VideoLAN is a project producing free software focused on video. Started in a the Ecole Centrale Paris, a French Grande Ecole, it is now an international community of developers and users. VideoLAN has produced and started a few well-known video applications and libraries, as libdvdcss, VLS or VLC media player. VLC media player, a cross-platform media player, encoder and streamer, is now the main focus of VideoLAN, and has been downloaded millions of time (about 30 millions for the previous release).