VLC Media Player / VideoLAN

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Did you finally run across a video that Windows Media Player wasn’t able to play?

Either due to codecs missing, or a really weird sub encoding of an encoding of an encoding that just doesn’t work as planned, Windows Media Player can’t handle everything.

A full list of formats and available inputs is listed here

VLC Media Player(also called VideoLAN) is a program capable of playing a wide variety of video and audio formats. VLC can stream media over the Internet using a variety of protocols, and play media locally via. Hard drive, DVD, CD, you name it.

VLC Media Player is a great program to have installed as a backup just in case Windows Media Player just will not work.

VLC is open source, and multi-platform. It’s just as great for Linux and Mac as it is for Windows.

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About Jesse Zylstra

Hey! My name is Jesse Zylstra, and I am the administrator of this website. I used to write about free software and programs, online web applications, and new technology -- especially open-source. Now I just write udder nonsense. I also play pipe organ, which I'm told is a fun and interesting fact about me. In the past, I studied network administration. Now I've been trying to pursue a real fake bachelors degree for the last, oh, 10 years or so.
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