The VLC multimedia player (originally named VideoLAN client) is a VideoLAN-planned multimedia player. It supports a wide range of audio and video decoders and file formats, and supports DVD audio-visual discs, VCD audio-visual discs and various types of streaming protocols. It can also be used as a unicast or multicast streaming server in a IPV4 or IPV6 high-speed network connection. It blends the FFmpeg program decoder with the LIBDVDCSS library to enable it to play multimedia files and encrypt DVD discs.
VLC Media player can play MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, DVD, digital satellite channels, digital terrestrial television channels (digital terrestrial television channels), Under many operating platforms through the broadband IPV4, IPV6 network play online video; This software development project was initiated by French students, participants from all over the world, designed multi-platform support, can be used to play network streaming and local multimedia file playback.
The VLC multimedia player has cross-platform features, with Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, BSD, Pocket PCs, and Solaris versions. Unlike another famous player MPlayer (using the GTK + library), VLC uses the QT library to write the user interface for Linux. In Windows,linux and some platforms, VLC provides a Mozilla expansion pack that allows QuickTime and Windows Media multimedia files that come with some Web sites to be on a non-Microsoft or Apple Computer operating system, Normally displayed in Mozilla's browser.
Starting with version 0.8.2, VLC also provides an ActiveX expansion pack that allows users to display the QuickTime and Windows Media media files that are included with some Web sites normally under Internet Explorer. VLC also has a very good feature--it supports the playback of some content that has not been downloaded and completed.