VLC is a universal media player capable of playing back from sources such as files, playlists, DVDs, CDs, Internet Video Streams. It does this using freely available codecs but packs them into a powerful piece of software that does all the guess work for you, you will no longer have to deal with annoying codec errors that require you to download additional software.

Format Support
VLC Media Player can read several formats, depending on the operating system it is running on, including:
- Container formats: 3GP, ASF, AVI, DVR-MS, FLV, Matroska (MKV), MIDI, QuickTime File Format, MP4, Ogg, OGM, WAV, MPEG-2 (ES, PS, TS, PVA, MP3), AIFF, Raw audio, Raw DV, MXF, VOB, RM, DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, CD Audio, DVB
- 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, TTA, Vorbis, WavPack, WMA (WMA 1/2, WMA 3 partially).
- Capture devices: Video4Linux (on Linux), DirectShow (on Windows), Desktop (screencast), Digital TV (DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T, DVB-S2, DVB-T2, ATSC, Clear QAM)
- Network protocols: FTP, HTTP, MMS, RSS/Atom, RTMP, RTP (unicast or multicast), RTSP, UDP
- Network streaming formats: Apple HLS, Flash RTMP, MPEG DASH, MPEG Transport Stream, RTP/RTSP ISMA/3GPP PSS, Windows Media MMS
- Subtitles: Advanced SubStation Alpha, Closed Captions, DVB, DVD-Video, MPEG-4 Timed Text, MPL2, OGM, SubStation Alpha, SubRip, SVCD, Teletext, Text file, VobSub, WebVTT
- 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, Sorenson, Theora, VC-1, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, DNxHD, ProRes and some WMV.
VLC Media Player can also transcode and stream audio and video into several formats depending on the operating system, including:
- Container formats: ASF, AVI, FLAC, FLV, Fraps, Matroska, MP4, MPJPEG, MPEG-2 (ES, MP3), Ogg, PS, PVA, QuickTime File Format, TS, WAV, WebM
- Audio formats: AAC, AC-3, DV Audio, FLAC, MP3, Speex, Vorbis
- Streaming protocols: HTTP, MMS, RTSP, RTP, UDP
- Video formats: Dirac, DV, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.265/MPEG-H HEVC, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, Theora, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9
TONY MIVA ERI –
Excellent and Reliable Player! Its very good and very reliable as I use the player for entertainment most of the time.
Chatirani M. –
I very very very much like it, thank you so much its worked and I can watch my drama korean movies now.
Samuel James –
VLC is the best media player ever.
I think that VLC Media Player is so far the best video and audio players I’ve ever used. Thanks!
Topfer –
I use vlc player daily, I would say that is it one of the best media players out there with its light-weight design and customizable interface. I used it for quite a white and it never had any bugs or crashes.
BAMBARAK –
Yes, It’s the best I have ever tested! VLC is the best Media player I have ever tested. It’s my standard media player for many years. Whenever I experience problems with other media players in computers where other media players are default MP, I use VLC which I always carry with me on my USB stick.