Great -
It's a video player for people who like to play videos, as opposed to people who like viewing targeted ads or fighting DRM or hunting codecs online or ripping a DVD to some weird pirate format first or chatting with other people watching the same video or compiling the code yourself.
I mean, I guess it's okay if you're INTO that sort of thing. But seriously, who ARE these people?
~ anonymous
on Aug 28, 2010
Great -
Unlike some projects (GIMP) this has a great interface! I also like the sheer amount of different codecs it can handle right off the bat.
~ anonymous
on Aug 6, 2010
Great -
simply one of the best player!
~ anonymous
on Aug 2, 2010
Just OK -
No GPU decoding. Poor stream selector. Poor subtitle support. Problems scanning through many videos. Amateurish UI. Overall, there are far better players out there that do everything that VLC does and more.
~ anonymous
on Aug 1, 2010
Great -
Plays everything like a champ. Can handle strange formats, broken files, partially downloaded files.
It also can convert between pretty much any two formats in a pinch
~ anonymous
on Aug 1, 2010
Great -
The only other player that I'd use besides of mplayer. Plays a lot of media formats and file containers -all common ones and then some-, can handle incomplete files, supports all subsystems for audio / video output used on Linux, and more.
~ anonymous
on Jul 26, 2010
Great -
Wna play avi that's downloading at the moment ? Np, use VLC
~ anonymous
on Jul 26, 2010
Great -
This multiplatform marvel is simply the best all round video player available.
With some GUI work it could be a nice audio player, and even a competent video converter.
~ anonymous
on Jul 26, 2010
Great -
Just download and install!
~ anonymous
on Jun 15, 2010
Great -
One download and you can play any format of media without loading codecs. It streams, it can be streamed to, plus it's completely cross platform.
This is the first piece of software you should load on your OS.
~ anonymous
on Jun 13, 2010
Great -
Plays everything without having to hunt down codecs
~ anonymous
on Jun 10, 2010
Great -
Works with almost all codecs, cross-platform, and a simple yet elegant interface, the terrific trio for a total media player.
~ anonymous
on Jun 8, 2010
Great -
So awesome that movie execs and music execs are making VLC illegal to use in CANADA! Bill C32 , thanks MPAA!
~ anonymous
on Jun 8, 2010
Great -
It JUST WORKS.
~ anonymous
on Jun 8, 2010
Great -
Great piece of software, but it has an insane amount of dependencies, the most of any software I have encountered. When you include the dependencies of the dependencies, the are about 100 packages needed to compile VLC.
I would hate to build or install VLC on a Distro without automated dependency resolution (like Slackware).
Despite that, it still the best video player and a pretty good general-purpose media player.
~ anonymous
on Jun 8, 2010
Great -
Works on all the platforms I possibly need, free, fast, supports net radios too.
~ anonymous
on May 20, 2010
Great -
plays everything.
~ anonymous
on May 16, 2010
Just OK -
Piece of shit. Skip it.
~ anonymous
on May 15, 2010
Great -
Plays everything. Never complains. Wish my kids were that way..
~ anonymous
on May 13, 2010
Great -
Plays oddball formats no problem. Has some nice advanced options.
~ anonymous
on May 11, 2010
Just OK -
It just doesn't work, much of the time. If you're using Windows (which the devs neglect) you're better off with something else. SMPlayer, MPC, or even WMP.
~ anonymous
on May 11, 2010
Great -
It just works.
~ anonymous
on May 11, 2010
Great -
I haven't found anything yet that it won't play, so it totally rocks!
~ anonymous
on May 11, 2010
Great -
Fast, wide format support and free.
~ anonymous
on Apr 15, 2010
Great -
Plays everything you throw at it without the need to install codecs separately. OS X interface is especially nice.
~ anonymous
on Apr 12, 2010
Great -
Perfect media player for FreeBSD or OpenBSD!
~ anonymous
on Apr 12, 2010
Great -
Plays everything I throw into it.
No problems with drivers, audio sync or DVD playback.
Definitely the #1 program for video viewing.
~ anonymous
on Apr 12, 2010
Just OK -
Plays almost everything but tends to be buggy at times. Audio buffer issues also tend to crop up, but that could be due to drivers. Would like to see native ALSA support.
~ anonymous
on Apr 11, 2010
Great -
I very rarely find a piece of media wont play (and more often that was due to a problem with the media). The interface is great, the startup time is good and to put it simply, it works.
~ anonymous
on Apr 11, 2010
Great -
Plays everything and I love the video and audio output adjustments.
~ anonymous
on Mar 24, 2010
Great -
plays everything with flexibility and no fuss
~ anonymous
on Mar 24, 2010
Great -
you can stream using neuros osd in the back.
~ anonymous
on Mar 24, 2010
Just OK -
i have lots of files that play on windows media center, but not vlc
hard to say a video program is "great" when it doesnt play videos
also, about a year ago, they hid the speed selector - I really miss it
~ anonymous
on Mar 23, 2010
Great -
Just works with many files that Windows Media Player can't handle. Even broken files. I use it for everything.
~ anonymous
on Jan 16, 2010
Great -
one of the first programs I install on any computer I'm going to use.
~ anonymous
on Jan 16, 2010
Great -
Plays pretty much everything without having to install a bunch of different players that all fight over who gets to be the default player.
~ anonymous
on Jan 16, 2010
Just OK -
not that great
doesn't play a lot of files that work in windows media player
poorly laid out gui lots of cryptic poorly written instructions
image quality often worse then windows media player, even with std non windows formats
~ anonymous
on Jan 16, 2010
Great -
Plays just about everything. No codec trouble, no annoying bitmapped UI, no bloatware, doesn't try to push any product/service/channels, no multitude of different players for DVD, Divx, flv, etc.
~ anonymous
on Jan 16, 2010
Great -
The best linux player there ever is!!!
~ anonymous
on Jan 14, 2010
Great -
Plays almost any format and while you are still downloading.
~ anonymous
on Jan 13, 2010
Great -
VLC is simple and it just works.
~ anonymous
on Jan 12, 2010
Great -
Its free, stable and supports a wide variety of media. Just because it doesn't support all types is no reason to diss it- give these developers a break!
~ anonymous
on Jan 11, 2010
Just OK -
Doesn't support EVR (Vista/Win7), so I cant playback 1080i hidef AVCHD without stuttering. MPC (and Win Media player) does support EVR, and plays it flawlessly.
~ anonymous
on Jan 10, 2010
Great -
Runs almost anything that has video content!
~ anonymous
on Jan 8, 2010
Great -
VLC seems to pop up on every OS I find myself using.
~ anonymous
on Jan 8, 2010
Great -
VLC is also on my must have list!
~ anonymous
on Dec 29, 2009
Great -
Never had a problem - on Win, Mac, or Lin. Any format, or container.
~ anonymous
on Dec 21, 2009
Great -
Plays everything.
~ anonymous
on Dec 2, 2009
Great -
no nonsense fast and works everywhere.
~ anonymous
on Nov 26, 2009
Great -
No external codecs to mess around with. Everything just works and it supports a huge number of different formats.
~ anonymous
on Nov 25, 2009
Great -
It just works.
~ anonymous
on Nov 25, 2009
Great -
The Best Program to play all the media files U ever had and its completely free. Long Live VLC and VideoLAN team.
~ anonymous
on Nov 22, 2009
Great -
Powerful, versatile, and not as much of a resource hog as a lot of other media players.
~ anonymous
on Nov 20, 2009
Just OK -
Used to be better than great, but it all fell apart after version 0.8. Later versions are just riddled with problems and instability, as is evident from multiple discussions on tech sites. The new interface is poor. The developers have particular disdain for their Windows users. And still no support for AMR sound for smart phone videos ?
~ anonymous
on Nov 19, 2009
Great -
Works exceptionally well in both the PC and MAC worlds! With hardware video device support, this tool is one of the best!
~ anonymous
on Nov 19, 2009
Great -
This media player is awesome. Until a recent request by Micro$oft to stop supporting asx and wmv it would play everything i tried on it. It also handles hardware video devices enabling you to stream web cams, tuner cards, etc out over the network. This is video player is unmatched. Keep up the good work VideoLan
~ anonymous
on Nov 19, 2009
Great -
The one... the only.
~ anonymous
on Nov 18, 2009
Great -
Because I love the ease and many shortcuts :D
~ anonymous
on Nov 14, 2009
Great -
because it is free, OpenSource and Professional
~ anonymous
on Nov 14, 2009
Great -
It just works (brilliantly, everytime)
~ Martyn Eggleton
on Nov 14, 2009
Great -
just works
I wish it would remember the 'always on top' setting though. :)
~ anonymous
on Nov 13, 2009
Just OK -
Stutters on video MPC handles without trouble.
~ anonymous
on Nov 12, 2009
Great -
Always dependable
~ anonymous
on Nov 12, 2009
Great -
Works on every platform and plays everything you can find. For so many years now this has been truly awesome software.
~ anonymous
on Nov 12, 2009
Great -
plays everything you throw at it
~ Null_000
on Oct 8, 2009
Great -
Plays everything and even allows to set a buffer for over-the-network viewing, perfect on both Windows and MacOS X.
~ anonymous
on Oct 6, 2009
Great -
this plays everything or just about everything
~ anonymous
on Oct 4, 2009
Great -
Simply the best. It will play nearly any format of video file available without the need of third-party codec installations. Many options while remaining light weight and minimalistic.
~ anonymous
on Sep 22, 2009
Great -
Same program on Mac, PC, Linux. plays files the other players won't.
~ anonymous
on Sep 22, 2009
Great -
Plays everything known to mankind, without needing to find a codec for it.
~ anonymous
on Sep 22, 2009
Just OK -
not as good a media player classic
~ anonymous
on Sep 21, 2009
Great -
It is THE media solution. You name it, VLC can do it. Transcoding, ripping, streaming oh and playing it can do that too. It's a great program and it is my primary media player on all my computers and my PortableApps install.
~ guitarMan666
on Sep 20, 2009
Great -
It just works with every video format out there.
~ anonymous
on Jul 30, 2009
Great -
Plays any known video codec or format. Plus it can be used as a streaming server too.
~ anonymous
on Jul 29, 2009
Great -
a really universal player with lots of features that come in handy while working with different formats
~ anonymous
on Jul 27, 2009
Great -
Plays just about everything, simple
interface, available for multiple platforms
~ anonymous
on Jul 23, 2009
Great -
Plays pretty much anything you throw at it, no codec hunting required.
~ Henry Demarest
on Jul 22, 2009
Great -
Handles practically every format under the sun. Also, works as a portable app without installing potentially dodgy codecs into your system.
~ anonymous
on Jul 22, 2009
Just OK -
Shitty mkv support
~ anonymous
on Jul 22, 2009
Great -
Plays anything, out of the box.
~ anonymous
on Jul 22, 2009
Just OK -
Runs great except the video support......... someday they'll quit blaming the hdwe and someone competent will fix the incessant hanging or perhaps wise up and create a useful logger so the rest of us can figure the DRM (probable) hangs. 1.00 still NFG on most W2K cfgs. Veg-a-matic
~ anonymous
on Jul 22, 2009
Great -
Fantastic Media player, plays almost anything you can throw at it. I would highly recommend this media player for it's functionality and portability.
~ Jonathan Chance
on Jul 22, 2009
Great -
Plays almost everything and is cross-platform. :)
~ anonymous
on Jun 23, 2009
Great -
Quite good in supporting varied formats but UI and short-cut key's usebility aspect is quite poor.
~ anonymous
on Jun 23, 2009
Great -
Plays what other players do not.
~ anonymous
on Jun 23, 2009
Great -
One of (if not the) best and most versatile media players around!
~ anonymous
on Jun 23, 2009
Great -
This is the end-all be all of audio/video players. Regardless of the platform, I always install VLC. The built in features and supported formats really are unrivaled.
~ anonymous
on Jun 22, 2009
Great -
Plays just about anything in any manner you want, remote, local, with filters, transcoding, etc...
~ anonymous
on Jun 1, 2009
Great -
Plays just about everything! Although the playlist UI can be a bit quirky.
~ Noah
on May 29, 2009
Great -
it just works, for every format, love it.
~ njm
on May 24, 2009
Great -
Just the best video player ever
~ anonymous
on May 24, 2009
Great -
Can watch most type of videos, works in various platforms
~ bha
on May 13, 2009
Great -
If it would just be able to see real player and quicktime files without installing anything else, it would be perfect
~ anonymous
on May 12, 2009
Great -
Does absolutely everything. No need for anything else..
~ anonymous
on May 12, 2009
Great -
It plays almost anything
~ anonymous
on May 10, 2009
Great -
Simple, clean, no need to go searching for codecs.
~ anonymous
on May 8, 2009
Great -
its....erm....great?
~ anonymous
on May 8, 2009
Great -
Plays everything, and can act as streaming server! Totally customizable. No need to download codecs.
~ anonymous
on May 7, 2009
Great -
Plays anything and is lightweight.
~ anonymous
on May 7, 2009
Great -
plays everything!
~ anonymous
on May 7, 2009
Great -
Not only does it play nearly everything, it also has a 400% increase in volume option.
~ anonymous
on May 7, 2009
Great -
Supports everything you can possibly need in terms of codecs
~ anonymous
on Apr 9, 2009
Just OK -
Not much support for soft sub formats
~ anonymous
on Apr 8, 2009
Just OK -
"Skips" a lot when I have a number of applications loaded.
~ anonymous
on Apr 8, 2009
Great -
Great for anything but Subs and HD video. Other then that, you're good.
~ CCubed
on Apr 8, 2009
Great -
Plays anything. ANYTHING.
~ anonymous
on Apr 7, 2009
Great -
Can play _anything_
~ anonymous
on Apr 6, 2009
Just OK -
Far worse than "just OK", the 0.9 releases stink! Stability issues, codec incompatibilities, and the outright OMISSION of previous features (e.g. the critical Streaming Wizard) make 0.9 vastly INFERIOR to the 0.8 releases that precede it. The VLC team has screwed up big time.
~ anonymous
on Apr 6, 2009
Great -
It'll "just work" for more formats than any other media player out there.
~ anonymous
on Apr 3, 2009
Great -
it will play everything, and play everything well. easy to use, good controls. it's only cluttered if you don't know what you're doing, and have for some reason decided to use the advanced controls interface in spite of that.
VLC works when nothing else does.
~ anonymous
on Apr 3, 2009
Just OK -
Cluttered interface, spotty support for formats that the website states support exists for.
~ anonymous
on Apr 3, 2009
Great -
I can use VLC whether I'm on a Linux box, a Mac, or Windows. It's convenient, feature-rich, and easy to use.
~ anonymous
on Mar 31, 2009
Great -
I never have to download another codec pack ever again. Audio or Video VLC handles it smooth as silk. Keep up the great work!
~ anonymous
on Mar 31, 2009
Just OK -
has stability problems, especially when dealing with complex options.
~ anonymous
on Mar 31, 2009
Great -
Plays pretty much anything. Kicks the likes of iTunes, Quicktime, Windows Media to pieces.
~ anonymous
on Mar 30, 2009
Great -
It plays all formats... ignore the other poster.
~ anonymous
on Mar 30, 2009
Great -
All you need.
~ anonymous
on Mar 30, 2009
Great -
I haven't found anything it WON'T play
~ anonymous
on Mar 30, 2009
Great -
plays anything
~ anonymous
on Mar 30, 2009
Great -
Plays everything I throw at it. And saves, transcodes, streams it, too.
~ anonymous
on Mar 30, 2009
Just OK -
Doesn't play files that windows media player does.
~ anonymous
on Mar 30, 2009
Great -
I use it to play DVDs on my windows machine all the time -- works great!
~ anonymous
on Mar 30, 2009
Great -
One of the best for windows. Plays DVDs, and almost any media file. Has completely replaced WMP for video for me.
~ Sysop
on Mar 12, 2009
Great
Just OK
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