Once or twice every week, VLC comes in really handy with some of its features.

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Let’s just rip off the Band-Aid and get the bad news out of the way: The standard version of Windows 8 won’t include Windows Media Center or the ability to play DVDs by default. Wait! Put down those ...

I thought VLC had peaked, then I found these plugins.

VLC, the popular video-playing software offering support for a wide range of media formats, is now available for Apple TV. For those with large video collections, that means you’ll be able to play ...

Digital media is commonly used to dispatch business presentations, sizzle reels and industry reports. If you have acquired a file from a commercial partner or news outlet and it is in the RealAudio, ...

VLC has a reputation as a Swiss Army Knife media player. The team’s apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers can handle virtually any media file you can throw at them. Now VLC is also available for ...

One of the big downsides on the modern side of Windows 8 is that, well, the built-in video player is terrible. Finally, a worthy replacement has appeared on the horizon for modern UI fans: The ...

Finally, the play any video everywhere convenience of super-video app VLC is coming to your new Apple TV. As the go-to video player app on OS X and iOS, it’s about time we see it on the big screen, ...

Want to know how to play a weird video file on your Mac? Don’t worry – there’s probably a simple solution. There are dozens of video file formats, with more being added all the time, and it’s ...