VLC

What is VLC?

It is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

VLC is a tool in the Media Processing category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Plays everything - Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and StreamsPlays most codecs with no codec packs needed - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...Runs on all platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android ...Completely Free - no spyware, no ads and no user tracking

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VLC Integrations

Windows, Linux, Mac OS X are some of the popular tools that integrate with VLC. Here's a list of all 3 tools that integrate with VLC.

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ExoPlayer

It is an application level media player for Android. It provides an alternative to Android’s MediaPlayer API for playing audio and video both locally and over the Internet. It supports features not currently supported by Android’s MediaPlayer API, including DASH and SmoothStreaming adaptive playbacks. Unlike the MediaPlayer API, it is easy to customize and extend, and can be updated through Play Store application updates.

VLC

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