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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... More info »

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Platforms

Mac, Windows75 MB Disk-Usage, AndroidCurently in Beta + TabletCurently in Beta, Linux

Categories

  Audio & Music, Video & Movies

Tags

portable http://portableapps.com/de/apps/music_video/vlc_portable, streaming, media-player, internet-radio
+8 more podcast, avi, ogg, mp4, codec, mkv, ffmpeg, converting

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VLC for iPad

Comment by OmgItsTheSmartGuy about VLC media player Sep 2010

Annnnd... it's here. http://itunes.apple.com/app/vlc-media-player/id390885556

Now I just need to get an iPad. XD
 
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Best Media Player On the web!!

Comment by Dude1 about VLC media player Jan 2013

By far the best player on the web! It plays Anything!! love this program.
 
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VLC slow in making screen captures

Comment by TerryD about VLC media player Nov 2012

I've tried different software to make screen caps from video but keep coming back to VLC. Now I'm trying to make captures from a high quality 1080p source but no matter how I set the defaults, the rate of screencaps per second is extremely slow. Is there any solution for this, or is that just the price I pay for using an HQ source? Most of the other software that I've tried has sync issues between audio and video after making a few screencaps. I tried GOM and it was OK but it gave me a really nasty malware even though I downloaded it from a respected source.

I'd appreciate any recommendations.

Thanks.
 
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Hijacks your system

Comment by fixitmanarizona about VLC media player Apr 2012

VLC Player, was found to be vulnerable to a remote hijack. (2008) The version affected was .8.x but I have not trusted it since. It also hijacked all my file associations, and after uninstalling it, they were not restored, making it malware. This was very difficult to repair. It is also complicated and very weird. I recommend MPC (version 6x) instead. The MPC-HC version (newer) might be better for some people.
 
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bitplane  (Contributor) Apr 2012

@fixitmanarizona, MPC 6.x is actually vulnerable to a buffer overflow in its AVI decoder so you shouldn't advise people to use that either. MPC-HC doesn't have any known vulns.

Also, not restoring your file associations doesn't make a piece of software "malware", it's inconsiderate at worst but certainly not malicious.
 
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Journeyman  (Administrator) Apr 2012

@fixitmanarizona I must agree with bitplane on this, as for file associations that happens with a lot of "good" software. Sometimes it's a registry problem or even a bad installation of the software but its doesn't make it malware. I use MPC-HC but a bad installation of it can also mess up a computer, It happen to me and I'm not new to computers. Tks for the comment, people should always know about these bugs and problems.
 
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fixitmanarizona  (Approved) May 2012

I never use AVI so I was not aware of this. I mostly use the MPC-HC now, however. Thank you for the correction. I agree, you have to be very careful installing software that will change file associations on Windows, as well. The problem with older versions of VLC was that you had no option upon installation, hopefully that has been corrected and you can now select ONLY the associations you want, after install, and they are reversible.
 
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ye

Positive Comment by Xavjer about VLC media player Mar 2012

rulez
 
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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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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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