VideoLAN
Non-profit that makes the VLC media player and codecs such as x264 and dav1d.
At a glance
People
Jean-Baptiste Kempf (president)
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- VideoLAN is a non-profit organisation that develops free software for playing and streaming video, above all the VLC media player.
- It began as a student project at École Centrale Paris and has been a separate non-profit from 2009.
- It also hosts codec libraries such as x264, x265, dav1d and libdvdcss.
Key facts
- Began
- Student project at École Centrale Paris; separate non-profit from 20091
- Main product
- VLC media player (over 4.2 billion downloads as of October 2022)1
- Also hosts
- x264, x265, dav1d, libdvdcss and the FFmpeg git repository1
People
Led by
- Jean-Baptiste KempfPerson
president 1
Founded by
- Jean-Baptiste KempfPerson
set up the organisation separate from the university · since 2008 2
Links
Sources
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