc FAQ</ulink> and have a
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look at the <ulink url="http://bugzilla.videolan.org/">Bugzilla</ulink>
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to see if it is a known issue. </para>
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<para>If you can't find out the problem, explain it in English in the
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mailing-list <emphasis>vlc@videolan.org</emphasis> and copy-paste in
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your mail the messages of the message window.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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