VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
- It is a free cross-platform media player
- It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
- It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...)
Input formats:
- MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3)
- ID3 tags
- AVI
- ASF / WMV / WMA
- MP4 / MOV / 3GP
- OGG / OGM / Annodex
- Matroska (MKV)
- WAV (incuding DTS)
- Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52
- Raw DV
- FLAC
- FLV (Flash)
Input media:
- UDP/RTP Unicast
- UDP/RTP Multicast
- HTTP / FTP
- MMS
- File
- DVD 1
- VCD
- SVCD 2
- Audio CD (without DTS)
- MPEG encoder 3
- Video acquisition
Video:
Decoders:
- MPEG-1/2
- DIVX (1/2/3)
- MPEG-4, DivX 5, XviD, 3ivX D4
- H.264
- Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
- DV
- Cinepak
- Theora (alpha 3)
- H.263 / H.263i
- MJPEG (A/B)
- WMV 1/2
- WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 4, 5
- Indeo Video v3 (IV32)
Subtitles:
- DVD 6
- SVCD / CVD
- DVB
- OGM
- Matroska
- Text files (MicroDVD, SubRIP, SubViewer, SSA1-5, SAMI, VPlayer)
- Vobsub
Filters:
- Deinterlace
- Cropping
- Image wall
- Image adjust
- Rotate/Mirror
- Logo overlay
- Magnification
- Image distortion
- Bluescreen
- RSS/Atom feeds
Outputs:
- Native DirectX, GDI
- SDL
- ASCII Art
Audio:
Decoders:
- MPEG Layer 1/2
- MP3
- AC3 - A/52
- DTS
- LPCM
- AAC
- Vorbis
- WMA 1/2
- WMA 3 7
- ADPCM
- DV Audio
- FLAC
- QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime)
- MACE
- Real Audio 8
- Speex
Filters:
- Visualization effects
- Equalizer
Outputs:
- Native DirectX WaveOut
- S/PDIF DirectX WaveOut
- Multi-channel DirectX WaveOut
- SDL
Streaming:
Interfaces and control:
- Default WxWidgets
- Qt 4
- Skins
- Web
- Telnet
- Command line
Miscellaneous:
- SAP/SDP announces
- Bonjour protocol
- Mozilla/Firefox plugin
- ActiveX plugin
- SVCD Menus
- Localization
- CD-Text 10
- CDDB CD info 11
- IPv6
- IGMPv3 Win XP
- CPU acceleration 13
Additional skins are available at the
developer's website.
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. Features: Free, Open Source and cross-...
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Price: Free 
