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VLC media player

OpenSource_VLC

VLC is an application that allows you to open all sorts of audio and video files.
Originally created in 1996 as an academic project it became an open source product in 1998 having been rewritten from scratch at that time. It is currently managed by VideoLAN which is a non-profit entity.

It is a tool written in C, C ++ (with Framework QT), Objective-C and Lua.

It is currently in version 2.2.1 and can be downloaded from this link.

OpenSource_VLC_screenshot

The main features of this tool are:

  • Support on multiple platforms including mobile:
      - Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, BeOS, Solaris, Android, IOS, Etc.
  • Reading support:
      - Container formats:
        MP3, AVI, WMV, AVI, WMV, WMV, AVI, WMV, WMV, AVI, DV, MXF, VOB, RM, DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, Audio CD, DVB
      - Video Formats:
        - Cinepak, Dirac, DV, H.263, H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, H.265 / MPEG HEVC, HuffYUV, Indeo 3, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, RealVideo 3 & 4 , Sorenson, Theora, VC-1, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, ​​DNxHD, ProRes and some WMV
      - Audio Formats:
        - AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, DTS, DV Audio, XM, FLAC, It, MACE, Mod, Monkey’s Audio, MP3, Opus, PLS, QCP, QDM2 / QDMC, RealAudio, Speex, Screamtracker 3 / S3M, Vorbis, WavPack, WMA (WMA 1/2, WMA 3 partially).
      - Subtitles:
        - DVD-Video, SVCD, DVB, OGM, SubStation Alpha, SubRip, Advanced SubStation Alpha, MPEG-4 Timed Text, Text file, VobSub, MPL2, Teletext.
      - Network protocols:
        - UDP, RTP (unicast or multicast), HTTP, FTP, MMS, RTSP, RTMP, RSS / Atom
      - Network Stream Formats:
        - RTP / RTSP ISMA / 3GPP PSS, Windows Media MMS, Flash RTMP, MPEG Transport Stream, Apple HLS, MPEG DASH
      - Capture Devices:
        - Video4Linux (in Linux), DirectShow (in Windows), Desktop (screencast), Digital TV (DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T, DVB-S2,
  • Writing support:
       - Container formats:
         - ASF, AVI, FLV, Fraps, MP4, Ogg, WAV, MPEG-2 (ES, PS, TS, PVA, MP3), MPJPEG, FLAC, QuickTime File Format, Matroska, WebM
       - Video Formats:
         - H.263, H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, H.265 / MPEG-H HEVC, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, VP5, nVP6, VP8, VP9, ​​Theora, DV , Dirac
       - Audio Formats:
         - AAC, AC-3, DV Audio, FLAC, MP3, Speex, Vorbis
       - Streaming protocols:
         - UDP, HTTP, RTP, RTSP, MMS
  • Support of various filters:
      - Deinterlace, Cropping, Image Wall, Image Adjust, Rotate / Mirror, Logo Overlay, Magnification, Image Distortion, Bluescreen, RSS / Atom Feeds, Visualizaton Effects, Equalizer
  • Support of several interfaces:
      - Qt4, Skins, Web, Telnet, CommandLine, Mouse gestures

  • Additional features:
      - Ads from SAP / SDP
      - Bonjour Protocol
      - Mozilla / Firefox Plugin
      - Location
      - CD-Text
      - CDDB CD Info
      - IGMPv3
      - IPv6
      - MLDv2
      - SVCD Menus
      - CPU acceleration with specific processor extensions (MMX, MMXEXT, SSE, SSE2, 3D Now ! and AltiVec)

    Useful links:

  • The Best Hidden Features of VLC

  • 15 Features Of VLC Player That You Probably Don’t Know About
  • 20 Tips For VLC Player Users