Version: 0.8.6d Publisher: VideoLAN team License: Free (GPL) Editor's rating: 5 out of 5 Platform: Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista File size: 9.3 MB |
VLC Media Player
Simple and versatile multiformat media player
There
was a time when video files all conformed to some basic requirements
and could be played without protest using any media software. As
technologies change and licensing becomes more restrictive and
specific, simply playing a video file has now become a challenge and
thanks to the plethora of obscure proprietary formats now available,
finding a media player that works for the majority has become more
hassle than it's worth. Thankfully the open source community have come
up with a solution in the form of VLC, otherwise know as VideoLAN.Apart from playing incomplete videos, because lets face it not many people want to do that anyway, VLC has support for a huge range of video formats. If it doesn't recognize the file type it will try playing it anyway often successfully or if it's an encrypted file it will display the scrambled video in its raw form. The interface is stripped down to the bare bones, with the apparent objective of making it as unobtrusive as possible. With superb hotkey support, you can do practically everything you want without touching your mouse.
Put simply, VLC is a video player that doesn't stray in to other areas. You won't find any media catalogs or fancy visualizations thrown in and although there is one alternative skin available, all it will take is one look and you'll quickly be switching back to the default.
This free player should appeal to true cinephiles who want as little distraction as possible from their viewing experience. Being open source it's free to use and thanks to a small file size and a friendly installation process, we would recommend it to absolutely everyone as their "backup" or "catch-all" video player.
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