Team / Contact
The VideoLAN team is made up of students of the École Centrale Paris and developers from all over the world:
The developers
There is a description of what they worked on, so that you can spot cool dudes. Note that dudes with a SVN account are very cool dudes. If you want to email a dude you will need to replace the '-replacewith@-' part with '@'.
The vlc team
Laurent Aimar (SVN login: fenrir)
- input and decoders core improvements
- avi, asf/wmv/wma, mp4/mov, mp3, aac, wav demultiplexers
- MPEG-4, Div & OpenDivX and various decoders (ffmpeg)
- AAC decoder (libfaad2)
- cinepak, adpcm, araw, musepack decoders
- Subtile file parser.
- mms, ftp access
- Stream output
- VLM
- France
Marc Ariberti (SVN login: marcari)
- communication with channel server
- YOPY port
- France
Stephan Assmus (SVN login: stippi)
- BeOS module fixes and enhancements
- Germany
Olivier Aubert
- Mediacontrol API, Python bindings, svg module
- France
Sigmund Augdal Helberg (SVN login: sigmunau)
- lirc plugin
- aalib plugin
- Subtitles and freetype
- Hotkeys
- Shoutcast discovery module and b4s playlist parser
- wxWidgets preferences
- File-Info and metadata handling
- Norway
Pierre Baillet (SVN login: octplane)
- SDL audio and video output
- France
Gildas Bazin (SVN login: gbazin)
- Core improvements, decoders API
- Win32 port, win32 VCD/CDDA input and win32 ipv6 code
- DirectX audio/video output, win32 WaveOut audio output
- DirectShow input
- a52, dts, vorbis, speex, flac and theora decoders/packetizers
- mpeg1/2 video decoder (libmpeg2), bandlimited resampling
- Ogg and Raw DV demultiplexers
- Configuration file infrastructure
- wxWindows and http interfaces
- Pocket PC port
- France
Rocky Bernstein (SVN login: rocky)
- Navigation-enabled VCD (via libvcdinfo) enhanced CDDA (via libcdio)
- SVCD/CVD subtitles
- USA
Johan Bilien (SVN login: jobi)
- VCD input
- Satellite input
- libdvbpsi support
- France
Stéphane Borel (SVN login: stef)
- MPEG video decoder
- DVD input, IFO parsing, CSS decryption
- DVD navigation
- France
Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou (SVN login: bozo)
- SDL video output
- France
Filippo Carone (SVN login: littlejohn)
- Java bindings
- Italy
Rafaël "Hanz, David" Carré (SVN login: funman)
- C0AFF10F
- D-Bus control, Audioscrobbler, Telepathy, Taglib meta reader/writer
- Ncurses enhancements, Power management inhibition
- PGP update core
- Spread bugfixes
- Netherlands
Tony Castley (SVN login: tcastley)
- BeOS interface, BeOS Video
- Australia
Antoine Cellerier (SVN login: dionoea)
- Video Filters: mosaic, gradient and edge detection, magnify, rss, croppadd, erase, extract, gaussianblur, motion detect, puzzle, rotate, bluescreen, alphamask, psychedelic
- Demux: podcast, shoutcast
- Access: v4l2
- HTTP interface pages
- Lua (interface, meta fetcher, playlist, ...) modules
- France
Renaud Dartus (SVN login: reno)
- AC3 decoder
- France
Cyril Deguet (SVN login: asmax)
- Audio output
- skins module (X11 port)
- skins2 module (core and X11 port)
- JACK audio output
- France
Rémi Denis-Courmont (SVN login: courmisch)
- www.remlab.net
- network subsystem
- threading subsystem
- Demux: RTP receiver, VOC, XA, Standard MIDI files
- Codecs: EA ADPCM, MIDI synthesis
- TLS and SRTP
- Finland
Colin Delacroix (SVN login: colin)
- initial MacOS X port
- France
Pierre d'Herbemont (SVN login: pdherbemont)
- Mac OS X Framework
- LibVLC enhancements
- France
Boris Dorès (SVN login: babal)
- Win32 network input
- Win32 interface
- Headphone channel mixer, Dolby Surround decoder
- Audio output core enhancements
- France
Jean-Marc Dressler (SVN login: polux)
- BeOS port
- MPEG video decoder
- France
Henri Fallon (SVN login: henri)
- ALSA audio output
- MPEG TS input
- Decoder modularization
- USA
Andrew Flintham
- text subtitler and font scripts
- United Kingdom
Damien Fouilleul (SVN login: Quovodis)
- ActiveX control
- Safari/Firefox plugin for MacOS X
- Direct3D Video output
- SSE2 chroma converters
- improved MMX chroma converters
- Ireland
Alexis Guillard
- IPv6 support
- United Kingdom
Gerald Hansink
- Qt Embedded Video Output
- Netherlands
Shane Harper
- SDL plugin fixes and enhancements
- XVideo video output
- Gnome and Gtk+ interface enhancements
- United Kingdom
Dugal Harris
- OpenCV video filter
- South Africa
Derk-Jan Hartman (SVN login: hartman)
- Mac OS X interface
- Dutch translation
- Directory input
- Mac OS X Video Output
- Mac OS X Audio Output
- Kasenna client support
- contrib system for 3rd party libraries
- Netherlands
Gaël Hendryckx (SVN login: jimmy)
- IDCT and YUV transforms
- France
Samuel Hocevar (SVN login: sam)
- playlist and modules system
- Gnome and Gtk+ interfaces
- Glide, fb, and caca video outputs
- Esound audio output
- DVD subtitles decoder
- Video output
- Mozilla plug-in
- France
Eugenio Jarosiewicz (SVN login: ej)
- MacOS X interface, and various fixes
- USA, Florida
Jon Lech Johansen (SVN login: jlj)
- PS input fixes
- Win32 DVD input port
- QNX RTOS plug-in
- MacOS X port
- norwegian translation
- MP4 DRMS support
- France
Michel Kaempf (SVN login: maxx)
- audio output
- AC3 decoder
- MPEG audio decoder
- France
Jean-Baptiste Kempf (SVN login: jb)
- Qt4 Interface
- Contribs system
- France
Pavlov Konstantin (SVN login: thresh)
- Build system/linkage fixes
- Pidfile creation on daemon mode
- Parts of Russian translation
- ALTLinux VLC maintainer
- Russia
Felix Paul Kühne (SVN login: fkuehne)
- MacOS X Interface (wizard, structure, extended controls panel, bookmarks window, fullscreen controller)
- Interface Interaction (core and OSX)
- contrib system for 3rd party libraries
- German translation
- Germany
Simon Latapie (SVN login: garf)
- contrast/HSB, and logo video filters
- HTTP interface
- VLM
- France
Pascal Levesque
- QNX RTOS video output and audio output
- Canada, Québec
Christophe Massiot (SVN login: massiot)
- decoder and input core functions
- audio output
- MPEG video decoder
- Many ports (Mac OS X, iPAQ, *BSD, Solaris...)
- DVB input
- mosaic
- TS muxer/demuxer improvements
- contrib system for 3rd party libraries
- documentation
- fortunes maintainer
- France
Loïc Minier (SVN login: lool)
- Gtk/gnome enhancements
- xosd interface plug-in
- SLP
- France
Christophe Mutricy (SVN login: xtophe)
- libnotify plugin
- contrib system for 3rd party libraries
- win32 binary contribs
- Varios fixes (configure.ac, wxWidgets, M3U, ...)
- England
Florian G. Pflug (SVN login: fgp)
- MacOS X port
- Austria
Heiko Panther
- Mac OS X audio device selection framework
- Germany
Vincent Penne
- teletext decoder
- France
Eric Petit (SVN login: titer)
- BeOS module fixes and enhancements
- Stream output
- Mac OS X OpenGL video output
- contrib system for 3rd party libraries
- France
Benjamin Pracht (SVN login: bigben)
- MacOS X Interface (playlist)
- documentation
- France / Germany
Emmanuel Puig (SVN login: karibu)
- skins module (core and win32 port)
- France
Frédéric Ruget
- Portaudio audio output
- France
Jean-Paul Saman
- libmad plug-in
- iPAQ port
- PDA (Familiar Linux) interface
- Dutch Translation
- DVB-S/C/T on v4l2 API
- HD1000 port
- OSD menu
- Digital Video (Firewire/IEEE1394/I-Link)
- Netherlands
Arnaud Schauly (SVN login: gitan)
- SAP module
- France
Vincent Seguin (SVN login: seguin)
- core VLC structure
- interface and message queue
- video output
- YUV transforms
- X11 and GGI video outputs
- France
Ken Self (SVN login: kenS)
- BDA module
- United Kingdom
Richard Shepherd (SVN login: richards)
- BeOS video output (BBitmap and Overlay)
- United Kingdom
Clément Stenac (SVN login: zorglub)
- Playlist core and demuxers, SAP parser
- wxWidgets and joystick interfaces
- Announce system
- visualisation, volume normalizer
- France
Peter Surda
- rc plugin for VLC control through /dev/stdin
- Austria
Olivier Teulière (SVN login: ipkiss)
- Win32 interface
- skins module (core and win32 port)
- skins2 module (core and win32 port)
- France
Yuehua Zhao
- real video codec
- China
Bo Wang
- real file/rtsp pause and seek support
- China
The vls team
Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou (SVN login: bozo)
- C++ framework (a little bit)
- modules
- Support for AC3/subtitles channels in PS to TS converter
- Administration architecture
- Telnet protocol
- "Native" admin
- "local" input
- "dvb" input
Benoit Steiner (SVN login: benny)
- C++ framework
- Internal architecture
- PS to TS converter
- Telnet protocol
Cyril Deguet (SVN login: asmax)
- "video" input
- User's documentation
- Win32 port
James Courtier-Dutton
- "file" output
Alexis Guillard
- IPv6 support
Eric Doutreleau
- Multicast patch
Tristan Leteurtre
- Developer documentation
- RTP support
- Video For Linux input
- Interface modularization
Eric Petit
- Video For Linux input
Christophe Massiot
- portability fixes (*BSD, Darwin, Solaris)
Jean-Paul Saman
- Dynamic configuration
- vls running Daemon
Damien Lucas
- new "dvb" input
- Command line arguments
- multiple interfaces support
The libdvbpsi team
Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou (SVN login: bozo)
- main structure
- PSI section gathering
- PAT decoder/generator
- PMT decoder/generator
- MPEG descriptors
Johan Bilien (SVN login: jobi)
- subtables decoder
- SDT decoder
- most DVB descriptors
Johann Hanne
- CAT support
- NIT decoder
- TOT/TDT decoder
- DVB satellite delivery systems descriptor 0x43
- DVB local time offset descriptor 0x58
- Terrestrial delivery system descriptor 0x5a
Andrew John Hughes
- descriptor 0x52
- decode_pmt verbose output
Tristan Leteurtre (SVN login: tooney)
- subtitles descriptor (0x59)
Viktor Luzin
- SDT generator
Christophe Massiot (SVN login: massiot)
- initial specs
- EIT decoder
- parental rating descriptor (0x55)
Jiri Pinkava
- Program Delivery Control (0x69)
Jean-Paul Saman
- VBI Data Descriptor (0x45)
The libdvdcss team
Billy Biggs
- libdvdcss enhancements
Stéphane Borel (SVN login: stef)
- original CSS decryption code from vlc
Sven Heithecker
- cache bug fix for discs with identical content but different keys
Håkan Hjort
- Solaris port of the DVD ioctls
- libdvdcss enhancements
Samuel Hocevar (SVN login: sam)
- original CSS decryption code from vlc
Eugenio Jarosiewicz (SVN login: ej)
- MacOS X DVD ioctls
Jon Lech Johansen (SVN login: jlj)
- Win32 port
- Fixes to the Darwin port
KO Myung-Hun
- OS/2 port
Markus Kuespert
- BeOS port of the DVD ioctls
Pascal Levesque
- QNX port
Steven M. Schultz
- BSD/OS port
David Siebörger
- HP-UX port of the DVD ioctls
Alex Strelnikov
- OS/2 port
German Tischler
- FreeBSD DVD input patch
Gildas Bazin (SVN login: gbazin)
- various fixes to the Win32 port
Legal contact
Hosting for the VideoLAN project is provided by :
VIA Centrale Réseaux Résidence des Élèves de l'École Centrale 2, avenue Sully Prudhomme 92 290 Châtenay Malabry France
Contacting us
For VLC media player user-related questions, please see our Support section and the users Mailing-lists.
Support questions for VLC media player should be mailed vlc - at - videolan.org.
If you want to contact the VideoLAN team, about partnerships, legal aspects or any non-support related questions , please write to videolan - at - videolan.org in French or English.
If you want to redistribute some VideoLAN software (VLC, VLS...) in a magazine for example, you don't need to ask us the permission ! You can distribute an original or a modified version as long as you comply with its license terms, i.e. the GNU General Public License Version 2. The easiest way to conform to this licence is to accompany the software with its sources. For example, if you plan to distribute a binary version of VLC on a CD, you should also include on the same CD all the files listed on the VLC source code page.
In case you write an article about VideoLAN, we would be very glad to have a copy of it to add to our press book. You can send us the article at the following address:
VideoLAN Club VIA Centrale Réseaux Résidence Ecole Centrale 2, avenue Sully Prudhomme 92 290 Châtenay Malabry France