technical overview and background material

[helmut]

hi,
I just looked through the website to find a general (technical) overview paper: - what is VideoLAN, - how does it work,
if possible with a nice architecture diagram (a picture says more than 1000 words).
I'm not looking for a users guide on VLC, not for a how-to-do, but for a what-is-behind.
I guess such a document exists somewhere (may even have been published in a revue somewhere), but I couldn't find it

Someone can help ?

[mustafa]

Well, was there something like this? No one answered the guy.

[fkuehne]

Well, there are some documents for developers on developers.videolan.org which describe most of the processes behind the scene.
Additionally, zorglub created a graphic showing all the connections between the respective modules, but I don't know whether it is still publicly available. Please just google for his blog and check it.

His posting probably slipped through somehow, so that's why it wasn't answered.

[zorglub]

Here it is: http://clement.stenac.org/projects/videolan/vlc.png

It is in french, though, and quite ugly. I'll try to find some time ... soon.