VLC media player
The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server
VLC media player is a highly portable
multimedia player and multimedia framework
capable of reading most audio and video formats
(MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well
as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs,
and various streaming protocols. See the full features list.
It can also be used as a media converter or
a server to stream
in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or
IPv6 on networks.
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Download VLC
Binaries
Select your operating system to download VLC binaries:
GNU/Linux
Source and other operating systems
For the other operating systems supported, there are no precompiled binaries. You will have to get the source code for VLC and its required libraries and build them yourself:
You can also directly get the source code.
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Features
For more information about what features are supported on your operating
system, please see the full features list.
You can also have a look at some VLC
screenshots.
Documentation
See the documentation page.
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