VLC has an official skin editor that's been around for almost as long as the app itself. And it shows.

Jason Parker has been at CNET for nearly 15 years. He is the senior editor in charge of iOS software and has become an expert reviewer of the software that runs on each new Apple device. He now spends ...

VLC is easily one of our favorite media players (and yours too). While it can handle nearly every movie you throw at it, it can also do so much more. You don’t need to be a power user to understand ...

VideoLAN teased the technology at CES 2025 and shared some videos of it in action. Essentially, VLC will use AI to automatically generate subtitles for videos. The AI will also be able to translate ...

I kept VLC installed, but I stopped opening it.

The VLC streaming player from the VideoLAN Organization is an open-source audio and video player. The player will play video or audio files stored locally on your hard drive, and will also play ...

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 ...

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 ...

TL;DR: VideoLAN hit the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week to showcase some AI enhancements destined for the popular VLC media player. Chief among them is automatic subtitle generation, ...

VLC is one of the most popular media players on the desktop, but at the same time, it has also become a must-have application on mobile too. And thanks to support for Android Auto, VLC is bringing its ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. VLC’s developer VideoLAN gave the world a peek at what this new interface could look like way back in February ...

VLC, the world's best open-source media player (it plays like virtually every format), just reached a big milestone in its 17-year history. The free app's been updated to version 3.0 "Vetinari" and ...