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VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a media converter or a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on networks.
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  • RipperLord fanatic
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    Excellent video player! I decided to look for something else when download K-Lite Codec packs was getting annoying and bloated. This is fast, small and FREE! Glad I switched over.

  • phwp expert
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  • Yannick Baro fanatic
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    Very good but not as good as Kaffeine

  • DANG3R fanatic
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    Fantastic player ... i play everything with this :) i love watching movies with VLC Media Player . ppl say KM Player is better ... but i don't know . i enjoy it now :)

  • Arxos expert
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    Plays pretty much every codec out there. Fast, clean interface, what more could you want? The only con is that sometimes the video won't load and I'll have to relaunch the vid. Nothing major, takes less than a second to relaunch.

  • beukhof1 devotee
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    The best video player of all time!! play almost everything and works really great!

  • kylehase fanatic
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    Great app with a few quirks. Still have to keep mplayer around though since video thumbnails aren't created with only VLC installed.

  • oklums devotee
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    рекомендую всем

  • homo_superior expert
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    Flaky subtitles support. It's an essential tool since QuickTime can't open so many formats, even with Perian installed, but I don't really enjoy using it.

    Preferring Movist these days.

  • Dawwido expert
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    Best player. Doesn't need to install codecs.

  • blessman fanatic
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    Love it. Plays everything.

  • poloolop devotee
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    Best Open-Source multi-platform media player.

  • acxe12 devotee
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    perfecto!

  • sokoloff fanatic
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    Good when in portable variant. Just start on any pc and watch anything you want. But i use WMP primary, VLC in some tough cases.

  • Jan fanatic

    Plays EVERYTHING and is a lightweight!

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Website: videolan.org/vlc
Developer: VideoLAN team
License: Open source
Version: 1.1.0
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Usage: 26 years, 12 months, 16 hours, 46 minutes and 25 seconds
Usage since: 09 February 2009
Platform Usage:
Windows
(46%)
Mac
(50%)

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Rank: #16

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