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February 6, 2012
VLC media player
VLC media player (also known as VLC) is a highly portable free and open-source media player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN project. It is a cross-platform media player, with versions for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BeOS, MorphOS, BSD, Solaris, iOS, and eComStation.[3]
VLC media player supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-video, video CD and streaming protocols. It is able to stream over computer network and to transcode multimedia files.[3]
VLC used to stand for VideoLAN Client, but since VLC is no longer simply a client, that initialism no longer applies.[4][5]
The default distribution of VLC includes a large number of free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins. Many of VLC's codecs are provided by the libavcodec library from the FFmpeg project, but it uses mainly its own muxer and demuxers and its own protocols. It also gained distinction as the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux and Mac OS X by using the libdvdcss DVD decryption library.
VLC media player supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-video, video CD and streaming protocols. It is able to stream over computer network and to transcode multimedia files.[3]
VLC used to stand for VideoLAN Client, but since VLC is no longer simply a client, that initialism no longer applies.[4][5]
The default distribution of VLC includes a large number of free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins. Many of VLC's codecs are provided by the libavcodec library from the FFmpeg project, but it uses mainly its own muxer and demuxers and its own protocols. It also gained distinction as the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux and Mac OS X by using the libdvdcss DVD decryption library.
Artiom Golovkin - 2012-07-13 12:07:46
The default distribution of VLC includes a large number of free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins.
Eugen Gudz - 2012-07-13 07:01:13
VLC used to stand for VideoLAN Client, but since VLC is no longer simply a client, that initialism no longer applies.
Jonh Nash - 2012-02-21 12:49:12
I tried this app because my Kmplayer would crash at certain files but I still like kmplayer than VLC.
Artiom Golovkin - 2012-02-21 12:48:29
Great little program with an amazing amount of power. And, the fact that it's open code makes it just that much better. If people want to make it better maybe they should check out the site and see what it's all about rather than just checking c|Net and getting another freebie.
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