A NEWER VERSION OF VLC IS AVAILABLE.



Latest VLC Version: 1.1.8

VideoLAN and the VLC development team present VLC 1.1.8, a minor release of the 1.1 branch. Small new features, many bugfixes, updated translations and security issues are making this release too. Notable improvements include updated look on Mac, new Dirac encoder, new VP8/Webm encoder, and numerous fixes in codecs, demuxers, interface, subtitles auto-detection, protocols and platform integration.

  • VLC Media Player is 100% FREE open source software.
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Supported Video Formats

  • MPEG-1/2
  • DIVX (1/2/3)
  • MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6
  • XviD, 3ivX D4
  • H.261
  • H.263 / H.263i
  • H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
  • Cinepak
  • WMV 1/2
  • WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1
  • Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
  • MP3 - MPEG Layer 3
  • MP4 / MOV / 3GP
  • MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3)
  • FLV (Flash)
  • ASF / WMV / WMA


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* VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

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Happy VLC Users

  • “amazing. can't imaging my life without this app. The export wizard could have been made simpler though. Maybe a quick mode would do the trick. ”

    Martin Blackstone, video freak

  • “I want to say that VLC is the the best program I've ever used to listening my MP3, because I'm demanding on the quality of sound ( I listen my musik with a Class A amplifier and big JMLab column speakers) and all imperfections are audible. ”

    VLC Fanatic.

  • “Simply the most singularly-useful media playing app out there - I think both on Windows and on the Mac."

    James Marbles.

  • “This may come as a no-brainer for some, but I also was delighted to know that it allowed my mom to play her store-bought Asian-coded DVDs from the Philippines on her G4/400, with no special steps required - I just fired up VLC and hit Play. Wow."

    Tim Rampton.

  • “VLC pwns all except MPlayer. It's efficient, stable, has playlists, support for a variety of formats (H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/XviD, Theora, AAC, AC3/A52, and containers like MKV and OGM). The latest version introduces support for WMV9!"

    Steve Brown.

VLC Player FAQ

  • Does VLC support DVDs from all regions?

    This mostly depends on your DVD drive. Testing it is usually the quickest way to find out. The problem is that a lot of newer drives are RPC2 drives these days. Some of these drives don't allow raw access to the drive untill the drive firmware has done a regioncheck. VLC uses libdvdcss and it needs raw access to the DVD drive to crack the encryption key. So with those drives it is impossible to circumvent the region protection. (This goes for all software. You will need to flash your drives firmware, but sometimes there is no alternate firmware available for your drive). On other RPC2 drives that do allow raw access, it might take VLC a long time to crack the key. So just pop the disc in your drive and try it out, while you get a coffee. RPC1 drives should 'always' work regardless of the regioncode.

  • Audio and video are out of sync

    Try using another audio output plugin and, under Unix, kill esd, artsd or pulseaudio if they are running. If the problem is due to the input file, have a look at the "Audio desynchronisation compensation" option.

  • My file doesn't seem to work!

    Are you sure VLC supports the file? Try checking the features page. If it supported and you compiled VLC yourself, check if you have downloaded and installed all the codecs correctly. If it is not supported, then you are out of luck for now. Note: At present, especially WMV3, the most recent Real Player, and the most recent Indeo Video ("IV50", etc.) files are not supported by VLC and are not going to be in the near future.

  • How can I take screenshots?

    To take a snapshot of the video displayed by VLC, you just need to press the pre-defined snapshot hotkey: * Windows / Linux / Unix: Ctrl+Alt+S * Mac OS X: Command+Alt+s To change it, go to Preferences -> Interface -> Hotkeys settings, check Advanced options, and set Take video snapshot. You can also take a snaphot via the menu Video -> Snapshot. To change the snapshot format or directory, go to Preferences -> Video.