VideoLAN - VLC media player is a universal media player!
Truly a "Universal" Player: ANCIENT Codec's from DECADES Long Past (Like "Indio Video" Codec ... which I think my Grandpa was still using ... on his hand cranked laptop) are still supported here!!!! This is an Excellent CD and DVD Player! There is an Internet Radio, and Fantastic Visualizations, built in, TOO!
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A Software Santa Pick! 👍🏽
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/Now for Mobile Devices: VLC is a universal media player for iOS 9 devices or Android 2.3 devices, and upVLC media player
* It is a free cross-platform media player
* It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
* It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...)
VideoLAN - VLC media player
About VideoLAN
VideoLAN is a software project, which produces free and open source software for video, released under the GNU General Public License.
Our main software is the cross-platform VLC media player. We are also hosting x264 and other projects.
About VLC media player
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.
It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.
VLC binaries are available for these operating systems:
* Windows
* Mac OS X
* Android
* BeOS
* Syllable
* iOS (iPad/iPhone)
Get VLC for FreeBSD
Get VLC for NetBSD
Get VLC for OpenBSD
Get VLC for Solaris
Get VLC for Android
Get VLC for QNX
Get VLC for Syllable
Get VLC for OS/2
GNU/Linux:
* Debian GNU/Linux
* Ubuntu
* Mandriva Linux
* Fedora
* openSUSE
* Familiar Linux
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux
* Slackware Linux
* ALT Linux
* Arch Linux
* YOPY/Linupy
* Zaurus
Formats Supported:
Video:
MPEG-1/2
DIVX (1/2/3)
MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6, XviD, 3ivX D4
H.261
H.263 / H.263i
H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
Cinepak
Theora
Dirac / VC-2
MJPEG (A/B)
WMV 1/2
WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 1
Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
DV (Digital Video)
On2 VP3/VP5/VP6
Indeo Video v3 (IV32)
Real Video 1/2
Real Video 3/4
Audio:
MPEG Layer 1/2
MP3 - MPEG Layer 3
AAC - MPEG-4 part3
Vorbis
AC3 - A/52 (Dolby Digital)
E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus)
MLP / TrueHD">3
DTS
WMA 1/2
WMA 3
FLAC
ALAC
Speex
Musepack / MPC
ATRAC 3
Wavpack
Mod (.s3m, .it, .mod)
TrueAudio (TTA)
APE (Monkey Audio)
Real Audio
Alaw/µlaw
AMR (3GPP)
MIDI
LPCM
ADPCM
QCELP
DV Audio
QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime)
MACE
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