VLC media player is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project.
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17 Facts About VLC player
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VLC player is available for desktop operating systems and mobile platforms, such as Android, iOS and iPadOS.
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VLC player is available on digital distribution platforms such as Apple's App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store.
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VLC player used to stand for "VideoLAN Client" when VLC player was a client of the VideoLAN project.
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Since VLC player is no longer merely a client, that initialism no longer applies.
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Cone icon used in VLC player is a reference to the traffic cones collected by Ecole Centrale's Networking Students' Association.
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In 2007 the VLC player project decided, for license compatibility reasons, not to upgrade to the just-released GPLv3.
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Subsequently, in October 2011 the VLC player authors began to relicense the engine parts of VLC player from the GPL-2.
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The VLC player core creates its own graph of modules dynamically, depending on the situation: input protocol, input file format, input codec, video card capabilities and other parameters.
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Alternatively, VLC player has modules for codecs that are not based on FFmpeg's libraries.
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VLC player can be installed or run directly from a USB flash drive or other external drive.
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VLC player can be extended through scripting; it uses the Lua scripting language.
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In May 2012, the VLC player team stated that a version of VLC player for Android was being developed.
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VLC player can handle some incomplete files and in some cases can be used to preview files being downloaded.
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VLC player can read many formats, depending on the operating system it is running on, including:.
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In May 2022, it was reported by MediaNama that VLC player was banned in India and its website was inaccessible from India under the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
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