User:Sambhram Jain

VLC media player
VLC media player (commonly known as VLC) is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project. VLC is available for desktop operating systems and mobile platforms, such as Android, iOS, Tizen, Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone. VLC is also available on digital distribution platforms such as Apple's App Store, Google Play and Microsoft Store.

VLC supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-Video, video CD and streaming protocols. It is able to stream media over computer networks and to transcode multimedia files.

The default distribution of VLC includes a large number of free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins. The libavcodec library from the FFmpeg project provides many of VLC's codecs, but the player mainly[18] uses its own muxers and demuxers. It also has its own protocol implementations. It also gained distinction as the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux and macOS by using the libdvdcss DVD decryption library.

WORKING OF VLC MEDIA PLAYER
Open the VLC website. Go to https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html in your computer's web browser.

VLC media player. ... VLC supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-Video, video CD and streaming protocols. It is able to stream media over computer networks and to transcode multimedia files.

Step 1: Run VLC media player and navigate to Tools > Preferences.

Step 2: Under Show settings, select All.

Step 3: Click on inputs / codec tab on the left. Under Track Settings, click the Preferred video resolution drop-down list and select HD (720p)(Choose whatever quality you want).

Windows Media Player uses a bit more RAM than VLC when it comes to music, though its the other way around with videos. Currently, when playing a song in each (tested with mp3), WMP uses around 20 MB RAM and 5-7 CPU power. VLC is using 1-2 CPU and less than 10 MB RAM. However, when it comes to videos (tested with avi and mp4), WMP uses about 30 MB RAM and 10 CPU on my PC. VLC uses over 45 MB RAM and 10 CPU. System resource values above are estimated averages based on experiences with WMP 12 and VLC 1.1. In terms of hard drive space, the WMP folder is only 6.28 MB but it does rely on many components of Windows which are located elsewhere on the system. VLC's installation folder is around 77 MB. Both work quite well although there are always a few formats that WMP just can't handle. If you don't need the libraries features of WMP, then I would highly recommend VLC because its lightweight and supports many more formats than WMP and iTunes does.

ADVANTAGES OF VLC MEDIA PLAYER
Open source software and free updates are provided OTA whenever available Even though it is open source there are no ads Supported on various platforms Windows, Andriod, iOS and Linux. It can be installed in your iPhone, iPad or any other Smartphone. Supports various formats of video and audio files and doesn’t require any additional codecs so far and you can also stream files online directly from source and play them using VLC media player. Doesn’t take much space in your computer/phone and it is very easy to download as well It doesn’t require you to download additional add-ons for it to function You can play a video or audio instantly by just dragging it on the VLC player and it plays it automatically. You can also play files while still downloading them. This makes you sure that the file you are downloading is the actual file you wanted VLC is free of viruses as it doesn’t use any additional add-ons

DISADVANTAGES OF VLC MEDIA PLAYER
One of the cons of VLC is the fact that it was designed to be a video player, which means that it wasn’t created for music and you cannot use to manage the music library. This means that VLC can be used to play files directly from a folder, but you might not like it that you don’t have any rating system and you cannot use tags either. Your music gallery cannot be managed and it is hard to find songs in your library. Additionally, you cannot customise the program too much when it comes to interface. This means that you are stuck with a black and white look. There are also some minors issues that can make the VLC experience less pleasant. For example, every time you open VLC the window won’t have the previous width and it won’t open in the same place where it was before it was previously closed. Also, VLC has some problems with certain formats, such as .m4p. This format works just fine with other programs such as iTunes.

SUGGESTION FOR VLC MEDIA PLAYER
Maintain video window size even as videos change.Please make "repeat" function and "shuffle" available from main menu without having to bring up the playlist. Please as well, make the playlist attachable to the main play area. If player is left on repeat, remember this setting, even after the player is closed.VLC WMV codec lags a lot compared with Windows Media Player one.Add support for Winamp visualizations if possible.