VLC Media Player

15 September 2009 156 views No Comment

VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player – the perfect media player for a computer dummy like me who doesn’t know what a codec is or doesn’t know how to play certain media files.

VLC Media Player is an all in one player which can play almost any kind of media files – video and audio too. So we don’t require many media players installed in the computer to play each certain file.

It can play MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3), AVI, ASF / WMV / WMA, MP4 / MOV / 3GP, OGG / OGM / Annodex, Matroska (MKV), Real, WAV (including DTS), Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52, Raw DV, FLAC, FLV (Flash), MXF, Nut, Standard MIDI / SMF, Creative™ Voice.

It doesn’t look stunning or doesn’t have a good GUI but its worth a try.

Positives:
1. Can play almost any media format.
2. Simple to use.
3. General features exist like subtitles, sound system etc.
4. Added features like watching video as the wallpaper etc.
5. Free to use.

Negatives:
1. Not so superior video quality.
2. Extended features don’t exist.
3. Not so beautiful look.

But when you can play almost every media format then who care about its look? I don’t