What is VLC?
VLC [videolan.org] is a free and open source video player for Windows, macOS Linux, Android, and iOS. It supports opening files in various audio and video formats, including AVI, MP4, WebM, MKV, WMV, MOV, FLV, WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG, WMA, and AIFF; casting to smart TV's using Chromecast; and saving the current video frame as an image.
![A window titled "[virtualcuriosities.com] Video by Shah Jahan.mp4 - VLC media player". Its menubar: Media, Playback, Audio, Video, Subtitle, Tools, View, Help. The main pane displays a flock of birds on the beach. Under it, a progress bar. A text on its left side reads 00:17, on its right 01:15. At the bottom several buttons: pause, a left arrow, a square icon button, a right arrow, an expanding rectangle button, an icon that appears to be an equalizer, an icon that is three bars with a right arrow, two arrows looping, two arrows crossed. At the bottom right, a speakers icon next to a volume slider.](https://www.virtualcuriosities.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vlc-20250410-1024x664.webp)