VLC Media Playerinitiated by Raju on January 18, 2007 (http://videolan.org/vlc/) VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. |
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Best part about it that it does not require any codecs. Can play any file on any OS all by itself. It can even play partially downloaded files! !! Amazing!!
The VLC media player is an open source media player, distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is a highly portable multimedia player that supports many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs