$Id: THANKS 23228 2007-11-21 22:00:20Z jpsaman $

VLC makes extensive use of the following persons' code:

Aaron Holtzman <aholtzma at ess.engr.uvic.ca> - AC3 decoder, MPEG video decoder
Michel Lespinasse <walken at zoy.org> - AC3 decoder, MPEG audio and video decoders


The VideoLAN team would like to thank the following contributors:

Adam Sampson <ats @t offog d0t org> - libFLAC >= 1.1.3 API support
Alex Antropoff <alant at transtelecom dot md> - RFC3016 (LATM) RTP packetizer extension
Alexander Didebulidze <alexander.didebulidze at stusta dot mhn dot de> - Georgian localization
Alexander Gall <gall at switch dot ch> - Solaris fixes and CDDB fixes
Alexis Ballier <aballlier at gentoo dot org> - Additional options in configure
Alex Izvorski <aizvorski at gmail dot com> - some more x264 options
Andrea Guzzo <xant at xant dot net> - dc1394 firewire support
André de Barros Martins Ribeiro <andrerib at ajato.com.br> - Brazilian portuguese localization
Andre Pang <adre.pang at csiro dot au> - Annodex support
Andres Krapf <dae at via.ecp.fr> - FreeBSD port and tests, KDE interface
Andrey Brilevskiy <director at macwest.ru> - Russian translation
Andrea Guzzo <xant at xant dot net> - Digital cameras support (dc1394)
Andy Lindsay <andy_vl at ananam.com> - fixes in the TS demux
Arkadiusz Lipiec <A.Lipiec at elka.pw.edu.pl> - Polish translation
Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <misiek at pld.ORG.PL> - autoconf and Makefile patches
Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale <arnaud at carrosse.frmug.org> - autoconf patches
Arwed v. Merkatz <v.merkatz at gmx dot net> - Gamma correction for adjust filter
Aurelien - Patch for modules/stream_output/rtp.c proper test for NULL
Basil Achermann <vlc at acherma dot com> - Patch to handle esc and space key events from VLCControl (OSX)
Barak Ori <barakori at gmail dot com> - Bidi fixes
Benjamin Mironer <bmironer at noos.fr> - Mac OS X fixes
Benoit Steiner <benny at via.ecp.fr> - MPEG system input, network input
Bill Eldridge <bill at rfa.org> - documentation
Bob Maguire <maguirer at rjmaguire dot com> - addition of some controls to the OSX interface
Brian Robb <vascy at hotmail dot com> - win32 CD/DVD drive detection in wx, bug fixes
Brieuc Jeunhomme <bbp at via.ecp.fr> - bug fixes
Bruno Vella <allevb at tin.it> - Italian localization
Carlo Calabrò <murray at via.ecp.fr> - Italian localization
Carsten Gottbehüt <gottbehuet at active-elements dot de> - v4l hotplug fix
Chris Clepper - OpenGL fix
Christian Henz - libupnp service discovery plugin, CyberLink UPnP fixes
Christof Baumgaertner - dbox web intf
Christophe Mutricy <xtophe at nxtelevision dot com> - many fixes (preferences, M3U, ...)
Christopher Johnson <cjohnson at mint.net> - Qt fix in vlc.spec
Colin Simmonds <colin_simmonds at Mac.lover.org> - compile fix for Mac OS X
Damian Ivereigh <damian at cisco.com> - ac3dec uninitialized data structure fix
Damien Fouilleul <damien.fouilleul at laposte.net> - DirectShow input improvements
Daniel Fischer <dan at subsignal dot org> - Shoutcast output support
Daniel Stränger <vlc at schmaller d0t de> - M3U, xtag and playlist improvements. Meta information core fixes. XSPF playlist support
David Kennedy <dkennedy at tinytoad.com> - X11 fullscreen patch
Daniel Dreibrodt, aka aLtgLasS <daniel d.t dreibrodt -@t- gmx d0t de> - VLC 0.8.5 default skin
Daniel Nylander <info@danielnylander at se> - Swedish translation
David Thiel - security audit and report
David Weber <david_weber at gmx.de> - Mac OS X interface design & graphics (v0.5.0)
Davor Orel <syntheticamac at yahoo.it> - Mac OS X icons
Dennis van Amerongen <Dennis dot vanAmerongen at nob dot nl> - x264 options unification
Dennis Lou <dlou99 at yahoo dot com> - ATSC support in the DVB module
Diego Petteno <flameeyes at gentoo dot org> - remove usage of internal ffmpeg symbols
DirektX <direktx at freemail.hu> - Hungarian translation
Dugal Harris - DirectShow fixes and MJPEG patches
Emmanuel Blindauer <manu at agat.net> - aRts audio output
Enrico Gueli <e_gueli at yahoo.it> - Brightness threshold in adjust video filter
Espen Skoglund <esk at ira.uka.de> - FreeBSD autoconf and Makefile patches
Ethan C. Baldridge <BaldridgeE at cadmus.com> - directory browsing code
Eurodata Computer Club <retron.info> - VLC icon design (v0.8.4)
Farzaneh Sarafraz <farzaneh at farsiweb dot info> - Persian localisation
Fouzia Bourai <fbourai at cerist dot dz> - Arabic localisation
François Seingier <francois.seingier at club-internet.fr> - TTL setting in the wx stream output dialog
Frank Chao <frank0624 at gmail.com> - Chinese Traditional translation
Fumio Nakayama <endymion at ca2.so-net.ne.jp> - Japanese translation
Gabor Kelemen <kelemeng at gnome.hu> - Hungarian translation
Georgi Chorbadzhiyski <gf at unixsol dot org> - HTTP access error handling fix
Glen Gray <slaine at slaine dot org> - RTSP Keepalive fixes
Greg Farrell <greg at gregfarell dot org> - rc interface "enqueue" command
Gregory Hazel <ghazel at gmail dot com> - wxWidgets fixes and improvements
Goetz Waschk <waschk at informatik.uni-rostock dot de> - Mandrake packages
Haakon Meland Eriksen - Norwegian translation
Han HoJoong <0demon0 at paran dot com> - Korean translation
Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj at urpla.net> - patch for module options handling
Harry Sintonen <sintonen at iki dot fi> - fix for MKV demuxer
Ilkka Ollakka - SDP bitrate patch
Jan Gerber <j at v2v dot org> - patch theora decoding aspect ratio
Jan Van Boghout <vlc at macrabbit.com> - iTunes like slider for OSX intf
Javier Varela <tonxabar at hotmail.com> - Spanish translation
Jean-Alexis Montignies <ja at sente.ch> - coreaudio multiple streams fix
Jean-Baptiste le Stang <jp.lestand at lestang.org> - Equalizer-GUI-fixes (OSX)
Jean-Philippe Grimaldi <jeanphi at via.ecp.fr> - bug fixes
Jean-Pierre Kuypers <Kuypers at sri.ucl.ac.be> - French translation
Jeffrey Baker <jwbaker at acm.org> - port of the ALSA plugin to the ALSA 1.0 API
Jeroen Massar <jeroen at unfix dot org> - IPv6 hostname resolution fix
Jérôme Guilbaud - Update of the WinAmp 5 VLC skin
Joel Arvidsson <dogai at privat.utfors.se> - Swedish translation
Joeri van Dooren <joeri at van.dooren.be> - OS X icon (v0.4.0)
Johen Michael Zorko <zorko at att.net> - fix for delay issues in udp sout
John Paul Lorenti <jpl31 at columbia.edu> - ALSA device selection patch
Jonas Larsen <jonas at vrt.dk> - Danish translation
Julien Blache <jb at technologeek.org> - disc ejection code
Kang Jeong-Hee <keizie 4t gmail d0t com> - Korean l10n
kty0ne - WinAmp 5 skin for VLC
Kevin H. Patterson <kevpatt at khptech dot com> - Theora framesize calculation patch by Kevin H. Patterson (kevpatt at khptech dot com
Laurent Jonqueres <laurent_jonqueres at yahoo.fr> - Occitan localization
Laurent Mutricy <laurent.mutricy at ecl2005 dot ec-lyon dot fr> - HTTP interface fixes
Lorena Gomes - Catalan translation
Mahrazi Mohd Kamal <mahrazi at gmail.com> - Malay Translation
Marc Nolette <nolette at videotron.ca> - PVR support in DirectShow input
Marco Munderloh <Marco.Munderloh at web.de> - HTTP fix for Win32 to URL filenames
Marián Hikaník <podnety _at_ mojepreklady _dot_ net> - Slovak localisation
Mark Gritter <mgritter at kealia.com> - fix for netlist packet leak in demuxPSI
Markus Kern <markus-kern at gmx dot net> - video output window fixes (win32)
Markus Kuespert <ltlBeBoy at beosmail.com> - BeOS CSS support
Matej Urbančič <matej.urban at gmail.com> - Slovenian translation
Mathias C. Berens | welcome-soft <berens at welcome-soft.de> - German translation
Mathias Kretschmer <mathias at research.att.com> - IP Multicast support
Mats Rojestal <mats.rojestal at bredband dot net> - compilation fixes for Solaris 9
Matthieu Lochegnies <lochegm1 at cti.ecp.fr> - MPEG audio emphasis fix
Max Rudberg <max_08 at mac.com> - Mac OS X controller art (v0.7.0)
Michael Mondragon <mammon at lokmail.net> - ncurses compilation fix
Michał Trzebiatowski <hippie_1968 at hotmail dot com> - Polish translation
Mickael Hoerdt <hoerdt at clarinet.u-strasbg.fr> - IPv6 SSM multicast patch
Mike Schrag <mschrag at pobox dot com> - directx device selection
Michel Lanners <mlan at cpu.lu> - fixed typos and AltiVec detection
Miroslav Oujeský <oujesky at mail dot muni dot cz> - Czech translation
Moritz Bunkus <moritz at bunkus dot org> - Matroska patches
Morten Brix Pedersen <morten at wtf.dk> - Danish translation
Nilmoni Deb <ndeb at ece.cmu.edu> - autoconf and Makefile fixes
Olivier Aubert <oaubert at bat710.univ-lyon1.fr> - clone list patch
Olivier Houchard <doginou @t dong d0t ci0 d0t org> - UDP & HTTP access output fix
Olivier Pomel <pomel at via.ecp.fr> - original VLC code
Ondrej Kuda aka Albert <kuda at natur dot cuni dot cz> - HTTP interface tips and fixes
Øyvind Kolbu <oyvindk at world-online.no> - FreeBSD patches
Patrick Horn <patrickd0thorn at mindspring d0t com> - DirectShow patch
Paul Corke <paul.corke at datatote dot co do uk> - pvr patch for newer ivtv drivers
Paul Corke <paul.corke at datatote dot co do uk> - dv patch to keep up with the hardware 
Paul Mackerras <paulus at linuxcare.com.au> - AltiVec IDCT and motion
Pavlov Konstantin “thresh” - several Linux build system fixes
Petr Vacek - FTP cleartext authentication
Philippe Van Hecke <philippe at belnet dot be> - SAP header hash patch
Pierre Marc Dumuid <pierre.dumuid at adelaide dot edu dot au> - Playlist patches
Pittayakom Sa-ingtong <develop5 at datawiz dot co dot th> - Thaï localisation
Régis Duchesne <regis at via.ecp.fr> - original VLC code
Remco Poortinga <poortinga at telin.nl> - IPv6 multicast patch
Rene Gollent <rgollent at u.arizona.edu> - BeOS interface fix
Roine Gustafsson <roine at popstar.com> - spudec bug fixes
Rudolf Cornelissen <rag.cornelissen at inter.nl.net> - BeOS fixes
Scott Caudle <dorkmanzcot at gmail dot com> - Visualization, WX 
improvements
Sebastien Chaumat <Sebastien.Chaumat at ens-lyon.fr> - YOPY port tests
Simon Damkjær Andersen <simondamkjaer at gmail.com> - playmode icons and the entire Fullscreen Panel design for the OS GUI (v0.8.6)
Steve Lhomme <steve dot lhomme at free dot fr> - MSVC fixes and Matroska enhancements
Steve Brown <sbrown at cortland.com> - fix for optional PES size bug
Steven M. Schultz <sms at TO.GD-ES.COM> - BSD/OS port
Steven Sheehy - wxWidgets interface fix
Tadashi Jokagi <elf2000 at users.sourceforge dot net> - Japanese translation
Tim 'O Callaghan <tim.ocallaghan at limestudios dot com> - pvr input cleaning patch
Thomas Graf <tgraf at europe.com> - gettext support, German translation
Thomas L. Wood <twood at lucent.com> - fixed a bug in QuantMatrixExtension
Tong Ka Man <kmtong at cwbase dot com> - playlist_Clear addition
Udo Richter <udo underscore richter at gmx dot de> - Trancode padding / cropping
Valek Filippov <frob at df.ru> - Russian translation
Vicente Jimenez Aguilar <vice at v1ce.net> - Spanish translation
Vincent van den Heuvel <heuvel@mac.com> - OSX about window artwork (v0.8.4)
Vincenzo Reale <smart2128 at baslug dot org> - Italian localisation
Vitalijus Slavinskas <Vitalijus.Slavinskas at stud.ktu dot lt> - nsv patches
Vitaly V. Bursov <vitalyvb at ukr dot net>
Vladimir Chernyshov - MMX motion optimizations
Wade Majors <guru at startrek.com> - BeOS icon integration, debugging and fixes
Wallace Wadge <wwadge at gmail.com> - multiple programs TS mux
Watanabe Go <go at dsl.gr.jp> - fix for non-ASCII filenames
Wei Mingzhi <whistler_wmz at users.sourceforge.net> - Simplied Chinese translation
Xavier Maillard <zedek at fxgsproject.org> - audio converters
Xavier Marchesini <xav at alarue.net> - Win32 fixes
Xènia Albà Cantero <xenia_alba at hotmail.com> - Catalan translation
Yves Duret <yves at zarb.org> - RPM packages
Ye zhang <yzhang90003 _at_ gmail dot com> - Fix for VLM RTSP concurent LEAVE make VLC crash
