VLC Media Player is a free media player that lets you play audio and video content on computers, laptops, mobile phones, and tablets.
The freeware lets you launch different media types: devices, discs, files, and streams. The versatile software works with Audio CDs, DVDs, streaming protocols, and VCDs.
VLC has many built-in codecs that permit you quickly open different file formats: MP3, MKV, etc.
What is VLC Media Player?
VLC Media Player is one of the most popular media players in the world because the system can play tons of file formats in a clean interface that’s crammed with features.
It offers multiple recording options. It can work as a screen recorder to allow you to record your entire desktop screen. you’ll also use it as a webcam recorder to record videos on your camera.
Features
8K support (hardware decoding is on by default)
Chromecast/Google Cast support
HDR and 10-bit video
HMDI Audio passthrough
Network browsing for NAS systems
360 video and 3D audio
Modifying subtitle size live
Drag and drop support
HD DVD support
Rewritten video output core and modules, allowing blending in GPU.
Shader support within the OpenGL output, for conversion, including 10bits.
Video outputs for Windows 10 64 bit, 8 and 7, Android, iOS and OS/2.
Debanding, grain, denoising, and anti-flickering filters.
Deinterlacing filter, including an Inverse Telecine algorithm.
Resamplers for higher quality audio.
Dynamic range compressor and karaoke filters.
Simplification of the audio core for faster processing.
Audio outputs for iOS, Android and OS/2.
Multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid, and WebM.
Support for 10bits codecs, WMV image, and a few other codecs.
Rewritten support for images, including jpeg, png, xcf, bmp, etc.
Important changes in RealVideo and Real Format support.
CrystalHD cards and Android OpenMAX support for hardware decoding.