VLC Media Player is the most popular and robust multi format, free media
player available. The open source media player was publically released
in 2001 by non-profit organization VideoLAN Project. VLC Media Player
quickly became very popular thanks to its versatile multi-format
playback capabilities. It was aided by compatibility and codec issues
which rendered competitor media players like QuickTime, Windows and Real
Media Player useless to many popular video and music file formats. The
easy, basic UI and huge array of customization options have enforced VLC
Media Player’s position at the top of the free media players.
Easy to Use
VLC’s UI is definitely a case of function over beauty. The basic
look does however make the player extremely easy to use. Simply drag and
drop files to play or open them using files and folders then use the
classic media navigation buttons to play, pause, stop, skip, edit
playback speed, change the volume, brightness, etc. A huge variety of
skins and customization options mean the standard appearance shouldn’t
be enough to prevent you choosing VLC as your default media player.
Flexibility
VLC plays almost any video or music file format you can find. At its
launch this was a revolution compared to the default media players most
people were using that often crashed or displayed “codecs missing” error
messages when trying to play media files. VLC can play MPEG, AVI, RMBV,
FLV, QuickTime, WMV, MP4 and a shed load of other media file formats.
For a full list of compatible file formats please click here. Not only
can VLC Media Player handle loads of different formats, VLC can also
playback partial or incomplete media files so you can preview downloads
before they finish.
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