{"id":374,"date":"2022-04-29T15:10:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/apps\/?p=374"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:51:58","slug":"what-is-vlc-media-player-used-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/apps\/what-is-vlc-media-player-used-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What is VLC Media Player used for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3b0f01c982c849478b934f73fd22ce2a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2361696526152498\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- apps responsive ads -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2361696526152498\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4647471924\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>VLC media player is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project. VLC is available for desktop operating systems and mobile platforms, such as Android, iOS and iPadOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, we\u2019ve all heard of this one for sure! The VLC media player supports almost all video file formats, and is undoubtedly one of the most popular cross-platform (Windows, macOS, iOS and Android) media players one can rely upon. Every now and then, VLC Media player keeps on offering new updates and performance improvements, which makes this media player best from the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess you may be interested in the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/apps\/video-or-audio-player-without-adds\/\">Are you looking for  free video or audio player without adds?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/apps\/the-10-best-ads-free-video-and-audio-players-for-android-and-web\/\">The 10 Best Ads free Video and Audio players for Android and Web<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/apps\/best-apps-for-full-hd-android\/\">Which is the best Android video player for watching full HD movies\/videos?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the port of VLC media player to the Android\u2122 platform. VLC for Android can play any video and audio files, as well as network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VLC for Android is a full audio player, with a complete database, an equalizer and filters, playing all weird audio formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VLC is intended for everyone, is totally free, has no ads, no in-app-purchases, no spying and is developed by passionate volunteers. All the source code is available for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Features<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>VLC plays most local video and audio files, as well as network streams (including adaptive streaming), DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC. It also support disk shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All formats are supported, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and AAC. All codecs are included with no separate downloads. It supports subtitles, Teletext and Closed Captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VLC for Android has a media library for audio and video files, and allows to browse folders directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VLC has support for multi-track audio and subtitles. 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VLC is available for desktop operating systems and mobile platforms, such as Android, iOS and iPadOS. Yes, we\u2019ve all heard of this one for sure! 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