For the past few years of my computing life, I’ve relied on a single media player. That player is VLC. For those not in the know, VLC is an open-source, cross-platform media player that…well, to put ...

VLC is the media player almost everyone has on their computer, but most people only scratch the surface of what it can do. It may look like any other media player, but it's packed with features that ...

Windows/Linux: VLC gets a lot of praise around here, but it's Achilles' heel has long been a lack of hardware-accelerated playing, which means HD content choking up. A rough 1.1 preview offers ...

The player has a rewritten audio core that allows better volume outputs and device management. Some of the modules have also been rewritten to support the new core. It also correctly supports ...

For several years, the free, third-party media player of choice for many video connoisseurs was the open-source https://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64558 ...

Why it matters: VLC is universally regarded as one of the best (if not the best) media players available today. A new version released a couple of days ago brings further improvements for the ...

The much loved VLC media player is about to get even more awesome. The nonprofit VideoLAN organization on Friday released a major update for the open source media player, bringing a number of new ...

VideoLAN has pushed out a new finalized build of its VLC media player, adding stability as well as numerous enhancements and features. Among the more noteworthy items listed in 1.1.0's changelog is ...