Most people open VLC, hit play, and call it a day. Turns out, that's barely scratching the surface.

Discover hidden VLC Media Player features that let you stream online videos, convert files, use your webcam, improve playback, and back up old CDs.

Like the desktop version of VLC, the new ChromeOS iteration can play most video files and is also a full audio player. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced ...

VideoLan has released VLC Media Player 3.0.14 to fix an issue affecting Window users and causing the software's auto-updater not to launch the new version's installer automatically. "VLC users on ...

I've tried most of the mainstream media players and disliked all of them for one reason or another. Windows Media Player irritates me by not allowing me to uninstall it, and with its baffling ...

If you need to control multimedia on your PC from your Android smartphone, Jack Wallen shows you how with VLC and VLC Direct. Let’s say you’re playing a song or a video on your PC, and you need to ...

After using the Media Player app (Groove Music) since it was called Xbox Music, we have to say that despite its simplicity and lack of advanced features, this music player is quite capable. It doesn’t ...

The Gootkit loader malware operators are running a new SEO poisoning campaign that abuses VLC Media Player to infect Australian healthcare entities with Cobalt Strike beacons. Security researchers ...

Two years ago, VLC-maker VideoLan rolled out a version of its popular open source media player for the Windows Store. Now the group is back with a new beta version of VLC for the Windows Store built ...

Like the iOS version of VLC, the new Apple TV iteration lets you play "virtually all formats under the sun." I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of ...

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. VLC ...

Popular media player VLC for macOS was today updated to version 3.0.12, bringing native support for Apple silicon Macs, including Apple's latest M1-equipped MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac ...