VLC for Windows 10 is a desktop media player and streaming media server developed by VideoLAN. It is also a free and open-source platform that supports audio and video compression techniques. File formats such as DVD-Video, video CD, and streaming protocols so you can stream media from other computer networks and transcode multimedia files. This Windows 10 version of VLC Media Player differs from previous versions as it is compatible with Microsoft’s Metro design language and the Windows 10 graphical user interface. Version 3.0.10 of VLC is also compatible with Windows 8.1.

No longer developed so use instead MPC-HC or MPC-BE. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support (requires QuickTime and/or Real Player), built-in MPEG2/SVCD/DVD codec. CapabiltiesĪs a packet-based media player, VLC is capable of playing most video file formats. Media Player Classic looks just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but has many additional features. This includes incomplete or damaged files that you have downloaded through a peer-to-peer network. Examples of these are MPEG transport streams or TS files that have been extracted from a high-definition video from a FireWire cable. This will allow you to see the video’s rendering progress as its being played. VLC also supports both audio and video in libavcodec and libavformat, allowing you to play H.264, MPEG-4, FLV, and MXF files. You can also use VLC to play your DVD and Blu Ray DVDs as it blocks DVD region coding found in RPC-1 firmware drives. It does this using a CSS encryption to play any DVD, RPC-1, and RPC-2 drive.

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