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VLC media player

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VLC media player is an lightweight, open-source multimedia player that supports nearly all digital audio and video formats (e.g. H.264 ,MKV, TS (but not from Technisat DigiCorder), MPEG-2, mp3, AVI, MPEG-4, Ogg, DivX, aac, ...). It can also transcode and convert media files, and act as a streaming server over unicast or multicast and IPv4 or IPv6. VLC does not need any codecs to work. User Interface in more than 25 languages available. Space demand on hard disk: 75 MB. For direct playing of TS-fi... More info »

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Audio & Music, Video

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Portable, Jailbreak, dvd, streaming, movie +10 more, media-player, avi, podcast, mp4, ogg, codec, internet-radio, mkv, ffmpeg, converting

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LeoJoe-image

VLC Sucks

Negative Comment by LeoJoe about VLC media player Media Player Classic Home Cinema Sep 2011

4 subtitles it sucks so fucking bad. MPCHC rulez.
 
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HisDivineOrder-image

VLC was once great.

Negative Comment by HisDivineOrder about VLC media player Daum PotPlayer SMPlayer Windows Media Player Media Player Classic Home Cinema Apr 2011

Was once great. It's become top heavy, slow, and not worth using. I tried using WMP with codecs, MPC HC, this, SMPlayer/MPlayer alternatives, and then Daum Potplayer (translated to English via doom9).

Potplayer is the only one that offers every advanced feature you might need plus skinning support and performance far and away superior to this. I'd skip VLC.
 
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emzero-image

VLC is laggy

Negative Comment by emzero about VLC media player GOM Player Mar 2011

Slow x264 video playback (laggy). Have fallen in love with GOM Player =)
 
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Jama-image

It's slow, so I am looking for alternatives

Negative Comment by Jama about VLC media player Lubuntu KMPlayer DVDShrink (DVD Shrink) GOM Player Feb 2011

VLC is slow and shows some issue playing DVD on my system Lubuntu :( So I am looking for alternatives, which are mentioned below GOM/DVD Shrink (I will post an update). For Windows the best player I found is KMPlayer (I left a comment on the KMPlayer page).

thank you guys for the comments
 
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OmgItsTheSmartGuy-image

VLC for iOS has been removed from the App Store.

Comment by OmgItsTheSmartGuy about VLC media player App Store Installous Jan 2011

VLC for iOS has been removed from the App Store. Luckily, you can still get it from Installous if your device is jailbroken.
 
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Ferk-image

This video player is crashy

Negative Comment by Ferk about VLC media player MPlayer Dec 2010

This video player is crashy and it's not as good at managing subtitles. In my opinion, mplayer and its variants are way better, smaller and more stable. They won't require codecs either and have been around for long time.
 
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lebaux-image

VLC is not the best player in the terms of playback quality.

Negative Comment by lebaux about VLC media player Windows Media Player Dec 2010

It is not the best player in the terms of playback quality.

I have to say that even Microsoft Media Player 11 is better working.
 
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