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VLC Media Player – A Great & Free Media Player

Posted By: BioTecK on Tuesday 30 December 2008 with 8 Comments

For a long time I was looking for a free DVD/Multimedia player, one which was able to play the most media types such as DivX, Avi, Wmv, MPEG-1 etc.
In the past I’ve been using PowerDVD but I didn’t like it anymore. It began to frustrate me cause it took some time before it could start, it uses a lot of RAM (I have 3GB RAM installed but even with 3GB installed it freezes from time to time!). :evil: So as you can see, it was time for another software. One which could do the same and one which was freeware.

After searching and trying a lot of multimedia players I think I’ve found the great software I was looking for: VLC Media Player.

VLC media player is multimedia player for various audio and video formats such as: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg.  Beside those VLC can also play DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. VLC can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network and it doesn’t need any external codec or program to work. A full feature list is available here.

So instead of paying for a DVD/Multimedia Player you really should try VLC! :wink:

PS: VLC can also be used on Mac OS X, Linux, BeOS and Syllable.

Publisher: Videolan.org
Language: English, Dutch, Chinese and much more!
License: Freeware
Download size: 15,5 MB
Download VLC Media Player: Click…
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  • wilson said:
    31 December 2008 at 08:19

    WOW, it sounds like even better than the window media player, mate.

    I’ll try it out and thanks for the recommendation!

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  • BioTecK (author) said:
    31 December 2008 at 09:58

    It IS way better then Windows Media Player. I always hated Windows Media Player Wilson! :D

    Give it a try and tell me if you like it or not! :)

  • aldon @ orient-lodge said:
    31 December 2008 at 16:19

    I first heard about VLC when I was doing some research on IPv6. It sounded very good, but I didn’t know anyone streaming using it on IPv6, so I didn’t try it.

    Do you use IPv6? Do you stream media with VLC over IPv6? If so, I’d love to see how VLC works over IPv6.

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  • Windshield said:
    4 January 2009 at 01:30

    Is this available for a mac?

  • BioTecK (author) said:
    6 January 2009 at 19:16

    Well, to be honest I haven’t tried that aldon @ orient-lodge.. However, you should give it a try. It’s a very handy application.

    If you’re using Mac OS X, then the answer is yes Windshield! :mrgreen:

  • webomatik said:
    19 January 2009 at 01:15

    I use VLC from the first time I tested it. It’s a great player because it plays almost all formats. Good post.

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  • nichive said:
    19 January 2009 at 02:12

    been using it on my Linux all this time :mrgreen:

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  • BioTecK (author) said:
    20 January 2009 at 06:12

    Yeah, that’s why I love it too Webomatic.

    It’s really a great peace of software, isn’t it Nichive!