Play video in rare and common formats, render media content of various quality, access incomplete files, etc. Open DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, stream online multimedia, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3 tracks, etc. Change video and audio output rendering settings.
Pros
- Regular updates
- Customizable interface
- Compatibility with online streaming protocols
Cons
- The interface is obsolete by modern standards
- Developed by
VideoLAN
- File name: vlc-3.0.4-win32.exe (38.3 MB)
- Latest version: 3.0.17.4
- License: Free
- Updated: April 21, 2022
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The last update was in August 2019, no longer as "regular" as years ago. One my 32-bit laptop, it somehow made itself the default program to open my text files, & it couldn't be changed. Reinstalling it didn't help, so I uninstalled it for good. Yesterday it stopped working when I attempted to open an rmvb movie file, so I tried an mp4, & it still wouldn't open. So I'm using the South Korean KMPlayer. Just wish I could change the theme, it's so dark. Otherwise it plays fine.