VLC

VLC is a cross-platform media player — and, maybe even better, video streamer.

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Introduction

VLC is a media player available from an organization called VideoLAN. From their website:

VideoLAN is a software project, which produces free software for video, released under the GNU General Public License.

Learn more about the VideoLAN project.

Our main product is the cross-platform VLC media player.

My first introduction to VLC was when I got a new laptop at work, and it didn't come with the required software for playing DVDs¹. Rather than paying for something like WinDVD, a friend recommended VLC.

Playing Media

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Converting Media

This is why I installed VLC on Ubuntu. I already had Totem, which does a pretty good job, but VLC does something special, that Totem doesn't do: It takes media from one format, and converts it to another format.

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Footnotes

1. That's right, folks: Windows Media Player does not play DVDs out of the box! You need special software for decoding DVDs, and Microsoft doesn't make it. You probably haven't noticed, because that software normally comes bundled with the computer when you buy it from the manufacturer.