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''' What Is 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 supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-Video, video CD and streaming protocols

Why VLC player is the best media player on earth

VLC has a myriad of modules. The last I checked there were over 380 modules and the list just keeps burgeoning. This means VLC can playback everything from DVD Video to DVB (Satellite, Digital TV) – everything from SVCD to UDP/RTP Multicast – H.263 to H.264. And I could go on ad infinitum – you can find a detailed breakdown on the Videolan features page.

The bottom line is if you have a video that you can’t playback in any player or it’s beset with decoder errors, run it through VLC because most of the time VLC just gets it right.

Part of VLC’s success is that it subscribes to top-down-design. When the students of Ecole Centrale Paris crafted VLC they wanted it to be modular. Modular design means it’s extensible and therefore made to evolve. Moreover, since it’s open source it’ll always be freely licensed with community drive source code.