Do you consider yourself an audio and video freak? Whether you like to watch the latest movies or video on your system, or want to have the latest audios in your playlist, VLC Media player is one of the best available options for you. VLC media player for Windows is a highly versatile multimedia player which supports a wide range of audio and video formats like MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac, FLV, FLAC etc. without the need of additional codecs.
Tip: You can stream videos and music from a system which is on your network, with the help of VLC.
You can open media files from your PC, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and even from the network through various streaming protocols. Moreover you can open video and audio files from any of the social networking websites as well. VLC Media player not only works as a media player, but also as a media converter. You can use it as a server to command the media on your PC, with advanced features like video on demand, on the fly trans coding etc. This player gives a new dimension to the media players by including some exciting features such as the ability take snapshots of the videos and sharing these images with your friends and family.
VLC Supported Playback Features:
Input Media: DVD Video, Video CD / VCD, SVCD 2, Audio CD (no DTS-CD), DVB (Satellite, Digital TV, Cable TV), MPEG encoder, Video acquisition, Streaming
protocols (UDP/RTP, TCP/RTP, HTTP/FTP, MMS), Raw Dirac, M2TS
Video Formats/Codecs supported: MPEG-1/2, DIVX (1/2/3), MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6, XviD, 3ivX D4, Cinepak, Theora, Dirac / VC-2, MJPEG (A/B), WMV, VC-1,Quicktime, DV (Digital Video), Real video, HD Codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0)
Audio Formats: MPEG, Vorbis, DTS, WMA, FLAC, TrueAudio (TTA), Real Audio, MIDI, Quick Time.
VLC Media player for Windows is available for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
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